The Secret Sun

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Jesse Harris will probably always be best known as Norah Jones's favorite songwriter—he wrote five songs on Come Away With Me, including "Don’t Know Why"--but he’s also an able recording artist himself. Many of the 12 songs on his fourth album with the Fernandos, The Secret Sun, are built on a foundation of acoustic guitar--his and that of ex-Lounge Lizard Tony Scherr (who also plays electric guitar throughout). These two are abetted by a particularly supple rhythm section--bassist Tim Luntzel and Kenny Wollesen (Tom Waits, Bill Frisell). Similar to Jones's work, there's an understated elegance to these songs, and the band is clearly comfortable with bluesy pop, country rock, singer-songwriter ballads, and even traditional folk (the album's one cover, "Roberta"). Jones appears on one song, the duet "What Makes You," but it’s not even the best song here. That honor could go to the pre-rock classic pop grace of "How?" an intricate guitar-and-marimba workout "The Midnight Bell," or the album-closing stunner, "You, the Queen," a jazzy love song full of longing, regret, and hope. Clearly, Harris doesn’t have a voice that comes close to matching Jones's, but The Secret Sun is full of good songs played tastefully--a combination that deserves to be applauded. --Keith Moerer

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The Secret Sun

Average customer rating: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player! Persuaders Theme! A Variety Of Classics! Incredible Barry Collection " one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry"

John Barry: The Collection Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music Beyondness of Things The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection Eternal Echoes ASIN: B00005BADD Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Zulu
2. From Russia With Love
3. From Russia With Love - 007
4. Goldfinger
5. The Ipcress File
6. The Knack
7. Mister Moses
8. Thunderball
9. The Wrong Box
10. Born Free
11. The Quiller Memorandum
12. You Only Live Twice
13. The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
14. Deadfall

Tracks:

1. The Lion In Winter
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. Midnight Cowboy
5. Midnight Cowboy
6. The Appointment
7. The Last Valley
8. Walkabout
9. Monte Walsh
10. Diamonds Are Forever
11. The Persuaders
12. Mary Queen Of Scots
13. The Man With The Golden Gun
14. The Dove

Tracks:

1. The Tamarind Seed
2. King Kong
3. Eleanor And Franklin
4. Robin And Marian
5. The Deep
6. Hanover Street
7. The Black Hole
8. Moonraker
9. Somewhere In Time
10. Raise The Titanic
11. Body Heat
12. Frances
13. Octopussy
14. The Cotton Club

Tracks:

1. High Road To China
2. A View To A Kill
3. Out Of Africa
4. The Living Daylights
5. Dances With Wolves
6. Dances With Wolves
7. Chaplin
8. Moviola
9. Indecent Proposal
10. The Specialist
11. The Scarlet Letter
12. Cry The Beloved Country
13. Mercury Rising
14. The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.

Average customer rating: Sasha Dobson Distinctive grooves. Is it jazz? Wonderful listening gorgeous and stunning debut from a honey-voiced chanteuse

Modern Romance Sasha Dobson Manufacturer: Secret Sun ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Half the Perfect World The Darkling Thrush Mythologies From This Moment On Turned to Blue ASIN: B000GW8PYU Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

1. Without You
2. Modern Romance
3. Been Here Before
4. Cold To Colder
5. Four Leaf Clover
6. Crescent
7. If Not For Dreams
8. Follow Through
9. Spring Is Just Around The Corner
10. Young And Free
11. End Of Autumn
12. I Never Changed My Mind
13. Mood Indigo

Customer Reviews:

Sasha Dobson.......2007-03-28

First rate album ! ! man,this gal can sing - - - and with a style that's all her own.

Distinctive grooves........2007-03-07

The daughter of notable jazz musicians -- pianist Smith Dobson and singer Gail Dobson -- Sasha Dobson has the genes and a strong musical foundation to make powerful, uplifting music.

She carries on in the jazz tradition of past greats like Ella Fitzgerald, with a sultry voice and extensive performance experience, but she remains an unconventional performer. Now 26, Dobson has been performing professionally since she was 16, in the process crafting a unique fusion of Brazilian and American jazz.
With 10 years of professional experience under her belt -- she's long performed with the Dobson Family Band and the Chris Byars Octet -- Dobson likely has amazing success ahead of her.
"Modern Romance", Dobson's new album, is a fine collection of originals and genre-bending covers of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Modern Romance" and Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo".
Like many young jazz singers nowadays, Sasha is trying for a mellow pop-jazz groove à la Norah Jones.
Her plangent, almost vibrato-free voice rides over a mélange of island rhythms, bossa nova and folky acoustics, mostly in new songs she has co-written. They go down as easily as frozen margaritas, never more beguilingly than when she slips in scat syllables like "dit-doo, die-yah-da-doo" in 'Four Leaf Clover', or simply "ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh" in 'Cold to Colder'.
Listen to this very nice album and enjoy.

