Say What You Mean

Product Description
"Say What You Mean" compresses the diversity of Maktub's first two releases, "Subtle Ways" and "Khronos", into an exhilarating, high-impact style. Locked into a taut groove behind singer Reggie Watts, known throughout the Northwest for his passionate vocals, riveting presence, live onstage sampling, and spectacular afro, the band digs down to its essence and comes up with a sound that's original yet accessible to the widest range of listeners.

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Say What You Mean

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Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set) Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Recorder | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Blowout Box Sets | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Brilliant Classics | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vivaldi: The Masterworks (Box Set) Haydn: The Masterworks [Box Set] Mendelssohn: The Masterworks [Box Set] Dvorák: The Masterworks [Box Set] Schubert: The Masterworks [Box Set] ASIN: B00062FLI8 Release Date: 2004-11-30

Average customer rating: Virtuosity!

Mean What You Say The Eddie Daniels Quartet Manufacturer: Ipo Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blue Bossa American Songbook Beautiful Love Crossing the Line Swing Low Sweet Clarinet ASIN: B000FAOC72 Release Date: 2006-05-09

Tracks:

1. Mean What You Say
2. It Had To Be You
3. Passion Flower
4. Nagasaki
5. My One And Only Love
6. Why You...
7. Azure
8. The Touch Of Your Lips
9. You And The Night And The Music
10. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
11. My Little Suede Shoes
12. How Deep Is The Ocean

Album Description

"Eddie Daniels combines elegance and virtuosity in a way that makes me remember Arthur Rubenstein…he is a thoroughly well-bred demon." - LEONARD BERNSTEIN

"It is a rare event in jazz when one man can all but reinvent an instrument, bringing it to a new stage of its evolution." - LEONARD FEATHER, JAZZ CRITIC

"Perfect synthesis between classical techniqe and jazz sensibitily ...blinding virtuosity." - DOWNBEAT

"Eddie's debut album...will become the benchmark to judge all future recordings blending the world of classical music and jazz." - QUINCY JONES

Eddie Daniels is that rarest of rare musicians who is not only equally at home in both jazz and classical music but excels at both with breathtaking virtuosity. Daniels first came to the attention of jazz audiences as a tenor saxophonist with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1968, a single clarinet solo on that group's Live at the Village Vanguard garnered sufficient attention for Daniels to win Down Beat's International Critics New Star on Clarinet award. Daniels' overriding ambition is to reach as many people as possible with his music, to enlarge the audience for both jazz & classical music and at the same time tear down the walls separating them.

Customer Reviews:

Virtuosity!.......2006-06-07

For any of those music lovers out there who may think that anything performed outside the classical music purview is not real, take a listen to this impeccably performed and recorded CD. Not only is Eddie Daniels a brilliant musician on both the tenor sax and clarinet, he has an ear for line and riff that would make even the most daring of our classical music composers envious.

But this recording is not about Eddie Daniels: this recording is the totality of the Quartet assigned to his name. All the musicians here are first class: Hank Jones on piano, Richard Davis on bass, and Kenny Washington on drums. Their interrelationship in thinking is so keen that it seems wholly improvised, yet just when we've been dazzled by the individual passages for each instrument the quartet brings us back into the melody line, having embroidered the theme richly and imaginatively. 'It had to be you' is a delight, 'Passion Flower' has never sounded so made of love, 'Why you..' has a duet between piano and clarinet that starts a wild little drama, 'Azure' is Ellington as his best...the list goes on and on.

For those who have always wanted to enter an appreciation for jazz but have been afraid to approach, pull up a chair and join the growing throng. This is as good as it gets...pure virtuosity! Grady Harp, June 06

Average customer rating: Maktub rocks my world! Love it! verrrry nice! Songs that grow on you from a band with Soul I need my DAILY DOSAGE of Maktub...

Say What You Mean Maktub Manufacturer: Velour Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Khronos Subtle Ways Simplified Talk to La Bomb Behind the Levee ASIN: B0007X9TQG Release Date: 2005-04-12

Tracks:

1. Promise Me
2. Say What You Mean
3. 20 Years
4. Daily Dosage
5. Hunt You Down
6. Seeing Is Believeing
7. Blown Away
8. Feels Like ANother One
9. Nobody Loves You Like I Do
10. Right To Breathe

Album Description

"Say What You Mean" compresses the diversity of Maktub's first two releases, "Subtle Ways" and "Khronos", into an exhilarating, high-impact style. Locked into a taut groove behind singer Reggie Watts, known throughout the Northwest for his passionate vocals, riveting presence, live onstage sampling, and spectacular afro, the band digs down to its essence and comes up with a sound that's original yet accessible to the widest range of listeners.

Customer Reviews:

Maktub rocks my world!.......2006-03-29

I've been a fan of Maktub in Seattle since I saw them open for India.Arie a few years ago and can't think of a local band I'd rather see live. This is a great album but go see them live if you ever get the chance.

