Unsung Heroes [Import]

Product Description
Southern Fusion/Rock Virtuosos the Dregs' 1981 Release. For this Joint, the Group Featured Steve Morse on Guitar and Banjo, Andy West on Bass, Drummer Rod Morganstein, Allen Sloan on Violins and Violas and T. Lavitz on Keys and Sax. Includes 'go for Baroque', 'Day 444', 'Atilla the Hun' and Five More Instrumental Tracks.

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Unsung Heroes [Import]

Average customer rating: EXCELLENT! Best Concert Ever Another great Dregs album Stop Over The Dregs' best album, and few bands were ever better

Unsung Heroes The Dixie Dregs Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: What If Free Fall Dregs of the Earth Night of the Living Dregs Industry Standard ASIN: B000006YCX Release Date: 1996-05-27

Tracks:

1. Cruise Control
2. Divided We Stand
3. I'll Just Pick
4. Day 444
5. Rock & Roll Park
6. Attila The Hun
7. Kat Food
8. Go For Baroque

Album Details

Southern Fusion/Rock Virtuosos the Dregs' 1981 Release. For this Joint, the Group Featured Steve Morse on Guitar and Banjo, Andy West on Bass, Drummer Rod Morganstein, Allen Sloan on Violins and Violas and T. Lavitz on Keys and Sax. Includes 'go for Baroque', 'Day 444', 'Atilla the Hun' and Five More Instrumental Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

EXCELLENT!.......2005-10-17

I have seen The Dregs about 5 times and as someone who has been going to concerts for 30 years and has seen many of the best, The Dregs remain one of the premier live bands I have seen. This kind of music just doesn't get much better and I enjoy it even more because I know there is no studio trickery involved, they can pull this off live with gusto!

The version of 'Cruise Control' that they do in concert is extended and contains a middle part where the guitar, bass, violin and keys trade riffs and it is a site to behold. As the solos go around they get shorter and shorter until it seems they are passing a hot potato among them, and they never miss a beat. An incredible display of superior musicianship!

One of my favorite tracks from this disc is 'I'll Just Pick', a sweet country/bluegrass track that will have you toe-tapping in no time. You cannot go wrong with this CD, just get it already!!

Best Concert Ever.......2005-09-02

I actually saw the Dregs in concert to support this album. The CD sounds polished and well produced. Unbelievably they sounded the same live!!! This is the best assembly of musicians to record together. You will not regret owning this album.

Another great Dregs album.......2004-01-08

I've been a Steve Morse fan for a long time and own several Dregs albums, so my expectations were pretty high. I was not disappointed. This is among the best of their work. Traditionally, there is usually at least one barouque piece and one Country piece on any given Dregs album, and "I'll Just Pick" is by far the best of the Country efforts on any of the other albums I've heard. T Lavitz's piano work is inspiring, and Morse's playing is as great as always. Other notable efforts include Steve's nylon-string on "Go For Baroque", Andy West's work on "Kat Food", and the way-cool syncopation on "Day 444". My only complaint was the price. It totally cheezes me off that they have to import Dregs' albums from Japan! But that's not the band's fault, so I still give them 5 stars.

Stop Over.......2003-09-27

I guess it was back around 1982,The Dixie Dregs were performing in Philadelphia somewhere and had a future engagement in New York in a couple of days.When the owner of the establishment that I was employed by at the time(in the quiet little town of Kingston,NJ) managed to book them for a night- in the smokey little stripmall bar (that many of us at the time called home away from home)next to a Shop Rite supermarket.Back then everything was top 40 and
arena rock,I tell ya when I heard these guys for the first time I was blown away,I've never seen nor heard any band that was tighter than these guys,they were promoting "Unsung Heroes" at the time.After we heard them many of us ran out and collected there earlier work.When your in a small venue (600 legal limit 300)and you hear
Cruise Control,Twiggs Approved,Ice Cakes,Take it off the top,and Divided we Stand,you are spoiled from then on!the owner of the bar managed to book them the following year,and also the year Industry Standard was released,same little bar, Blood Sucking Leeches!! the rest is history,I have an autographed Unsung Heroes vinyl and an Industry Standard vinyl with Mark O'Connors'signature,if you follow country music at all he has become a fixture at the Grand Ol Oprey.
T.Cala, Brick,NJ

The Dregs' best album, and few bands were ever better.......2003-05-12

The name Dixie Dregs was misleading--it always made people assume the band would sound like the Charlie Daniels Band or Molly Hatchett. So for "Unsung Heroes" the name was changed to "The Dregs". The music remained the same, instrumental rock played by five virtuoso musicians in a dizzying array of styles, with music and arrangements as intricate yet insanely catchy as anything either progressive rock or fusion has ever produced. Solos are kept short, and at some point during an album you're bound to hear every possible combination of two instruments play in unison (listen for the violin and bass on "Attila the Hun").

