Fundamentals

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From the Artist
Dr. Tom's Cure For Evil plays a variety of venues in Seattle and Tacoma, including recent shows at The Swiss, The Tractor Tavern, and The Irish Emigrant. Dr. Tom's Cure For Evil has also been seen playing at private parties (their participation in Seafair Extravaganzas have become legendary among some Seattle neighborhoods) and for charity.

About the Artist
Four enigmatic musicians joined their talents in the fall of 1998 to create the next Seattle phenomenon: Dr. Tom's Cure for Evil. Since then they have developed a loyal local following, played a variety of venues, and have finished cutting their second album: “Fundamentals”.

Album Description
In the Spring of 2001 Dr. Tom's Cure for Evil spent two weeks in splendid isolation at Bear Creek Studio to record their latest album, "Fundamentals." The album was recorded in two sessions, and is composed mostly of fan and friend favorites from recent shows. The band's sophomore effort shows more attention to nuance and lilt, as well as some butt-kicking rhythm.

Fundamentals

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One if the best cd's I have!
Just got it and it's great!
CJ is the best

FUNdamentals
CJ
Manufacturer: Suite A Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BUUL1M
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

Hey-O
Mr. Sun
5 Green And Speckled Frogs
Yellow Taxi
Down By The Bay
Eency Weency Spider
Comin' Around The Mountain
You Gotta Do
5 Little Monkeys
Wheels On The Bus
Farmer In The Dell
On Top Of Spaghetti
5 Little Ducks
The More We Get Together
Aikendrum
This Little Light Of Mine

Product Description

"FUNdamentals" is a wonderful collection of traditional and original songs for children. CJ's playful, genre-hopping style makes all 16 of these tracks a treat for the whole family. "Hey-O" is the perfect opening track, with its optimistically sunny, "It's gonna be a good morning!" attitude. "Mr. Sun", a traditional children's song, is like "Weezer meets The Beach Boys", and will likely become the family favorite. "5 Green And Speckled Frogs" is another traditional song, with very original elements and a huge helping of Bee Gees flair! "Yellow Taxi" is an up-tempo, banjo-driven, movement song, allowing kids to "listen and do" as they imagine many kid-friendly modes of transportation. "Down By The Bay" is an easy-to-follow Reggae song. "Eency Weency Spider" is a familiar favorite with a Funk feel. "Comin' Around The Mountain" is a classroom staple, complete with the country jamboree and "chaining song" elements. "You Gotta Do", is a self-esteem building,! "feel good' track that encourages kids to be comfortable with who they are. CJ's "5 Little Monkeys" is a funky, R & B version that is so catchy for kids and adults, everyone will find themselves sassing along with the "Doctor" and his irritated comments. "Wheels On The Bus" is an old favorite done with a modern, acoustic guitar driven style. CJ resurrected the folk dance favorite, "Farmer In The Dell", and spun it with a speedy mandolin, "Doo-Wop" feel. "On Top Of Spaghetti" is a kid-friendly 50's Rock-n-Roll take on, "On Top Of Old Smokey", performed with Fats Domino style piano, sax, and guitar. "5 Little Ducks" is a groove-heavy, tragic tale about "Mama Duck" losing track of her baby ducks as they wonder off to play...though it ends happily. "The More We Get Together" is a uniting sing-song track that sounds like it could have been produced by Paul Simon and Bobby McFerrin. The ambient, spaced out, "Aikendrum" is a slow, electronic song about a "Man who lived in the moon". Finally, the recording ends on a positive note with the uplifting and inspirational, "This Little Light Of Mine". "FUNdamentals" is as entertaining as it is engaging, and is sure to become a modern children's classic.

Customer Reviews:

One if the best cd's I have!.......2006-06-30

I am a kindergarten teacher and I highly recommend this, as well as other CJ cd's, my kids love all of the songs. They are great to sing and to dance to!!!

Just got it and it's great!.......2006-03-29

I just got this cd and think it's great. I have enjoyed most the 5 little monkeys. But another favorite is Hey-O because of its originality. The song is exciting and boosting for a great day. Thanks for producing this and allowing anyone to get it.

CJ is the best.......2006-02-14

I really really like CJ. I think that FUNdamentals is the best cd ever. My Mom bought me this cd and we listen to it on car trips and even my Dad likes to sing along to it. My big brother did not want to sing but even he wants to listen to it whenever we go somewhere as a family. Thank you CJ for making this cd, you're the best.
Also, Mr Sun is my favorite song all time, if I had to choose an all time favorite. "oh mr. sun, sun, mr. golden sun, please shine down on me."

Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents: The Fire Of The Fundamentals

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Better than I expected!

Jazz At Lincoln Center Presents: The Fire Of The Fundamentals
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Flamenco Sketches - Wynton Marsalis/Todd Williams/Wes Anderson/Marcus Roberts/Reginald Veal/Herlin Riley
Multi-Colored Blue - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

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" Jazz at Lincoln Center, the most ambitious American attempt yet to give jazz an institutional base comparable to a major opera company or symphony orchestra, has been the center of controversy ever since it was launched in 1991. The program has been praised for its well rehearsed and admirably executed tributes to Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, and Thelonious Monk, for example, but has been attacked in the New York papers and jazz magazines for cronyism and narrowcasting. Most of the musicians and commissioned composers are allied with artistic director Wynton Marsalis or artistic consultant Stanley Crouch, and very little of the programming falls outside their conservative definition of the "true" jazz tradition.

Most of the controversy, though, seems to center on what the program doesn't do rather than on what it does do. The music that it does present is top-notch, if the evidence of "Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: The Fire of the Fundamentals" is to be trusted. This album presents 10 live recordings from the program's first two seasons and includes a large number of imposing talents, if little sense of jazz developments since 1965. The full Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra brings persuasive swing and rich tonal colors to Charlie Parker's "Hootie Blues" and Billy Strayhorn's "Multi-Colored Blue." Expanded and altered versions of the Wynton Marsalis Quintet turn in aggressive, 11-minute reworkings of Miles Davis' "Flamenco Sketches" and John Coltrane's "Dahomey Dance." Marcus Roberts, the pianist for the latter two pieces, contributes virtuoso solo performances of Monk and Morton tunes. Veterans Betty Carter, Kenny Barron and Jimmy Heath are their usual fine selves. A version of Morton's "Jungle Blues," featuring a mostly New Orleans band, might have worked if the brass had been properly recorded.

An earlier album release, "Portraits by Ellington," features the 15-piece Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and selected guests, under the direction of David Berger, in a 1991 live performance. The hook is that all eight pieces were written by Ellington as portraits of either people (Louis Armstrong, Bert Williams, Bill Robinson, Coleman Hawkins, Ella Fitzgerald), or places (the Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, Liberia). It's wonderful music, and the big band--showcasing Marsalis, saxophonist Todd Williams, pianist Roland Hanna and clarinetist Bill Easley most prominently--is up to the challenge of interpreting without impersonating. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Better than I expected!.......2007-07-24

I bought this as an after though when purchasing other Lincoln Center Jazz Orch. CDS. This arrived and I quickly put it in to listen to songs from the Jazz Masters. I couldn't stop listening to these amazing performances. They are all live from concerts dated on CD case. I teach Jazz in High School, and I can't wait to share this CD with my students.