Is it jazz?.......2007-01-09

I don't know. I thought I had read about this under new jazz releases, but I'm not sure I'd categorize it as jazz. I'm really not sure what category it falls under. But it is a very pleasant experience listening to this young woman sing and the very nice production of this album. All of the songs sound very similar; obviously the same producer had his fingers in each track and had a particular "feel" that he was going for. But it works, and I highly recommend it.

Wonderful listening.......2006-11-10

What a discovery! If you love good jazz perfectly performed, you'll enjoy Dobson.

gorgeous and stunning debut from a honey-voiced chanteuse.......2006-09-11

I've had the aural pleasure of hearing The Sasha Dobson Band live with my own two ears...and I own the "Modern Romance" CD as well. I can honestly say that this group of musicians knows how to shake it and bake it...the ingredients are seemingly failproof...one honey voiced chanteuse who can emote beautifully and a troupe of musicians at the top of their game with songwriters extraordinaire among them seems to be a great recipe for success...this CD should go far. It's got such groove and vibe to it...the songwriting is intense and brilliant...and Sasha's voice one of the loveliest things imaginable...treat yourself to the experience and grab this one while it's hot, and it is hot (it's steaming, baby, and so mellow at the same time)...

Average customer rating: Uhhh... It's Ok... Key songs are missing Nice mix of score and soundtrack Beautiful, sensitive, sad and hopeful. Dear Frankie- CD

Dear Frankie Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dear Frankie One More Kiss Attila Shooters Dracula 2000 ASIN: B0002W18RU Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

1. Opening Title
2. Everyone Will Have Their Day - Clarksville
3. Frankie Reads
4. Stamp Album
5. Leave These Shores - Obi
6. A New Beginning
7. Spiegel Im Spiegel (Extract) - Arvo Part
8. Football
9. Secret Sun - Jesse Harris
10. Present From His Daddy
11. The Kiss
12. Your Friend Frankie
13. The Final Letter
14. Reprise - Clarksville

Amazon.com

The tale of a mother who poses as her son's estranged father in letters, yet eventually has to enlist a stranger to play the role, director Shona Auerbach's intimate indie became a film festival perennial. Given the movie's tearjerker tendencies, its musical score becomes an even more crucial component of its deft, if relatively non-manipulative dramaturgy. Young composer Alex Heffes more than rises to the occasion, providing a delicate score fueled by spare, elegant piano and emotionally-longing string arrangements. Heffes work here mines the same intimately scaled, soulfully resonant vein as Rachel Portman's Oscar-nominated music for Lasse Hallstrom's Ciderhouse Rules and Chocolat, a skillful musical tack that's openly emotional, yet seldom cloying. The contributions of modern rockers Clarksville (the buoyant "Everyone Will Have Their Day" and more intimate ballad "Reprise") and singer-songwriters Obi and Jesse Harris organically mesh with Heffes' score in a way that's all to rare in an era where pop songs often contribute little more than marketing shuck to film projects. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Uhhh... It's Ok..........2007-05-01

I really loved the movie and especially little Frankie. There where three songs that just stuck in my head for weeks, so I bought the CD... unfortunatly out of the three songs, only one was on the CD... I was alittle dissapointed but overall it is a good CD. I really like Jesse Harris. He is the best on the whole CD.

Key songs are missing.......2007-02-21

After watching "Dear Frankie" on cable several times, I decided to buy it and the soundtrack album. I did not read the detailed list of songs before buying. Although the soundtrack is good for what it is, I was disappointed that the song "Delicate" by Damien Rice was not included. Nor was the song about the "white horse" that was sung twice during the movie, once by Lizzie and once by the club singer. It would have been nice also to have the "Macarena" song which was in the movie.

Nice mix of score and soundtrack.......2007-02-07

This album is nice because it has all the score music along with all the other music played in the movie on one CD. The "Dear Frankie Main Title" is especially nice to have. I bought this CD for my sister for Christmas, but now the whole family wants to listen to it. I would recommend it for anyone that liked the movie!