This is the Dregs' best studio album, with a fantastic set of compositions by Steve Morse, the world's greatest guitarist. By now, the formula for a Dregs album was pretty well established: a couple of rockers ("Cruise Control" and "Rock & Roll Park"), a couple of progressive rock tracks ("Divided We Stand" and "Attila the Hun"), a ballad ("Day 444"), and some bluegrass ("I'll Just Pick"), funk ("Kat Food"), and baroque ("Go for Baroque"). "Divided We Stand", "Kat Food", "I'll Just Pick", and "Go for Baroque" are the best songs the Dregs have done in each of their respective genres. In fact, "Divided We Stand" is perhaps the Dregs' best track ever, and unlike anything else you've ever heard. "Cruise Control", which had previously appeared on the "Freefall" album, is reborn in a stripped-down, harder rocking version. "Rock & Roll Park" gives keyboardist T Lavitz a chance to show that he can also play soprano sax. The climax of "I'll Just Pick" has Morse repeating an 8-bar melody, as one by one, bassist Andy West, Lavitz, and violinist Allen Sloan join in with counterpoint melodies. This was Sloan's last album before leaving to become an anesthesiologist, and his simple yet gorgeous solo on "Day 444" is the highlight of that song.

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Average customer rating: Unsung Heroes - Tierney Sutton songs (usually) without words Before You Buy Pure Artistry Buy this for "Donna Lee"

Unsung Heroes Tierney Sutton Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Blue in Green Introducing Tierney Sutton I'm with the Band Dancing in the Dark Something Cool ASIN: B00004SCDB Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

1. Remember Me (Recordame)
2. Early Autumn
3. A Timeless Place (The Peacocks)
4. Bernie's Tune
5. Spring Is Here
6. Joy Spring
7. All For One (Speak No Evil)
8. Indiana/Donna Lee
9. When Lights Are Low
10. Con Alma

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Tierney Sutton is a genuine jazz singer, a clear-voiced soprano with sure pitch and diction who concentrates on musical substance. Her approach can suggest Sheila Jordan or Norma Winstone, and she's equally effective at quick bop, medium-swing tempos, and moody ballads. The "unsung heroes" she invokes are the great instrumentalists who have inspired her and whose compositions are seldom sung, like Joe Henderson ("Remember Me" is his "Recordame"), Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, and Wayne Shorter. Her phrasing is often trumpet-like on the improvised solos, and she gets terrific support from a trio led by pianist Christian Jacob and guest soloists who include Stan Kenton veteran Buddy Childers on flügelhorn. There's an almost unearthly purity of vocals in her subtle version of "Spring Is Here," but the absolute highlight is the Jimmy Rowles tune "A Timeless Place (The Peacocks)," with lyrics by Winstone. It's a demanding line with difficult harmony that Sutton weaves perfectly with Jacob and Gary Foster on alto flute. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Unsung Heroes - Tierney Sutton.......2007-03-09

This CD is a very polished production. Tierney Sutton, along with the musicians on the recording, are " in the pocket" on each of the selections. Sutton's range and agility along with her stylistic interpretations of some well known tunes are delightful. I'm glad to have it in my music collection.

songs (usually) without words.......2005-07-27

What a clever concept album this is! But it's great fun anyway.

What she, or all four, have done is is either put lyrics to Jazz Standards without lyrics or sing lyrics to Jazz standards where few have ever heard the words. Hence the title. She said once in concert at Blues Alley that this album is was so clever, no one got it. She has since done albums less obscure.

The tunes are all Cool or Bebop much of it associated with Stan Getz. How refreshing it is to hear "Early Autumn", the tune that catapulted Stan Getz to public attention and made him a household name with Woody Herman's Wild Herd II. It will be forever associated with him, hear it with words. Now if we could only get Stan to play sax! The arrangements on this and all her albums are created jointly, a collaboration, not the girl with the backup band. "The Peacocks", "Con Alma", "Spring is Here", "When Lights are Low" are also tunes played often by Stan the Man. Even "Indiana", whose best version is by Lester Young, was also a Getz favorite. And here they all have words!

