Silhouette

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1991 reissue of 1984 album, their first as a trio, which was originally released only in Europe. Now features three bonus tracks, 'Dormant Love', 'A New Sensation' and 'Pieces of Glass'. 15 tracks of pure delectable pop in all. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Love's Silhouette
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Dreams can come true

TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS FOR THIS ONE FOLKS....LETS GET BUSY!!!!

Smooth, man, that's real smooth jazz!

Very enjoyable and worth the price

Boy Oh Boy

Love's Silhouette
Pieces of a Dream
Manufacturer: Heads Up
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006EXHR
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

Turning It Up
Love's Silhouette
Mission Possible
I Feel Like Singin'
Tonight's The Night
Nice & Easy
Mystical Perception
Pieceful Dreams
Savoir Faire
Enmascarada
Let's Roll
Remembrance (9/11/01)
Slither
My Funny Valentine

Customer Reviews:

Dreams can come true.......2004-07-24

Pieces of a Dream have been around for a long time and so has this reviewer. My exposure to POAD goes back to their beginnings. As an avid listener to Temple University's WRTI-FM in Philadelphia and frequent visitor to the Philadelphia jazz scene, what a road it's been. Finally, when I thought I'd see a "No Outlet" sign around the corner, it came to this ... I jumped off the airwaves and down to the reality of an honest to goodness purchase of one of the best CDs in smooth jazz.

Fact is the album consists of fourteen tracks with a total time of one hour and seven minutes and the listener gets his or her money's worth. Here's where it really gets good... the first time I heard a demo of this entire album, across the store aisle was the object of my desire. One listen and she could see I was hooked ... to the album. Curtis Harmon, steady and soulful on drums, and James Lloyd, a creative talent with a distinctive touch on keyboards, have released, with "Love's Silhouette," one of their best ever albums. The chemistry that these two stellar groovologists and the band generated was instantly electric as I absorbed the songs.

This disc exudes emotion that'll get down deep inside you at an emotional level transcending titles, topics and genre. It connects with your soul while demonstrating that music is all about experience and feelings and appreciation. There is much about this album that demonstrates the staying power of the group.

Some individual highlights include Tracy Hamlin's vocals that make a very nice connection with POAD. Tracy has a beautiful voice that shines on "Turning It Up," "I Feel Like Singin'," "Mystical Perception," and the traditionally jazzy and climactic rendition of "My Funny Valentine." The best of these, in my opinion, is the upbeat "I Feel Like Singin'!"

Eddie Baccus Jr. contributes an outstanding performance on saxes. As one hears this album, the listener catches a glimpse of the confidence level that Curtis and James have attained. While some artists never seem to consider the concept that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, on this album the listener gets a sense of Harmon and Lloyd sharing a sound stage with Eddie as well as their other collaborators to create truly beautiful music. As such, one of my favorites featuring Eddie is "Pieceful Dreams" which contains a joyfully romantic melody.

Prepare to be moved by "Remembrance (9/11/01)," a beautiful song that's in tribute to a modern tragedy. This tune demonstrates a plaintively hopeful calm after the storm with percussive elements framing James on the piano and highlighting Todd Parsnow's guitar prominently in the mix.

Love...a theme...to dream. Enjoy this music and fall in love all over. This review is dedicated to the love of my life (LAZR). I wish you all the best!

TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS FOR THIS ONE FOLKS....LETS GET BUSY!!!!.......2004-01-19

This is a very well put together album.A great cd to get your groove on to.Get your honey ready cause this is gonna be a blast.HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smooth, man, that's real smooth jazz!.......2003-05-28

Anybody who considers smooth jazz as being below their intellectual dignity deserves to give this a listen. A lot that passes for smooth jazz is simply watered down jazz, but this CD presents music with a life all its own, a life that just happens to fit the smooth jazz genre.

There's a wealth of sound, rythym, and feeling in the originals, but even the old standby, "My Funny Valentine", comes across with a fresh sound.

Jazz purists shouldn't find this below their dignity, nor should those adherents of light contemporary instrumentalists find it challenging. Both camps should be pleased by this.