Beautiful, sensitive, sad and hopeful. .......2007-01-21

I stumbled upon this quiet little movie and feel like I've discovered a wonderful jewel. I was immediately enamored by the soundtrack and worked hard to purchase it right away. The music along with a few dialogue excerpts communicate much of the emotion and power of the movie. There's one song that was, regrettably, not on the soundtrack but I recommend be added to the CD or your collection: Damien Rice, "Delicate" from the "O" album. The music communicates such a sense of loss and longing while maintaining just enough of a glimmer of hope that you end up feeling alright.

It's a wonderful soundtrack and definitely worth the purchase.

Dear Frankie- CD.......2007-01-09

I liked the music in the movie so much that I bought the CD and was not disappointed at all. It's wonderful and I listen to it constantly.

Average customer rating: A lot of 70's Music Bond and beyond on an excellent career retrospective.

Themeology: The Best of John Barry Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: John Barry: The Collection John Barry Moviola (Film Score Re-recording Compilation) Eternal Echoes Beyondness of Things John Barry: Film Music Masterworks ASIN: B000025OLO Release Date: 2004-02-23

Tracks:

1. Persuaders Theme
2. Midnight Cowboy
3. Ipcress File
4. Knack
5. Wednesday's Child [From the Quiller Memorandum]
6. Space March (Capsule in Space)
7. Girl With the Sun in Her Hair
8. Vendetta
9. Danny Scipio Theme
10. James Bond Theme
11. Goldfinger - John Barry, Shirley Bassey
12. Diamonds Are Forever - John Barry, Shirley Bassey
13. From Russia With Love - John Barry, Matt Monro
14. You Only Live Twice [Instrumental]
15. Thunderball [Instrumental]
16. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
17. 007
18. Walk, Don't Run
19. Beat for Beatniks
20. Hit and Miss
21. Born Free - John Barry, Matt Monro
22. Main Title (I Had a Farm in Africa) [From Out of Africa]
23. John Dunbar Theme [From Dances with Wolves]

Album Description

23 track retrospective of the acclaimed soundtrack composer's best for the cinema. Includes 'Midnight Cowboy', 'The James Bond Theme', 'Dances With Wolves', 'Out Of Africa', 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', 'Born Free' (sung by Matt Monro) and Shirley Bassey's vocal performancesof 'Goldfinger' & 'Dimaonds Are Forever'. 1997 Columbia release.

Album Description

23 track retrospective of the acclaimed soundtrack composer's best for the cinema. Includes 'Midnight Cowboy', 'The James Bond Theme', 'Dances With Wolves', 'Out Of Africa', 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', 'Born Free' (sung by Matt Monro) and Shirley Bassey's vocal performancesof 'Goldfinger' & 'Dimaonds Are Forever'. 1997 Columbia release.

Album Details

Best of Package Includes: Goldfinger, from Russia with Love, Midnight Cowboy, Born Free, Diamonds Are Forever and More.

Customer Reviews:

A lot of 70's Music.......2005-09-20

If you really like 70's themes, you should like this CD. It was a little too dated for me.

Bond and beyond on an excellent career retrospective........1998-08-25

Imitation is often considered the greatest form of flattery. John Barry's oeuvre has been sampled by dozens of contemporary musical artists, and he is often credited as being the godfather of "trip hop" (check recent albums by Portishead and Mono to hear the Barry influence). The Academy-award winning composer has been producing music for over forty years, but this collection focuses on the artist's most commercially successful period, the 1960's. The instantly recognizable and inimitable Barry style is well documented throughout 23 varied compositions. Selections range from classic to obscure, and include all the title tracks from the early James Bond soundtracks. Barry's film and television music is the defining sound of that era - lush orchestrations, cool jazzy riffs, pure excitement. "Themeology" is an excellent starting point for the novice collector and equally attractive for the long-time admirer.

Average customer rating: Great, but no prize Xena;Warrior Princess volume six Great Collection Exceptional A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING

Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Four - Original Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire: Original Television Soundtrack Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Two Xena: Warrior Princess - The Bitter Suite: A Musical Odyssey - Original Television Soundtrack ASIN: B00005LMK2 Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

1. With the Angels
2. Battling Archangles
3. Go to Them
4. Body Snatch
5. Resistence
6. Gab's Trial
7. They're Coming
8. Back from the Dead
9. She'll Be Here
10. Callisto in Hell
11. Way of Pain
12. Kee Coming
13. End of Coming
14. Ring
15. Valhalla
16. On a Cow
17. Up the Rhein
18. Rhein Maidens
19. Out of Options
20. Kiss
21. Return of the Rheingold
22. Pas de Deux Femmes
23. You Will Dance

Tracks:

1. Sounds of War
2. To the Rising Sun
3. Sounds of Life and Death
4. Snow Falling on Cedars
5. Burning Higuchi
6. Die Demon
7. Reality of Dreams
8. Xena Vs. Yodishi
9. Return to Chin
10. Power of the Book
11. Secret of the Powder
12. Haulin' to the North
13. Mausoleum
14. It's Over
15. Love Is a Weapon
16. United in Love
17. Joxer the Mighty
18. Play's the Thing
19. Woman's a Natural Thing/Miss Known World
20. Day in the Life
21. Catching Fish
22. Up in the Trees
23. Things in Common
24. Down the Valley
25. Neighbor Lady
26. Smelling Mortality
27. Chasin' Chickens
28. Quill Is Mightier
29. Here Girl
30. Xena Main Title

Customer Reviews:

Great, but no prize.......2002-03-31

The selections from the Ring trilogy, Friends in need and Fallen Angel were excellent, however, some of the special request such as joxer the mighty, seemed a little bit rushed. Wasn't that song on Volume 2 already? Where was M'Lila's song from Destiny, or the music played During the first Kiss in "The Quest"
The cd has its good points, personally "It's Over" from "THAB" with its haunting melodies portraying the consequences of war.

Xena;Warrior Princess volume six.......2002-01-09

I am so happy that the last and final cd has come out, now my collection is complete. I am very sad for the show ending, but I am glad to still collect things.

Great Collection.......2001-12-25

Well, I have them all by now, but this last one is a great collection, with the added bonus of the music from A Friend In Need.
Just another fine addition to my Xena collection!

Exceptional.......2001-11-30

I am a fanatic and devoted Xenite.I have a huge problem:i can't stop listening to that cd,since the first time i listened to it,which means 1 month!That cd is really exceptional and i think that every true and genuine Xenite should buy it!It's really good!I was moved when i heard the Fallen Angel part.I was passioned when i heard the Ring Trilogy!I was astonishing when i heard the bonus cues that were included,especially the cue from The Quill Is Mightier(fishin part),oh,i was completely satisfied!
Though,there is a complain:i can't understand,why after 6 cd's,the producers don't do a cd including cues like:M'laila's song,the cues from the Bacchaen festival,music from Deja Vou All Over Again,where in the end,Gabrielle says to Xena those wonderful words,or even the scene of the kiss in The Quest!That,i can't understand it!
Last, i believe that whoever likes LoDuca's music style,should buy this cd.
Pay attention to the 22 cue:Pas De Deux Femmes.It is one of a something and whoever remembers what's the scene of this song,will agree with me!Mmmm!

A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING.......2001-11-29

To all truly Xena fans this CD is a must-have but have some lacks... Fun (comedy episodes music) scores destroy the the great combination of FALLEN ANGEL, THE RHEINGOLD TRILOGY AND I FRIEND IN NEED. In the first selections LoDuca creates spectacular high level music good enough to be played in a Symphony orchestra concert. The others selections have easy-to-fill-space western cowboy music instead of put M'Lilas song of DESTINY, Amazon's climbing trees of ADVENTURES IN THE SIN TRADE and NAJARA vs XENA music that would be gladly accepted by us. I doubt the company will launch a next CD but if they'll do this track and another valuable more must be there and the adittion of some famous characters quotes like "I have many skills" from Xena.

Average customer rating: Deceptively loose sound Craft If you like this record Great songs, okay vocals weak

The Secret Sun Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos Manufacturer: Blue Thumb ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Blue Thumb | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: While the Music Lasts Mineral Dear Frankie Crooked Lines Once Blue ASIN: B00008Y4KL Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

1. Just A Photograph
2. The Secret Sun
3. Long Way From Home
4. All My Life
5. What Makes You
6. How?
7. You Were On My Mind
8. If You Won't
9. The Other Road
10. The Midnight Bell
11. Roberta (Traditional)
12. You, The Queen

Amazon.com

Jesse Harris will probably always be best known as Norah Jones's favorite songwriter—he wrote five songs on Come Away With Me, including "Don't Know Why"--but he's also an able recording artist himself. Many of the 12 songs on his fourth album with the Fernandos, The Secret Sun, are built on a foundation of acoustic guitar--his and that of ex-Lounge Lizard Tony Scherr (who also plays electric guitar throughout). These two are abetted by a particularly supple rhythm section--bassist Tim Luntzel and Kenny Wollesen (Tom Waits, Bill Frisell). Similar to Jones's work, there's an understated elegance to these songs, and the band is clearly comfortable with bluesy pop, country rock, singer-songwriter ballads, and even traditional folk (the album's one cover, "Roberta"). Jones appears on one song, the duet "What Makes You," but it's not even the best song here. That honor could go to the pre-rock classic pop grace of "How?" an intricate guitar-and-marimba workout "The Midnight Bell," or the album-closing stunner, "You, the Queen," a jazzy love song full of longing, regret, and hope. Clearly, Harris doesn't have a voice that comes close to matching Jones's, but The Secret Sun is full of good songs played tastefully--a combination that deserves to be applauded. --Keith Moerer

