Perspectives

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7. I Will Enjoy

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Perspectives

Average customer rating: I wish there was a 3 and a half star button

Artifact Perspectives Sound Tribe Sector 9 Manufacturer: 1320 Records/System Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Artifact Interplanetary Escape Vehicle Germination Nomad The Strength of Weak Ties ASIN: B000AP2Z9E Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. Better Day Remix (Sub-id)
2. Tokyo Remix (Machinedrum)
3. Possibilities Remix (Collective Efforts)
4. Tokyo/Better Day Remix (Ming+FS)
5. By The Morning Sun Remix (Slicker)
6. Somesing( Eustachian 24hr. White Knuckle Mix)
7. Possibilities Remix (Eliot Lipp & Leo 123)
8. Better Day/Trinocular STSDevine Remix (Richard Devine)
9. By the Morning Sun Remix (Metrognome)
10. Possibilities Remix (Mr. Lif)
11. Tokyo Shinjuku Flashback Mix (Bill Laswell)
12. Somesing Remix (Bassnectar Remix)
13. ReEmergence, Beat the Science Remix (Karsh Kale)
14. Peoples, Cause & FX remix" (Lowpro Lounge feat. Audio Angel & ill45)
15. Better Day Remix (Genetic)

Product Description

"Artifact: Perspectives" is a collection of remixes by some of Sts9's favorite artists they've encountered along the way. "This could have been a box set if we went after everyone we wanted to connect with. We finally had to say 'enough is enough,' there will be other records." In mastering, the disc ended up being three minutes too long for production, resulting in a last minute cut, and a collection of exclusive remixes available only from 1320records.com. "The best thing about this project for us has been making some new friends and the prospects of more music and collaborations in the future." The new, full-length album "Artifact: Perspectives" features remixes of ARTiFACT studio tracks from Bill Laswell, Slicker, Ming+Fs, Elliot Lipp w/ Leo123, Mr. Lif, Richard Devine, Machine Drum, Karsh Kale, Collective Efforts, Genetic, Metrognome,Lowpro Lounge feat. ill 45, Bassnectar, Sub-ID, & Eustachian.

Customer Reviews:

I wish there was a 3 and a half star button.......2006-12-06

I bought this CD kind of on a whim while i was at Best Buy, because I have been trying to order "Live at Home" from Amazon for like 3 months and Im not sure if they know its out of print or what. Anyways this Cd is decent- Its good background music good for driving and chilling out while reading or flying or whatever. Its definitely worth hearing although it gets a bit repetitive. And on a few of the songs this woman's voice just sounds horrible. "I wonder why they never tried to tell me" over and over droning in your head.Its kind of trippy, ethereal lounge music/ trance. At the beginnings of a lot of the songs it kind of sounds like it is looking for the right frequency in your brain and then it hits it right on! If you've, heard STS9 perform live you may be disappointed. I'm glad i have it in my collection but I wouldn't recommend it if you've never heard STS9 before.

Average customer rating: The Best Unknown Arranger in Dodge! Big band at its Best! Awesome writing

Perspectives Gary Urwin & Jazz Orchestra Manufacturer: Sea Breeze Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Living in the Moment Kindred Spirits Plays Well With Others Fast Track Taking the Long Way Home ASIN: B00004TDO1 Release Date: 2000-05-16

Tracks:

1. I'm Old Fashioned
2. Stormy Weather
3. Something the Cat Dragged In
4. When You Wish upon a Star
5. Chucho
6. Legacy
7. Sky Dive
8. Blues on Ice
9. You Must Believe in Spring
10. Somebody Loves Me
11. Beauty and the Beast
12. Oncoming Traffic
13. Vegas d'Oro
14. I'm Old Fashioned (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

The Best Unknown Arranger in Dodge!.......2007-02-02

So you're asking yourself, "Why do I want another big band CD by a guy I don't even know"? On paper, it might be an easy decision; 1) usual big band instrumention...well, on one track, you do hear piccolo trumpet and cello which isn't exactly out of the Glen Miller bag of tricks, 2) it's the usual mix of standards and original compostions, 3) it's the same first-call cats from the west coast that you hear on virtually every big band CD like Bergeron, Christlieb, Martin, Higgins, Henry et al and 4) who in the world is Gary Urwin? OK, so you decide to pass. The correct answer is that Gary Urwin just happens to be the freshest thing that's happened to big band composition and arranging since Bill Holman was in knickers. On almost every track, he finds very inventive and intriguing nuances that add a freshness to the big band format. Whether it is unusual voicings, both inter and intra-sectional, or rhythmic twists that catch your ear, I believe you'll thoroughly enjoy this CD. The musicianship is superb as you would expect from these stalwarts, the recording is clean and crisp and the writing is...well, it's worth writing home about. I can't see how you wouldn't enjoy this music. By the way, did I mention that it swings like crazy? Gary Urwin is a force to be reckoned with!