Love it!.......2006-03-18

Love these guys!!!
Saw lead singer Reggie Watts singing with Soulive during a Dave Matthews Band tour...found out he was actually the lead for Maktub!!...bought the cd and fell in love with them! They are amazing.

verrrry nice!.......2005-06-06

i had heard these dudes were big in seattle and i was like "Do they sound like SOUNDGARDEN!?" and then i realized i must sound kinda old! but yeah, i guess pretty girls make good grades and the blood brothers aren't the only bands coming out of seattle. maktub are definitely one of this great rock bands that aren't afraid to have soul. it seems like great vocals and an attention to melody died a long time ago. bands like tv on the radio (who if you like them, you'd like these dudes) are bringing it back. this much more on the neo-soul tip than the barbershop quartet thing that tv on the radio are up to. i bet these guys have GREAT record collections. love it love it. glad i own this.

Songs that grow on you from a band with Soul.......2005-06-02

Preface: this is a totally biased review. I am a huge fan of Maktub. Saw them several weeks back in Boulder, CO and hearing this song live was no disappointment. They are a very tight band but without being too 'professional' and thereby draining the music of feeling. The album is sweet, too.

Review: if you like soul, but also crave something a bit heavier at the same time, you're going to like this album - and this band. If you like song lyrics about romance that are touching because they come across as real and heartfelt, not sappy, then you are going to like these words.

Maktub has grown on me with time. They may well do the same for you. Heavy, soulful and beautiful. If you get a chance, check them out live - they are on tour now in the US [and Vancouver, BC].

El Guapo

I need my DAILY DOSAGE of Maktub..........2005-05-13

If Maktub is a Rock & Soul band, then "Say What You Mean" (SWYM) is a bit heavier on the 'Rock' than "Khronos" was, their previous CD. That said, Reggie "The Voice" Watts' incredibly soulful vocals are probably capable of making Black Sabbath sound like a soul band!

Having seen the band live performing most of the songs from SWYM, I love this CD even more. As with Khronos, SWYM is in heavy rotation in our household. It has (in my humble opinion) fewer instantly likeable songs than "Khronos", but a couple of them - Say What You Mean, Daily Dosage, Right To Breathe - are very infectious after only one listening. As a side note, the beginning of Right To Breathe is almost reminiscent in mood and tone of several Seal songs. Nobody Loves You Like I Do is another great song, and Blown Away is my least favorite tune.

Maktub is a great band to see live. If you have a chance, go see them. Reggie Watt's vocals are even more impressive in person - he is capable of improvising with the best of them. He is truly a musician. The rhythm section is also very, very tight. My wife and I got to chat with all of the guys in the band after their show in Baltimore, and they were all really nice, pleasant, and easy to talk to. No super-inflated egos.

All in all, SWYM is not coming out of my CD player for a while. If I do take it out, it'll be to replace it with "Khronos".

Average customer rating: Great Hard Bop Quintet Session!

Mean What You Say Thad Jones with the Pepper Adams Quintet Manufacturer: Ojc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: 10 to 4 at the Five-Spot Central Park North Thad Jones Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson After Hours ASIN: B000000YPW Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Mean What You Say
2. H And T Blues
3. Wives And Lovers
4. Bossa Nova Ova
5. No Refill
6. Little Waltz
7. Chant
8. Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Customer Reviews:

Great Hard Bop Quintet Session!.......2002-11-07

This features Thad Jones on the flugelhorn with Pepper Adams, one of the great baritone sax players, making a really potent combination for this session. The rhythm section consists of Duke Pearson on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and the drummer Mel Lewis (maybe the start of their long association).

The harmony created by the two horns is very appealing as well as their solo work. Most of the tunes are in a medium tempo groove which includes a very upbeat arrangement of "Wives And Lovers". The set concludes with a very funky version, including tack piano, of "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"......the first and last minute being a rather satirical approach to the music style of the twenties.

This cd will appeal to those who like a tightly knit group that explores the tonal possibilities existing with the combination of flugelhorn and baritone sax, hard bop fans, or fans of these particular musicians. Really good medium tempo session that's good listening!

Average customer rating: Louisiana

Mean What You Say Cecil Bridgewater Manufacturer: Brownstone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000006FCJ Release Date: 1998-04-14

Tracks:

1. In The Open
2. Cannon's Samba
3. If My Heart Could Speak
4. Like An Old Song
5. No Strings Attached
6. Louisiana Strut
7. I Think I Might Try To Love Again
8. Mean What You Say
9. Cheeka's Dance

Customer Reviews:

Louisiana.......2000-08-09

I played Louisiana Strut on Bari Sax with Cecil during music camp, its a kickin song and I think that everyone should listen or better yet play it.

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Mean What You Say Bill Mobley Manufacturer: Blue Geodesics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004VAVU Release Date: 2002-07-30

Tracks:

1. Twilight
2. New Light
3. Annie's Fan
4. Sophisticated Lade
5. Mean What You Say
6. Love Walked In
7. Pent Up House
8. Out of Nowhere

Average customer rating: You Can't Live Without This Another GOOD ONE!