Customer Reviews:

Deceptively loose sound.......2004-06-05

The pursuit of perfection in even the best studio recordings can sometimes squeeze the life out of the music. This does not happen here. Jesse Harris, his band and related musicians like Norah Jones kind of pick up where Neil Young & Crazy Horse leave off, providing a spontaneous, "loose" sound that is actually quite demanding of the musicians...and equally demanding of the engineers and producers not to "fix." The first song, "Just a Photograph" is a good example and sets the tone for the album. Like a good Neil Young & Crazy Horse song or even a jazz improv session, the energy and loose/tight quality builds as it goes along until by the kind of abrupt end of the song, all you want to do is go back and listen to it again...except that the next song, "The Secret Sun," is so good that you give in and let Harris be your guide through a nice range of lyrical folk tunes and rocking numbers. This guy is a very talented songwriter and the musicians playing with him are something special.

Craft.......2003-12-13

There are folks who write songs and then there are craftsmen. Jesse Harris has not only studied his craft (I hear Tin Pan Alley all over this record), but he's brought it to a new place. His voice is gentle and earnest, and charming to the core. Not some polished up glamour album, this work allows you to see the scratches on the Dobro, and hear a little rattle on the snare drum. It feels healthy and real as if we're hanging out in the songwriter's loft apartment.

I strongly recommend this album to those who aren't looking to find Nora Jones in the guise of a man, but who are willing to see what we're really missing in modern American music. Talented songwriters with classy simplicity and studied craftsmanship.

If you like this record.......2003-12-06

Hunt down the 1995 album "Once Blue" featuring Jesse and Rebecca Harris...brilliant.

Great songs, okay vocals.......2003-09-17

It's not really fair to compare Jesse Harris and his band with the now famous Norah Jones who recorded them. She's got a very different, smoky, sultry voice. This album is sharp and the lyrics are just as poeticly loopy as anything Harris has written before. I've always been more interested in the words than the singing so I enjoyed it.

weak.......2003-09-11

Oh my. I was disappointed. He should keep to the songwriting, but leave the singing to Norah.

Average customer rating: Mineral Gets better with repeated listening Jesse's best album yet

Mineral Jesse Harris Manufacturer: Secret Sun ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: While the Music Lasts Slow New York The Secret Sun Supply And Demand Crooked Lines ASIN: B000E97H62 Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

1. Slow Down
2. Nothing's Been Lost
3. Somewhere Down The Road
4. Mineral (Instrumental)
5. This Is Goodbye
6. No More
7. Down
8. Corrina Corrina
9. The Speed Of Sound
10. Karass (Instrumental)
11. No Way Out
12. Still Sleeping
13. Holding Your Hand
14. Come On Back

Customer Reviews:

Mineral.......2007-03-14

This album carries the same sound as all of Jesse's works, a sound I've come to know and love. But this is a simpler version of his work. Instrumental songs are brimming with feeling and vocal songs are simpler, with many phrases being repeated. Beautiful as always, but a new side of this artist with a more sophisticated air. I love it and only hope Jesse Harris will continue to give his gift to the world.

Gets better with repeated listening.......2006-03-31

When I first listened to this album, I liked the sound but the songs didn't take. The album seemed kind of self-indulgent and sad, sort of this artist's "Blood on the Tracks" but without the incredible Dylan lyrics and general songwriting. The lyrics are very simple, and repeated often. Repetition, like water drops, is kind of a theme. Maybe that's the clue to the name of the album: an apparent simplicity.
The more I listen to it, the variation and complexity starts to unfold. And the songs are pretty searing, even if they don't carry Dylan's kind of poetry: Very emotionally honest stuff. At times, this isn't an easy album to listen to, in the way that Lucinda Williams' recent albums are tough. But, I now think it has some of Jesse's very best songs on it. Wolleson and Goldings sound great...the musicians are listening closely to each other. The whole album's aural quality and production are really sublime. So, recommended...don't give up on it.

Jesse's best album yet.......2006-02-22

Jesse takes a more ambient approach here with a stripped down trio. with Larry Goldings on Hammond organ, piano, and Wurlitzer and Kenny Wollesen on drums and percussion. Jesse's songs are framed in subtle washes of sound and moody rhythms. I love it!