Big band at its Best!.......2002-02-22

This cd really surprised me as I had never heard of Gary Urwin. I took a chance and now I'm desparate for another masterpiece by this gifted arranger/composer. The soloists as well as the section work are superb. The man is an artist in hiding and I hope this puts him on the jazz map. It's a cd I do not get tired of listening to because with every listen,I hear so many new things that bring smiles to my ears and my heart.

Awesome writing.......2001-07-26

Gary is an excellant writer and arranger. Imaginative is a word that stands out!! Exciting arranged charts with outstanding players makes this cd a can't miss and big band listening experience. Combine an ensemble of remarkable musicians with great writing chops you will surely enjoy this cd!!!!

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J.S. Bach: Perspectives--Trio Sonatas BWV 525-528, 583, 587 Wilbert Hazelzet , and Jacques Ogg Manufacturer: Glossa ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004WK53 Release Date: 2000-08-29

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Perspectives Mitchel Forman Manufacturer: Marsis Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Patience Brown Street Downright Upright Pilgrimage Now & Then: A Tribute to Bill Evans ASIN: B000HOJ3LG Release Date: 2006-08-15

Tracks:

1. Dolphin Dance (Herbie Hancock)
2. Yaqui Indian Folk Song (Keith Jarrett)
3. First Trip (Ron Carter)
4. Geraldine (Russell Ferrante)
5. YouÂ’re Everything (Chick Corea)
6. Here There & Everywhere (Lennon, McCartney)
7. What A Wonderful World (Thiele, Weiss)
8. Blossom (Keith Jarrett)
9. Milton (Mitchel Forman)
10. Face On the Barroom Floor (Wayne Shorter)
11. Michelle (Lennon, McCartney)
12. Thousand Island Park (John McLauglin)
13. A DogÂ’s Life (Mitchel Forman)
14. A Wonderful World (not) (Thiele, Weiss, Forman)

Product Description

Keyboardist Mitchel Forman presents a unique “Perspective” on his new collection of classic jazz tunes, which includes signature songs by such jazz legends as John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Ron Carter and Russell Ferrante. In a career that has spanned two decades, Forman has performed with many of the artists whose compositions are featured on “Perspectives.” His bio and discography read like a virtual who’s who of modern jazz, and include work with musicians ranging from Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan to Pat Metheny and Wayne Shorter. Talented on both acoustic and electric keyboards, Forman performs in a variety of settings on “Perspectives.” Joining him are an impressive set of players, including Trey Henry (Tierney Sutton, the Gerald Wilson Orchestra) on bass, Ray Brinker (Ray Charles, Pat Benatar) on drums, and Munyungo Jackson (Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock) on percussion.

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Dare To Live - Perspectives on Welcome to Goodbye Rotersand Manufacturer: Dependent Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: Exterminate Annihilate Destroy ASIN: B000EBEJBG Release Date: 2006-04-01

Tracks:

1. Dare To Live [SR Version]
2. Storm [haujobb's reinforced by destroid]
3. Almost Wasted [re:smoothed]
4. Alive [re:venge]
5. Would You Spin This? [re:clubbed]
6. Give It All Away [re:voxed]
7. Drop Your Education [UK Mix]
8. By The Waters [SOMAN Sheffield Mix]
9. Almost Wasted [4a.m. Edit]

Average customer rating: Not the best introduction to the music of Karel Husa, but a fine collection of his compositions for Wind Quintet nonetheless

Recollections Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00022LIBQ Release Date: 2004-05-25

Tracks:

1. Deux Preludes (Prelude 1)
2. Deux Preludes (Prelude 2)
3. Five Poems (Walking Birds)
4. Five Poems (Happy Birds)
5. Five Poems (Interlude...With a Dead Bird)
6. Five Poems (Fighting Birds)
7. Five Poems (Bird Flying High Above)
8. Recollections (Largo)
9. Recollections (Andante)
10. Recollections (Adagio)
11. Recollections (Moderato)
12. Recollections (Vivace)
13. Recollections (Moderato molto)
14. Serenade (La montagne)
15. Serenade (La nuit)
16. Serenade (La danse)

Album Description

Karel Husa's (b. 1921) pliant style builds on and extends the traditional classical forms, assimilating elements of serialism, microtonality, and aleatoric techniques. Although the composition dates of these four works for wind quintet span three decades, the pieces bear striking similarities. All purposefully set out to stretch the traditional range of wind sonorities, and often leave rhythms and pitches loosely notated. Yet while all four works explore atonality, at root the tonal structure is easy to identify. All four works are emotional and virtuosic, challenging to play and sophisticated enough to reward repeated listenings.

The composer notes that, as with many of his works, in Deux Preludes (1966) he set out to explore unorthodox sonorities. The Five Poems (1994) are actually musical characterizations of birds, although Husa avoids imitating bird song directly. "I wrote Five Poems to express my admiration for birds, these wonderful creatures that embellish our lives so magically," he says. "If Messiaen hadn't already directly imitated bird song, I might have. I have done notation of bird songs in the past, which is difficult because they never exactly repeat themselves. And that was the effect I tried for in Five Poems—subtle varieties among the patterns."

The six movements of Recollections (1982) (wind quintet and piano) explore unusual sonorities and demand virtuosic technique. A sheet of paper under the pedal dampers of the low strings prepares the piano in some sections. Of the title, Husa notes that "recollections are vivid, but not exactly precise. The way we remember things is a mix of accuracy and fancy … There is so much to memory that it is impossible to describe it all. There are memories that are distant, some that are joyous, tragic, and melancholic. To accomplish all this, I wanted the composition to develop from simple tones and to return to them, all the while researching new combinations and sonorities in the quintet." Serenade (1963), for wind quintet, xylophone, harp, and strings, is a reworking of his Évocations de Slovaquie. It explores Slavic folk music, adding abrupt and irregular rhythms.

Husa's determination to explore new sonorities, to upset rhythmic regularity, and to challenge accepted notions of how wind instruments should interact, combine to create a bold and unmistakably identifiable personal signature.

Customer Reviews:

Not the best introduction to the music of Karel Husa, but a fine collection of his compositions for Wind Quintet nonetheless.......2007-02-13

The woes of the world are sometimes the opportunities of the individuals. Had the Nazis not invaded Czechoslovakia and closed down the engineering schools, Karel Husa might never have become a composer, out of the mere necessity to pursue studies in order to avoid deportation. Had the Communists not seized power in Prague in the early months of 1948 while the then 28 years-old musician was studying composition and conducting in Paris, he might have returned to his home country and remained, as he once remarked himself, a much more traditional composer, as he would not have been exposed to the turmoil of new compositional ideas and experiences that agitated Europe and the United States in the 50s and 60s. And finally, had the armies of the Soviet block not invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, Husa would not have had the incentive to compose his Music for Prague 1968, which became one of the most often played piece of the contemporary music repertoire.

One more decisive change in Husa's life and compositional perspectives was of course the decision of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, to invite him in 1954 to become composition professor. This is how Husa became yet another embodiment of the genuine American composer - one rooted in Old Europe, but whose establishment in the New World prods him to develop an original voice by devising his own, personal combination of the old and the new.

Indeed, one of the characteristic traits of Husa's compositional attitude is his constant striving to take on the newest ideas, techniques and playing modes, especially as pertains to the exploration of new sonorities, while never relinquishing his Czech roots and the search for expressivity and drama. If perhaps less cutting edge than composers like Lutoslawski (with whom he shares the use of aleatoric processes and sensuous orchestrations) or Ligeti (exploration of new sonorities and untraditional playing modes), he is less "abstract" than them (Husa doesn't shun programmatic music, and Five Poems in particular are musical characterization of birds, although they do not imitate bird songs directly) but by the same token more expressive in a quasi cinematographic way.