"Bernie's Tune" was popularized by Gerry Mulligan. "Donna Lee" is a Charlie Parker tune, "Speak no Evil" is Wayne Shorter, etc etc.

The good news is Tierney sings these with great technique, and her voice is an outstanding jazz combo instrument, not just song. The bad news is some tunes are not usually sung for good reason, great tunes, not great lyrics.

So technique and originality, and this is nothing if not original, sometimes drive and emotional communication is in the back seat. But there are some great songs!

Deserves 3 1/2 stars to 4 based upon my tough grading system. Not as compelling as her "Something Cool" or "Dancing in the Dark", but a worthwhile effort nevertheless.

Before You Buy.......2005-01-21

I purchased this CD based on all the positive reviews here. I have now put the CD back in the archives of music I will probably never pull out again. There is just way too much "scat" on most of the numbers. I just can't tolerate scat. In the middle of the third listen I just could not take it anymore. Banished to the archives it went. The musical backup is top notch and recording quality is superior but does not overcome bob idddy bop pob dah dah dee la dah dopp and so forth. But hey, If scat is your thing you will love it.

Pure Artistry.......2004-06-03

This album takes more than one listening to fully appreciate. The songs do not "reach out" and grab one on the first hearing probably because one is trying to synchronize the superb orchestration, the voice, the interpretations. The voice reminds one of her co-singer, Cheryl Bentyne, not in tone but in enunciation, clarity and fragility. I must point out that the instrumentation is knockout, just incredible.

There is a mood on this CD that is more playful than soulful, not as deeply blue as the Frank Sinatra CD, but just as inspiring in its own way. "Remember Me" is one of those that grows with repeated hearings; "A Timeless Place" is a wonderful ballade, "All for One" a celebration of Ms. Sutton's brilliance and the final "Con Alma" a sweet, soulful conclusion to one of the best works around.

Buy this for "Donna Lee".......2004-01-15

This was Tierney Sutton's second album, and it was a harbinger for the tremendous "Something Cool." While it's not at the level of the latter (only because nothing else is, really), it's abolutely worth having. The album's highlight is Ms. Sutton's medley of "Back Home Again In Indiana" and Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee"--probably the most unlikely medley in history, and one that works. Another is "Bernie's Tune". Here, Ms. Sutton demonstrates her ability to sing at breakneck speed with perfect diction and intonation. As always, her sidemen--the wonderful Christian Jacob, Trey Henry and Ray Brinker--are perfect. Although it's not quite as consistent as her later albums, you can't go wrong with this one. Buy it.

Average customer rating: If you like the Funky-thide-of-sings; these are worth every penny! Very Hot! Put in on and chill out!

Unsung Heroes The Crusaders Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000008AOM Release Date: 1990-08-13

Tracks:

1. Unsung Heroes
2. Lay It on the Line
3. Crossfire
4. Hard Times
5. Let's Boogie
6. Freedom Sound
7. In the Middle of the River
8. Heavy up (Don't Get Light With Me)
9. Night Theme
10. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Customer Reviews:

If you like the Funky-thide-of-sings; these are worth every penny!.......2007-06-25

I completely agree with the reviewer who said 1973 radio failed miserably. Billy Paul's great album WAR OF THE GODS bombed that year too; whas'up 1973! His "Thanks For Saving My Life" is such the overlooked hit; Hello?! UNSUNG HEROES is undoubtedly one of my favorite Crusaders EVER (and I own them ALL)!! The horns and the keyboards take turns at smooth Jazz lines and Funk licks and mix it with one of the super funkiest rhythm
sections ever; Stix my man, GOOD LORD! The guitar is only present on the funkiest and adds just what is needed to send these on over. "Hard Times" & "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" (with it's keyboard solo long before the "Theme to TAXI") are solid indications of what they gravitated to later with the unruffled smooth Funk. "Freedom Sound" in it's brevity is all the more chillingly beautiful; unlike any other Crusaders composition (except maybe when they were the Jazz Crusaders). But the Funk bombs are here in full force, so much so that I'd pit them against a number of the great 70s black soundtracks toe to toe. I ain't even playin'. Even the use of "Boogie" in the title of the 5th song is WAY before that term became so raggedy and worn out. You'd think "Heavy Up" would be on some 70s Funk compilations, but UNSUNG HEROES, much like their benchmark PASS THE PLATE album, has never seen a digital release! Whereas PASS THE PLATE has one tour de force genre shifter and six funked up Soulful explorations into a Soul/Jazz fusion; HEROES is full tilt into their early fusion recipe. In a perfect world these albums would be some of the EASIEST Crusaders to find; but for those without the vinyl CRUSADERS I is one of the few available from this period of their career. All three albums I've mentioned are tied for Best Crusaders album for me. If you like the funky-thide-of-sings and have any inkling that you'd want a Crusaders disc; any one of the three is worth every single penny you have to spend.