Very enjoyable and worth the price.......2003-05-12

I started to become a big Pieces of a Dream fan after I discoverd
one of their earlier CDs 'In Flight'. This CD, Love's Silhouette is very well written and produced . The songs are very catchy and feature great keyboard and percussion work as well as some great background vocals on several tracks. This is the kind of CD you can listen to while at work or cruising around in your car because it keeps your attention with plent of up-tempo songs as well as some slow jams. I had the opprtunity to see them in concert with Gerald Veasley, Kim Waters and Angela Bofil and they put on one of the best jazz shows I have ever seen. Check them out if they come to your town, you will not regret it. This group genuinely look like they are having the time of their life when they are playing onstage.

Boy Oh Boy.......2002-12-27

Pieces Of A Dream are at it again. This has to be one of the best Pieces cd I have every heard. A MUST BUY!!!!!!!!!

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Classic Jazz album
space jazz
Any Herman Blount record will educate you
Pretty Good Session
A Must

Jazz in Silhouette
Sun Ra Arkestra
Manufacturer: Evidence
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000014J0
Release Date: 1992-02-06

Tracks:

Enlightenment
Saturn
Velvet
Ancient Aiethopia
Hours After
Horoscope
Images
Blues At Midnight

Customer Reviews:

Classic Jazz album.......2004-10-20

This is perhaps the best place to start with Sun Ra - demonstrating his full roots in Ellington, Monk, and Space! But seriously - this guy is a true master - his compositions are imagineative - he is a master leader- the solos are all inspired - and everything is together. In Jazz there are 4 composers who really were ingenious - Monk, Mingus, Ellington, and Ra - there are some other great ones to - but these are the ones that really stand out to me!

space jazz.......2004-07-28

This is one of the best jazz albums from the 1950s. More like swing and bop than the free style Ra became noted for later on. The tune Images is a standout, being something like Monk's Off Minor. This is music for a future that has yet to arrive. Ancient Aethiopia will take you all the way there in time and place. Arguably, this is Sun Ra's best album ever!

Any Herman Blount record will educate you.......2003-05-01

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of Sun Ra albums. Not all in print of course. This one is pretty nice. Some like this one are jazz with a slight twist. Some are completely abstract, some are something different from anything you've ever heard. There are Do Wop and Disco Sun Ra albums made well before the terms Do Wop and Disco were coined. As a matter of fact it could be argued that Sun Ra invented Do Wop, Disco, rock and fusion jazz since he was experimenting in these genres long before most anyone else. They are all worth listening to.

Pretty Good Session.......2000-10-24

This was released on Ra's Saturn label in 1957. It's not quite as startling, colorful, or brilliant as "SuperSonic Jazz", which he released in 1956; the edges seem to have been filed down a bit on the music. But it's good stuff, listenable jazz with an exotic edge.

The one amazing track here is "Ancient Aethiopia" - it fuses eastern & western motifs together and sounds well ahead of its time.

A Must.......2000-05-10

I am a Sun Ra rookie. I heard of him, but never heard him. So, unlike other reviewers here, this is my first Sun Ra album. And I love it. More precisely, I think that its a masterpiece. One of those albums you here and just know you discovered a wide new world. Music will never sound the same again! (*written while hearing this album again, and dicovering how great it is).

Leonard Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

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Leonard Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

Manufacturer: Milken Archive
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DD77Y
Release Date: 2003-10-21

Tracks:

Israelite Chorus - Rochester Singers
Invocation And Trance (From Dybbuk) - Barry Snyder
Psalm 148 - Angelina Reaux
Reenah - Rochester Singers
The First Waltz (Canon) - Barry Snyder
Cha-cha-cha - Barry Snyder
Hora - Barry Snyder
Yevarechecha - Aaron Miller
Halil - Bonita Boyd
Simchu Na - Rochester Singers
Oif Mayn Khas'ne - Jean Barr
Vayomer Elohim - Barry Snyder
Yigdal - Rochester Singers
Ilana, The Dreamer - Jack Gottlieb
Idele, The Chassedele - Jack Gottlieb
Yosi, The Jokester - Jack Gottlieb
Dina, The Tomboy Who Weeps Alone - Jack Gottlieb
Silhouette (Galilee) - Angelina Reaux
Hashkiveinu - Hans Peter Blochwitz