The works contained on this disc are all written for the instruments that make up the traditional Wind Quintet (the two Preludes are limited to flute, clarinet and bassoon, the others add oboe and horn), with the addition of the piano in the "Recollections", and String orchestra, harp and xylophone in the Serenade. They were composed between 1963 (Serenade) and 1994 (Five Poems). Beyond their common instrumentation, the works are diverse in overall mood and sonic outlook. Though in that period Husa was engaged into post-webernian, Darmstadt-inspired serialist music (witness his 1961 Mosaïques that could be found on a CRI CD which included another, composer conducted version of the same Serenade - see my review), the Serenade is the most traditionally oriented, harking back to Janacek, and to my ears the less personal. The two Preludes from 1966 are stark and almost overbearing. In the two next compositions more echoes can be heard of Janacek's compositions for the same kind of instrumental ensemble, like the "Youth" Sextet or Capriccio for piano and winds (the conjugation of high-pitched, nasal oboe and low-toned, gruff-sounding horn, the snappy rhythms, the whip-cracking piano chords) and sometimes of Bartok's Contrasts (the association of clarinet, piano and angular rhythms). The Five Poems are the most evocative and sensuous, and the six movements from Recollections the most advanced and fascinating in their exploration of new sonorities, extremes of dynamics, quarter-tone slides, aleatoric devices and unusual playing modes, with the piano using techniques that one associates with George Crumb, like placing a sheet of paper under the pedal dampers, producing an eerie metallic rattle.

This is rarely easy listening music (though often sensuous in the mysterious sound world it conjures), but it is rich in content and invention, engaging and rewarding. I wouldn't recommend it as a first introduction to the music of its composer (try the Marco Polo release with Fresque, Symphony No. 2 and Music for Prague instead - see my review) and this is why I have rated it only 4 stars, but anyone with a serious interest in Husa - he deserves it - can safely buy it.

Average customer rating: Awesome horn soloist

Perspectives Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Sextets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gliere, Reinhold | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Leopold Mozart | Mozart, Leopold | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Telemann, Georg Philipp | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weber | Weber, Carl Maria von | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Telemann, Georg Philipp | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | 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 General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music French Horn | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Horn Concertos John Cerminaro: A Life of Music Virtuoso Horn Screamers: Difficult Works For The Horn Haydn: Works for Horn ASIN: B000F5WNUU Release Date: 2006-05-09

Tracks:

1. Allegro
2. Romanze. Larghetto
3. Allegro
4. Maestoso
5. Allegro
6. Grave-Vivace
7. Allegro
8. Andante
9. Moderato
10. Allegro-Andante
11. Allegro-Rondo. Allegro

Tracks:

1. Allegro - Karl Suske
2. Andante - Karl Suske
3. Allegro - Karl Suske
4. Allegro Con Brio
5. Adagio
6. Rondo. Allegro
7. Allegro Moderato - Leonard Hokanson
8. Poco Adagio, Quasi Andante - Leonard Hokanson
9. Rondo. Allegro Moderato - Leonard Hokanson
10. Adagio-Andante
11. Andante Con Moto-Adagio
12. Polacca
13. Andante-Allegretto-Allegro
14. Allegro - John Constable
15. Andante, Piu Tosto Un Poco Allegretto. A Giusto D'Un Eco - John Constable
16. Menuet - John Constable

Customer Reviews:

Awesome horn soloist.......2006-07-08

Anyone who knows anything about French horn soloists knows of the greats...Dennis Brain, Berry Tuckwell, Hans Pizka, and of course, Hermann Baumann. If you are a fan of the French horn, this is a must.

Average customer rating: Open Forms,Systems/Mobility, Graphics,Timbres

Earle Brown: Music For Pianos 1951- 1995 Earle Brown Manufacturer: New Albion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000R46 Release Date: 1996-02-09

Tracks:

1. Corroboree
2. Three Pieces: I. Three Pieces
3. Three Pieces: II. Three Pieces
4. Three Pieces: III. Three Pieces
5. Folio: October 1952
6. Folio: November 1952
7. Folio: December 1952
8. Folio: MM - 87
9. Folio: MM - 135
10. Folio: Music For Trio For Five Dancers June 1953
11. Folio: 1953
12. Perspectives
13. 25 Pages
14. Forgotten Piece
15. Four Systems
16. Summer Suite '95: 6 - 12 - 95
17. Summer Suite '95: No Horns At All
18. Summer Suite '95: 6 - 14 - 95
19. Summer Suite '95: Untitled O
20. Summer Suite '95: Untitled O2
21. Summer Suite '95: 6 - 30 - 95
22. Summer Suite '95: Template 1
23. Summer Suite '95: Segment 2
24. Summer Suite '95: July 5
25. Summer Suite '95: July 6
26. Summer Suite '95: Segment 3A
27. Summer Suite '95: July 14
28. Summer Suite '95: August 1