Average customer rating: Some People Are Stupid - REALLY STUPID Fine retrospective for the devoted blues fan Excellent Overview of the Blues! Can you believe the music is over 70 years old?!?!

When the Sun Goes Down: The Secret History of Rock & Roll Various Artists Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: Take This Hammer Statesboro Blues East Virginia Blues (When the Sun Goes Down Series) When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 8: Bluebird Blues Poor Man's Heaven: Blues & Tales of the Great Depression ASIN: B00006YXE7 Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

1. Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
2. Baby, Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
3. Ham an' Eggs - Leadbelly
4. Mississippi River Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
5. Just A Good Woman Through With The Blues - Trixie Butler
6. Garbage Man Blues - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
7. The Panama Limited - Bukka "Washington" White
8. Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson
9. The Midnight Special - Leadbelly
10. Worried Man Blues - Carter Family
11. Les Blues de Voyage - Amede Ardoin & Denus McGee
12. K. C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
13. Somebody's Been Stealin' - Rev. J. M. Gates
14. Beale Street Blues - Alberta Hunter
15. Devil In The Wood Pile - Noah Lewis
16. Walk Right In - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
17. Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
18. Got Cut All to Pieces - Bessie Tucker
19. Feather Bed - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
20. Can't Put a Bridle on That Mule This Morning - Julius Daniels
21. Davidson County Blues - DeFord Bailey
22. Frankie and Johnny - Frank Crumit
23. Dixie Bo-Bo - Taskiana Four
24. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Paul Robeson
25. St. Louis Blues - The Hall Johnson Choir

Tracks:

1. Telephoning the Blues - Victoria Spivey
2. Viola Lee Blues - Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers
3. Haven't Got a Dollar to Pay Your House Rent Man - Genevieve Davis
4. Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
5. When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone - Jim Jackson
6. Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
7. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
8. Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
9. Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
10. Rent Man Blues - Edna Winston
11. I Don't Care What You Say - Harris & Harris
12. I Hate A Man Like You - Lizzie Miles
13. 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Pt. 1 - Frank Stokes
14. I'm a Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
15. Blue Yodel #9 - Jimmie Rodgers
16. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair - Sleepy John Estes
17. Don't Want No Woman - McCoy & Johnson
18. Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band
19. Married Woman Blue - Blind Willie Reynolds
20. Red Nightgown Blues - Jimmie Davis
21. Hardworking Woman - Mississippi Matilda
22. Doubled Up in a Knot - Bo Carter
23. If You Want Me Baby - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
24. The First Time I Met the Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
25. Sales Tax - The Mississippi Sheiks

Tracks:

1. That's Chicago's South Side - Sam Theard
2. Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw
3. Devil's Island Gin Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
4. Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard? - Joe Pullum
5. I Lost My Baby - Lil Johnson
6. I Lost My Baby - Lil Johnson
7. Keep Your Hands Off Her - Big Bill Broonzy
8. When the Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
9. Selling My Pork Chops - Minnie McCoy
10. Every Day I Have the Blues - Pine Top
11. Sweet Sixteen - Walter Davis
12. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
13. Trouble in Mind - Richard M. Jones
14. He Roars Like a Lion - Merline Johnson
15. Prowling Night Hawk - Robert Lee McCoy
16. Good Morning School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson
17. You Got to Fix It - Speckled Red
18. Bucket's Got a Hole in It - Washboard Sam
19. Bottle It Up and Go - Tommy McClennan
20. Key To the Highway - Jazz Gillum
21. Don't You Lie to Me - Tampa Red
22. What Is That She Got - Johnny Temple
23. Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy
24. Hobo Blues - Yank Rachel
25. He's a Jelly Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson

Tracks:

1. Pearl Harbor Blues - Doctor Clayton
2. My Buddy Blues - The Five Breezes
3. Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo
4. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - The Cats & A Fiddle
5. Grinder Man Blues - Memphis Slim
6. Walkin' the Boogie - Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
7. Why Don't You Do Right - Lil Green
8. Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
9. Angels in Harlem - Doctor Clayton
10. Illinois Blues - Sunnyland Slim
11. Chicago Is Just That Way - Eddie Boyd
12. That's All Right - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
13. Get the Mop - Henry "Red" Allen
14. Look On Yonder Wall - Jazz Gillum
15. Anytime is the Right Time - Roosevelt Sykes Trio
16. When Things Go Wrong With You - Tampa Red
17. Dust My Broom - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
18. Soap and Water Blues - Washboard Sam
19. Rockin' with Red - Piano Red
20. Little Angel - Tampa Red Sweet
21. My Baby Left Me - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
22. How Blue Can You Get {Downhearted} - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
23. Right String But the Wrong Yo-Yo - Piano Red
24. Ride and Rol - Sonny Terry
25. Get Rich Quick - Little Richard