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Leonard Bernstein occupies a unique position in the music world for his protean, multi-faceted talents. His ability to draw on and absorb every cultural influence made him the ultimate eclectic, yet he eventually forged a style that was unmistakably his own. This record, which includes vocal, choral and instrumental pieces, some never recorded, performed or published, demonstrates that his Jewish heritage played a formative, lasting, decisive role in this process. The earliest, Psalm 148 (sung in English), written when he was 17, is steeped in an ultra-romantics style, especially Wagner's; it hardly contains a hint of the later Bernstein, but its innocent sweetness is infinitely touching. The longest, Halil, is a virtuoso piece for flute with piano and percussion, written 1981 in memory of a 19-year-old Israeli flutist killed 1973 in the Yom Kippur War. Also written for specific occasions and friends are Silhouette for Jennie Tourel's birthday and Three Wedding Dances for the marriage of Adolph Greene and Phyllis Newman. Excerpts from longer works include At My Wedding from Arias and Barcarolles, a description of a young fiddler playing for a wedding that is both funny and affecting, sung in Yiddish, a chorus from the ballet The Dybbuk, a section of Concerto for Orchestra. These, like several sacred selections--prayers, invocations, hymns of thanks and praise for various parts of the Service--are sung in Hebrew. The most substantial is Hashkiveinu, a prayer for peace, commissioned by the Cantor of a New York synagogue, for tenor solo, chorus and organ, featuring call and response, cantorial chanting and very daring harmonies and tonal juxtapositions. Bernstein later recycled some of this material for other, very different compositions, like films and musicals, perhaps indicating that he considered this style the connecting thread of his creative life. The performances are uniformly excellent; Réaux, Blochwitz and the pianists stand out. --Edith Eisler

Album Description

"What are the Jewish roots I long for?" wrote Leonard Bernstein as he pondered one of his many Jewish-inspired compositions. This unique collection of rarely heard works—including several world-premiere recordings—reveals many possible answers to Bernstein's question. Triumphal processions, mysterious invocations, intimate Jewish character portraits, rousing dances; all of these musical offerings present the great eclectic imagination of one of America's foremost 20th century composers.

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the greatest Kenton
Standards in Silouette
DO KNOW WHO IS BUD BRIBOIS?
A Kenton Classic Must-Have Album!
The Kenton Band at its BEST !

Standards in Silhouette
Stan Kenton
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Release Date: 1998-09-08

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Willow Weep For Me
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Meaning Of The Blues
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the greatest Kenton.......2007-04-03

I can beat the other memories - around 1955 when I bought this record - it was splendid then and it is NOW (at my age of 77).
I do not agree with all the music Kenton made but I thought at the time that this was the music of the future. Alas, he seems all but forgotten.

Standards in Silouette.......2006-11-11

In my opinion, this is 1959 album is rather weak Kenton. For me these Bill Mathieu arrangements just don't cut it compared to the powerful Kenton sound so characteristic of arrangements by Bill Russo, Lennie Niehaus, et al.

I don't know, others seem to like it. I'll give it 2 stars just because of the excellent solos.

DO KNOW WHO IS BUD BRIBOIS?.......2006-07-30

BUD BRISBOIS... MAYBE THE BEST LEAD SCEAMER TRUMPET....JUTS SEARCH IN THE WEB....THANKS.

A Kenton Classic Must-Have Album!.......2000-02-03

This is one of my FAVORITE Stan Kenton albums of all time! Great arrangements by Bill Mathieu and tremendous playing of it by one of the best Kenton bands....Mathieu's charts used counter-melodies with the main melody to set some beautiful moods. This was one of Capitol Records' "theme-type" Kenton albums (they even had Stan record an album of Tex Ritter songs! I swear it! ) and sets a definite "blues mood."

The band was really HOT ( Bill Trujillo, Don Sebesky, Archie LeCoque, Rolf Ericson and some of the best playing I ever heard from Charlie Mariano on alto, share the solos). The trumpet section featured (4)--count 'em---superb lead players: Bud Brisbois, Dalton Smith, Bill Chase & Roger Middleton! ... Add the always-great Kenton trombones and WOW ! Some of the full-band ensemble playing will startle and amaze the musicians listening, but you don't have to be one to appreciate the music--it will totally wrap you up and sweep you off to another world. ( My vinyl copy was pretty worn, so the CD is a welcome reissue, and "Lazy Afternoon, " which I only heard on a live, one-mike recording once before, is a nice bonus). Kenton fans who missed this one will want to add it to their favorites, too !