Customer Reviews:

Open Forms,Systems/Mobility, Graphics,Timbres.......2002-11-27

The passing of Earle Brown this last July, 2002 was indeed a loss to American experimentalism. Brown is known for his early ongoing associations with John Cage, a card carrying memeber of the Cage School. He recalls he first had met Cage in Denver in 1951 and had revealed his newly written "Three Pieces".The astonished Cage said "send this to me in New York", and David Tudor proceeded to perform it. In fact most of the experimentalions in musical graphics, indeterminacy would be unthinkable without the pianistic interpretations of David Tudor.

It's possible to divide Brown's creativity into three periods, the early, the Fifties, where this disk concentrates,the Sixties which sees the coagulations, concretizations of Brown's theories of open form,mobile form and musical graphics. The impressive String Quartet from this period is a high point, and here we get on this disk Corroboree (1964), for three pianos. David Arden pre-records the other pianos. This is a work which does suggest its marginal programmatic image of the noisy Australian aboriginal festival,with obviouslike rhythms emerging but within the context of the opaque musical moments,musical space is redivided here into beautiful like moments of an entire array of sounds and indeed plumbs the depths of piano timbre, with fascinating muting of strings, finger plucking,hand and forearm clusters,key muting, and harmonics. The work for its antiphonal interest should be heard live, so hear you need to imagine these piano separations emanating from differnent places.
All of the Folio is here largely a work constructed around musical graphics. Within the Cage School, Brown creatively was in the center, not revealing excessive indulgences in musical graphics as Cage himself as in his 'Concert for Piano',which is/was a virtual encyclopedia of what is possible in music performing and graphics,vertical, horizontal, procedures, processes, following circles around, nor was Brown not so much aesthetic bound to his musical objects as Feldman,or Christian Wolff where timbral placements,register, and instrumentation was indeed important than process. Brown's affinity coming from his early studies in engineering and the theories of Jospeh Schillinger informed him very differently than Cage and his interface with Zen thinking,or Feldman's engagements in the painterly world of tone, shape, density,layerings,concept.Brown I think limits himself to the mobiles of Alexander Calder for instance. Improvisation was not an objective here for any memeber of the Cage School.
Most of the creativity here as well resides in the skills of the performer,which does require one to have travelled the oceanic performative seas of improvisation to impart this lifeworld into the cold;y abstract musical graphics and David Arden is an extraordinary interpreter. He is not quite as adventuresome,pushing conceptual envelopes as David Tudor, Arden runs a middle course in his approach to the open-ness of timbre, of placement of gesture, all which resides in the performer in the freedom that musical graphics allows. Here you have as in 4 Systems simply black horizontal bars placed like in perpsective on the page(one page), a page that can be read left to right right to left, or turned upsidedown for a reading also no dynamics or articulations are indicated,registral placement is somewhat suggested,so the performer must decide these elements.
Perspectives from 1952 is completly written,and we see another side to Brown,like giving away creative clues, on the aesthetic interests of the creator, for this work has a violent pointillism that was in the post-war air in the Fifties,it may remind you of a timid Boulez Second Sonata. I beleive through these opaque, indeterminate/determinate musical grpahics we can discern where Earle Brown philosphic aesthetic resides, and I think his music does have an understated quality to it, a gentleness,sparce,thinly threadbare,poetic as can be and evocative at times, even though his aim was not to create a discernable discreet aesthetic object.
The latter Summer Suite from 1995 certainly proclaims this we see a Brown perhaps with the accessibility bug had bit him as everyone,the force fields of postmodernity in place. This is a work far more lyrical within the Brown context, of what represents lyrical moments. In the notes Brown says himself that this work is "jazzy" but I didn't see that, and if it was it would not be interesting jazz.