Amazon.com

Superb sound quality and sheer entertainment value make this a series by which other musical retrospectives should be measured. Over four discs (available individually as well as in this limited-edition set), the expansive selection of blues-based music from the RCA-Bluebird vaults celebrates artistry that still sounds vital 50 years after it was recorded. Among the highlights are such seminal recordings as "Catfish Blues" by Robert Petway (which Muddy Waters would transform into "Rolling Stone"), "Canned Heat Blues" by Tommy Johnson, "Sweet Little Angel" by Tampa Red (later a signature tune for B.B. King), and "That's All Right" by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (which ignited a rock & roll revolution in Elvis Presley's hands). Every cut seems to have been chosen with care, and some of the more obscure rank with the greatest delights: "Memphis" Minnie McCoy's "Selling My Pork Chops" and Washboard Sam's "Soap and Water Blues." As a blues anthology that surveys the roots of rock & roll, the set omits many of the biggest names (who recorded for other labels) and goes lightly on the 12-bar, guitar-driven style that flourished in Chicago after World War II. Yet the variety and vigor of the offerings should strike a responsive chord with casual fan and blues aficionado alike. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

Some People Are Stupid - REALLY STUPID.......2004-06-15

This review is a direct response to the person who has given it a solitary star. Well I fit into the category of people who "dont know better"

This is the best sounding remastering I have EVER heard. The only things that I can think of that compare are Old Hat CDs (how they got some of the sounds on the Basement CD I dont know), JSPs Carter Family & Jimmmie Rodgers box sets, or many many items that Bear Family have been responsible for. I would like to hear Ace have a go remastering stuff from the dawn of recordings - but mostly their releases pick up (date-wise) just about where this stuff stops.

As for Document - well, I rate them VERY highly and buy their stuff and enjoy it - BUT THEY DONT SOUND BETTER THAN THESE. It just isnt the case.

I was astonished when I first heard the quality of the remastering on this set. Add to that the incredible sound they have got on the Sonny Boy Williamson's and Leadbelly's "Secret Histort" discs. I havent yet heard the Blind Willie McTell one.

How anyone can say that this isnt the way this stuff is supposed to sound is beyond me. And its all been done without taking away ANYTHING from the integrity of the recordings.

Have a listen and make your own mind up.

The bloke who reviewed this and gave it only 1 star should go back to his medium wave radio.

Fine retrospective for the devoted blues fan.......2003-11-16

"The Secret History Of Rock And Roll" brings together a hundred original blues classics on four discs.
This series is designed to shine a light on the roots of rock & roll music, and the remastering of these many 70-year-old tracks sounds surprisingly good.

Among the instantly recognizable tunes, many of which were covered in one form or another by rock bands of the '60s and '70s are Big Joe Williams' "Baby, Please Don't Go", "Walk Right In" by Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Huddie Ledbetter's "The Midnight Special", "Statesboro Blues" by Blind Willie McTell, "Good Morning School Girl" by Sonny Boy Williamson, "Canned Heat Blues" by Tommy Johnson, and Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right" and "My Baby Left Me".
All the discs in this series are available individually, and the last two volumes are the most immediately accessible for casual or "mid-level" fans, who might want to stick with just those two.

This well annotated collecion isn't supposed to be listened to in one long sitting...even this fine and influential music is not quite varied enough for that. But if you are seriously interested in early acoustic blues, and its influence on 50s and 60s rock n' roll, "When The Sun Goes Down" ranks among the best compilations of its kind.
4 1/2 stars. Definitely recommended.

Excellent Overview of the Blues!.......2002-12-31

The Secret History of Rock and Roll is 100 pioneering blue classics on four compact discs available either separately or as a set. Disc 1 contains some early roots music and is made up of country jug bands, some gospel, a little bluegrass and some vaudeville. Disc 1 features some rare recordings from Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, the Hall Johnson Choir and Julius Daniels to name but three of the 25 represented here. Disc 2 features the earliest known recordings of the best known blues songs such as Noah Lewis' jug standard "Viola Lee Blues" later performed by the Grateful Dead and Sleepy John Estes' "The Girl I Love" which is familiar to all Led Zeppelin fans. Disc 3 brings into focus some material performed by the first generation of blue's stars including, Sonny Boy Williamson, Yank Rachell, Pinetop Perkins and Roosevelt Sykes. Disc 4 represents the sound of the blues post World War II with more of an electric, uptempo, beat. Overall, the recordings are excellently remastered and the set represents a really good overview of the historical development of the blues. Mainly for those interested in the history of the blues.