Mean What You Say Witness Manufacturer: Intersound Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: I've Come Too Far ASIN: B000000BVU Release Date: 1997-01-28

Tracks:

1. Perfect Peace
2. Yesterday Is Gone
3. Mean What You Say
4. There's Someone
5. Yes I Will
6. Would Not Change A Thing
7. Still In The Middle
8. Thoughtful
9. Good Love And Peace Of MInd
10. Lately
11. Go Tell It On The Mountain
12. Living Beneath Your Privilege

Customer Reviews:

You Can't Live Without This.......2003-11-26

I would have lost my mind if it were not for this album keeping me through hard times.

Another GOOD ONE!.......2003-07-26

This project is fantastic! Witness just keeps doing it over and over again. A MUST have for any gospel lover! GET it and let it bless you!

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Say What You Mean Charles Blenzig Manufacturer: Big World Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000019UL Release Date: 1993-06-21

Tracks:

1. Seyaho
2. Bop Bop
3. On 2nd Thought
4. Caravan
5. Where Or When
6. In A Minute
7. Say What You Mean
8. Denial
9. Close Your Eyes
10. As Fast As Possible

Average customer rating: Incredible Blues CD! Very good blues Not terribly impressed Phil Guy gets his due

Say What You Mean Phil Guy Manufacturer: Jsp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Chicago Blues | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: It Ain't Easy Doin' the Sugar Too Back Door Man ASIN: B000038I2N Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

1. Lonesome Blues
2. Fixin' To Die
3. Help Wanted Blues
4. Is It Him Or Me?
5. I'm Leavin' Right Now
6. Last Time
7. 4 AM Blues
8. Say What You Mean
9. Have Mercy
10. Last Of The Blues Singers
11. You At My Door

Product Description

1. Lonesome Blues
2. Fixin' To Die
3. Help Wanted Blues
4. Is It Him Or Me?
5. I'm Leavin' Right Now
6. Last Time
7. 4 am Blues
8. Say What You Mean
9. Have Mercy
10. Last Of The Blues Singers
11. You At My Door

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Incredible Blues CD!.......2005-07-03

I am a professional musician, based in Chicago, and have a huge collection of blues recordings. I have always been impressed with Phil Guy. As a guitarist/vocalist, Phil is at the top of his game. And, he's quite the likeable person. I became a dedicated Phil Guy fan upon hearing this CD! This is wonderful music. I listen to it over and over and over again and enjoy it every time. I take it everywhere I go and play it for all my friends. This is an absolutely must-have CD.

Very good blues.......2003-05-04

I'm a big fan of Chicago blues, and this CD is one of my favorites. "Lonesome Blues" and "Say What You Mean" are superb up tempo songs. Great guitar work, strong vocals, and some good horn play make this very enjoyable for blues fans.

Not terribly impressed.......2000-09-20

I picked this CD up from a live show that Phil did in New Buffalo Michigan, being very impressed with what they were doing. Alas, the CD is a bit of a disappointment. The vocal performance is a bit shaky in places, there are a few glitches in the recording and it's just not as good as most of my other blues CDs.

One nice thing about the CD though is that the bass is very clear in the mix (and uniformly well-played) which is cool to me since I'm a bass player. I'd also praise the horn instrumental about midway through the disc (whose name escapes me at the moment).

Phil Guy gets his due.......2000-04-25

Say What You Mean is a great addition to any blues lover's collection. A good mix of up tempo "funkified" numbers, with plenty of traditional "slow & easy" blues. Phil's classic; "Fixin To Die" is one of my all time favorites.

Average customer rating: From the land of Big Star

Say What You Mean The Hot Dogs Manufacturer: Japanese Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000091KZQ Release Date: 2003-06-23

Tracks:

1. Say What You Mean
2. Morning Rain
3. When I Come Home Again
4. Time Is All
5. Another Smile
6. Thanks
7. Take the Time to Let Me Know
8. Feel Real Fine
9. Let Me Look at the Sun
10. Way to Get to You
11. Lowdown

Album Description

Japanese reissue of 1972 album. Part of Stax 'Roots Of Power Rock' series, it's packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. 11 tracks. Ardent. 2003.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Customer Reviews:

From the land of Big Star.......2005-05-29

The brief surge of rock that was recorded at the Stax studio resulted in the better-known releases of Big Star, but also this little-remembered wonder. Though released on Ardent, and a product of the same Memphis influences as their better remembered labelmates, The Hot Dogs offer a more soulful taste of Memphis than the exuberant power-pop of Alex Chilton, et al. There's plenty of the Beatles/Badfinger melodic constructions (and the acoustic/electric guitar mixes and harmony singing that accompany them), but also some touches of flute and funky organ (the latter of which brings to mind The Zombies) and jazzy drumming. Unlike the multitudes of Big Star reissues, the Hot Dogs' first long-player has always been fairly difficult to find. This Japanese mini-LP sleeve reissue is crisply remastered and offers extensive Japanese-lanugage liner notes.

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