Average customer rating: Tonal Expressions Unforgettable! What a delight! Bewitching!

Tonal Expressions/Piano Perspectives Don Shirley Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Don Shirley Plays Love Songs/Don Shirley Trio Golden Classics Solos/Don Shirley With 2 Basses Water Boy: The Gospel According to Pianist Extraordinary/Piano Arrangements of Famous Spirituals ASIN: B00002SWQS Release Date: 1999-11-23

Tracks:

1. I Cover The Waterfront
2. No Two People
3. Secret Love
4. The Man I Love
5. Love Is Here To Stay
6. Dancing On The Ceiling
7. They Can't Take That Away From Me
8. Answer Me My Love
9. Medley From 'New Faces': Love Is A Simple Thing/I'm In Love With Miss Logan/Monotonous...
10. My Funny Valentine

Tracks:

1. Someone To Watch Over Me
2. Love For Sale
3. Blue Moon
4. How High The Moon
5. I Can't Get Started With You
6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
7. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
8. Makin' Whoopee
9. Lullaby Of Birdland

Customer Reviews:

Tonal Expressions.......2002-07-28

Don Shirley is magnificent! I bought this album when it first came out in 1955 and for all these years it was my very favorite. His rendition of "Love is a Simple Thing" sounds like a whole symphony orchestra. His talent is remarkable and his stylings have never been exceeded by any of the great musicians that have come along since he began entertaining and amazing his audiences! Thank you for re-relesing these GREAT recordings on CD and for recognizing this is a talent for all ages and times!

Unforgettable!.......2000-11-12

Once you've heard Don Shirley play a song, you never think of it in quite the same way again. He finds subtle meanings and emotions that everyone else (maybe even the composer) has missed. He has a remarkable and inimitable talent, and his work is never less than the best. This album is no exception to his standard of perfection.

What a delight!.......2000-07-05

It's wonderful to have these albums available again after too many years. "Someone to Watch Over Me" is unbelievably, achingly beautiful. "I Can't Get Started" begins so gently and builds to an amazingly powerful crescendo. Don, if you're listening, more,please!

Bewitching!.......2000-02-02

From driving bass-piano rhythm to the quitest, most subtle, and moving tone poems you'll ever hear, this music will continue to hold you. In Don Shirley's hands, each song takes on depth and character you never knew existed. I first heard "Piano Perspectives" when I was a teenager, but the music never left me. It is wonderful to see that Don Shirley is in acton, and I can't wait for concerts and new CDs. He is the complete artist.

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New Perspectives Break Reform Manufacturer: Abstract Blue ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Fractures Reformation ASIN: B0001DMQ3A Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

1. Ghost [Non-Album Track]
2. Freefall [#]
3. What Do You Do [#]
4. Metropolis [Unknown Quantity Mix]
5. Medusa [Dynamic Syncopation Remix]
6. Fractures [U-Neek Dub]
7. When It Came [Nwachukwu Remix]
8. Lady Sings [D'nell Remix]
9. Perfect Season [Break Reform Remix]
10. Metropolis [Saudade London Bossa Mix] - Break Reform,
11. Mercy [Ol' English Remix]
12. What Do You Do [Kamara Remix]
13. Freefall [Bonus Mix][Version]
14. Medusa [Unknown Quantity Mix]

Album Details

Abstract Blue Recordings Presents Break Reform's "New Perspectives", a Collection of Remixes and Unreleased Tracks from this Up-and-coming Outfit. Following the Success of Break Reform's Debut Album, "Fractures", Abstract Blue Presents an Incredibly Varied and Unique Collection of Remixes and Exclusive Tracks from a Group Who's Reputation Continues to Grow, Gaining Recognition from Some of the Most Respected DJ'S and Magazines Promoting New Independent Music. On "New Perspectives" You Will Find Several Recordings Including the Beautiful Single "Ghosts" and the Never Before Heard "Freefall" plus a Few More Surprises. The Remixes Are Provided Courtesy of the Incredible Tony Nwachukwu of Attica Blues, the Sublime D'nell from Abstract Blue/ Furious Styles, the Cosmic Bossa Crew Solar Apple Quarktette and the Beat Scientist Ol' English from Low Budget Soul. Also Included Are the Classic Mixes by Dynamic Syncopation and Unknown Quantity Alongside More Interpretations by Kamara.

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