Can you believe the music is over 70 years old?!?!.......2002-12-07

I can't believe the recordings were remastered from over 70 years ago. The sound quality on this 4 disc set is great. There are so many songs on this that I had no idea weren't originals to the stars that made them famous, like "That's All Right" and "My Baby Left Me" (both familiar as Elvis tunes).

Really clever liner notes too; they're written after each track so you can literally follow along as you're listening to learn about the music. Cool gift idea for my Dad who's impossible to shop for!

Average customer rating: WHAT ?? 5 stars for The String Tribute to Maroon5! Fans will LOVE IT!

The String Quartet Tribute to Maroon 5: Under Your Skin Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: String Quartet Tribute to the Killers Live Friday the 13th (CD/DVD) Strung out on Panic! At the Disco: A String Quartet Tribute In the Chamber: The String Quartet Tribute to Linkin Park 1.22.03.Acoustic ASIN: B000294RQW Release Date: 2004-06-22

Tracks:

1. Harder To Breathe
2. This Love
3. Shiver
4. She Will Be Loved
5. Tangled
6. The Sun
7. Must Get Out
8. Sunday Morning
9. Secret
10. Through With You
11. Not Coming Home
12. Sweetest Goodbye

Product Description

1. Harder To Breathe
2. This Love
3. Shiver
4. She Will Be Loved
5. Tangled
6. The Sun
7. Must Get Out
8. Sunday Morning
9. Secret
10. Through With You
11. Not COming Home
12. Sweetest Goodbye

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

WHAT ??.......2006-10-27

A string quartet tribute to brainless trendwhore music of that mtv fueled poser morons!! This is ridiculous, this must be a joke.

5 stars for The String Tribute to Maroon5! Fans will LOVE IT!.......2005-07-31

Being a HUGE Maroon 5 fan, I knew that I had to listen to "Under Your Skin". I didn't think that I would like it at first, because there are no vocals. Bottom line - THIS ALBUM IS AMAZING! It is so beautiful with just strings!

"Harder To Breathe" is more of a rock song, so you wouldn't expect strings to take it on properly. The strings compliment the song perfectly, though! "This Love" sounds LOVELY, it seems to be a song just meant for the strings. Listening to "Shiver" is so interesting, because the strings take on the guitar JUST RIGHT. Moving on to "She Will Be Loved"...wow. That's all I have to say about it! Wow.

"Tangled" and "The Sun" both sound beautiful. Both of them also sound like songs made for the strings. "Must Get Out" is a song that you would definatly not picture with strings...but it is pulled off!

When you listen to "Sunday Morning", the beginning is rather slow and there are not many strings. You may feel a bit dissapointed, but near the end it kicks off and the song is wonderful! "Secret" is also another wonderful track. The strings at the beginning are so slow and deep...haunting, even.

Now, "Through With You" sounds INCREDIBLE. This is, yet again, a song MADE for strings. "Not Coming Home" is equally incredible, with the interesting harmonization. Finally, the last track, "Sweetest Goodbye", is a beautiful closesure to the album. It'll leave you wishing the album was longer!

If you are a Maroon 5 fan, or you just love songs w/ strings, I completely reccomend this album. It is PERFECT to listen to in the bath, driving, outside having a drink...it's also good background music. Plus, since there are no vocals, you can sing along to it yourself! I do it all the time!

So what are you waiting for? This is an extraordinary album, just waiting for you to buy it!

Average customer rating:

Secret Geometry; Music For Piano And Electronic Tape Manufacturer: Composers Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005TXM Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

1. Synchronisms No. 6
2. Fantasy
3. Secret Geometry: I Variations
4. Secret Geometry: II Nocturne
5. Secret Geometry: III Toccata
6. Reflections
7. Towards 'The Midnight Sun'

Rap Music:

1. The Skill
2. The Yellow Shark [Original recording remastered]
3. Triptych [Import]
4. We Love 'Em Tonight (Live at Tipitina's) [Live]
5. We Were Born in a Flame
6. Welcome to the Club [Live] [Import]
7. 3614 Jackson Highway [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
8. A Drawing of a Memory of a Photograph of You
9. A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection 1968-1976 [Box set] [Original recording remastered]
10. Above Ground Sound of Jake Holmes [Import]

Rap Music

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