The Kenton Band at its BEST !.......2000-01-25

Thank God they finally remastered this for CD ! (After 30 years of playing it, my LP was about worn away). Many Kenton albums followed a theme (an idea Capitol Records carried to the ridiculous when they even had Stan do an album of Tex Ritter songs -- I swear it's TRUE! )...and this one features TERRIFIC (and very challenging) arrangements from Bill Mathieu all the way through. The writing uses counter-melodies and the familiar close Kenton-style harmonies to weave a sort of magic spell as you listen to it. The musicians ? There are Bill Trujillo on tenor and Archie LeCoque on trombone, both of whom still reside here in Las Vegas. Then there's the best alto playing I ever heard from Charlie Mariano, and there's Don Sebesky, Rolf Ericson and of course, Stan himself. The trumpet section besides Rolf featured (4)--count 'em--great lead players: Bud Brisbois, Dalton Smith, Bill Chase and Roger Middleton, plus Clyde Reasinger on a pair of tracks. Add the "stalwarts" in the bone section (Kent Larson, Jim Amlotte and Bob Knight) and WOW ! You wanna' talk powerhouse bands ? "Lazy Afternoon" is a bonus on the CD, which I never knew still existed--but I'm glad they included it here. THIS IS CLASSIC KENTON! Ahead of its time, extremely well-played and running the gamut of musical emotion, from moody to funny with these great charts. You'll probably keep it in YOUR collection forever, too !

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Great singing
Only Roberta

Leonard Bernstein: Songs

Manufacturer: Et'Cetera
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000000NK
Release Date: 2004-03-22

Tracks:

I Hate Music! (A Cycle Of Five Kid Songs): My Name Is Barbara
I Hate Music! (A Cycle Of Five Kid Songs): Jupiter Has Seven Moons
I Hate Music! (A Cycle Of Five Kid Songs): I Hate Music!
I Hate Music! (A Cycle Of Five Kid Songs): A Big Indian And A Little Indian
I Hate Music! (A Cycle Of Five Kid Songs): I'm A Person Too
La Bonne Cuisine (From 'La Bonne Cuisine Francaise' ): Plum Pudding
La Bonne Cuisine (From 'La Bonne Cuisine Francaise' ): Queues De Boef
La Bonne Cuisine (From 'La Bonne Cuisine Francaise' ): Tavouk Gueuksis
La Bonne Cuisine (From 'La Bonne Cuisine Francaise' ): Civet A Toute Vitesse
La Bonne Cuisine (English Version): Plum Pudding
La Bonne Cuisine (English Version): Ox-Tails
La Bonne Cuisine (English Version): Tavouk Gueunksis
La Bonne Cuisine (English Version): Rabbit At Top Speed
Two Love Songs: Extinguish My Eyes
Two Love Songs: When My Soul Touches Yours
So Pretty
Piccola Ser
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Mass: A Simple Song
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Take Care Of This House
Candide: It Must Be So
Candide: Candide's Lament
Peter Pan: My House
Peter Pan: Peter, Peter
Peter Pan: Who Am I?
Peter Pan: Never-Land

Customer Reviews:

Great singing.......2006-03-01

Roberta Alexander is stunning in these songs of Bernstein. Her voice simply shimmers. Really beautiful.

Only Roberta.......2003-12-02

Roberta Alexander is right on top of this recording. She has a beautiful and strong voice, but more importantly, she has perfect command of the music and idiom of these and Ives' songs. The emotional range of the songs is very wide, ranging from playful to thoughtful to sorrowful but she makes all of them sound very natural.

The Five Kid Songs express the imagination of a small child (Jupiter has seven moons, or is it nine? Saturn has a million billion trillion sixty-nine) and it would be very easy to perform them in a childish way, talking down as many adults do - the composer expressly stated that they should not be performed this way and in fact Alexander sings them with a perfectly natural innocence. La Bonne Cuisine is sung with a strong drive, and although it's hard to imagine what anyone should do with excerpts from a cooking book it's still compelling music. The other songs are also nice but not as memorable - as for the songs from Candide, they are beautiful but get the complete recording on Deutsche Grammophon, directed by Bernstein himself (there are two; I prefer the live version, ASIN B000001GD2).

Tan Crone does more than just provide a background; she adds her own interpretation on piano to add even more feeling to the music.