Very Hot!.......2005-12-26

I was working at a music store in the late 70's. Saw this album in the "cut out" section for $1.00 (those were the days), brought it home and loved it. Very solid release from a very solid group. The tunes that stand out for me are "In the middle of the River": Great funk jam, and "Night Theme", which has a wonderful melody that starts slowly, picks up and really moves! and then reverts back to the theme. Marvellous tune. Great album!

Put in on and chill out!.......2004-10-22

Another lost classic from that musically fallow year, 1973 - at least compared to what Top 40 Radio was playing. When you compare the wonderful music on this album to what Chicago was doing at the same time, the differences really stand out! I don't mean to criticize Chicago and mean no offense to their fans and I actually like a lot of Chicago's music, but still Chicago's horn charts pale next to these guys!

If you like smooth jazz, you probably like this which takes the smooth jazz sound (which I like) and mixes it up a little with some funk and "real jazz" mixed in.

My main man, Joe Sample, was their keyboardist. I have most of his albums. If you are a Joe Sample fan, you will probably enjoy this album. Also, this may also appeal to Tower of Power fans as well.

Average customer rating: Unsung heroes need their praises sung! Excellent hip hop record

Unleashed Unsung Heroes Manufacturer: 75 Ark Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: One Never Say Never Infectious ASIN: B00004XSMV Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

1. Magnificent
2. Ken Boogaloo Freestyle
3. Crushed Velvet
4. A Brief Case (Interlude)
5. Amateurs Get Hung
6. Transatlantic
7. Never Underestimate
8. What Would You Do?
9. The Norm
10. Wjam (Interruption)
11. The Next Degree
12. Dummy
13. A Word From Roy (Interlude)
14. Work It Out
15. The Path Is Narrow
16. A Changed Man
17. Here To Make A Difference
18. Divine Gifts
19. Universal
20. Daily Intake
21. Just Relax (Interlude)
22. High On Nothing

Customer Reviews:

Unsung heroes need their praises sung!.......2001-12-04

GREAT album! Creative, intelligent lyrics, pimp guitar sampling, this is a must have if you are into hip-hop.

Excellent hip hop record.......2000-10-18

this album is an example of excellent UK production. Outstanding guest appearances from J-Live, Mr Complex, L-Fudge and other US MC's. Recommended to rock a blockk party, or perfect for just chillin in the crib...awesome!

Average customer rating:

Unsung Heroes Dregs Manufacturer: Bmg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dregs of the Earth Industry Standard ASIN: B000EPFPRY Release Date: 2006-05-08

Tracks:

1. Cruise Control
2. Divided We Stand
3. I'll Just Pick
4. Day 444
5. Rock & Roll Park
6. Attila The Hun
7. Kat Food
8. Go For Baroque

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Average customer rating:

Song for the Unsung Hero Katie Brien Manufacturer: Katie Brien ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAGW0K Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

1. Be Thou My Vision
2. Dreamers
3. Song for the Unsung Hero
4. Unto the Least of Us Here
5. Angel Voices
6. All That Can I Do
7. Ode to Joy
8. Beloved
9. In Good Hands
10. Welcome the Traveler
11. Amazing Grace
12. Lullaby for the Littlest Star
13. Lullaby Reprise
14. Be Thou My Vision Reprise

Average customer rating:

Unsung Heroes Various Artists Manufacturer: Ross Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008O30F Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

1. Full on Empty - Passing Thru
2. Stuck - Casting Pearls
3. Beyond Jordan
4. I Breathe
5. Beautiful Life
6. Shadowed Vision
7. Seek and Ye Shall
8. Amen - Debra Soule
9. Nicene Nine
10. Scar
11. Not Afraid - Dry Bones Dancing
12. Maybe in a Way - Moxie Bliss
13. Stars Between Stations
14. Speak to Me
15. Your Love - Mark Alan
16. Claims of Life - Poverty Stinks
17. Fragile, Passing Thru [*] - Passing Thru

Average customer rating:

Unsung Heroes Susan Aglukark Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000549IM Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

1. One Turn Deserves Another
2. Back to Where We Started
3. Never Be the Same
4. Stand Up
5. Bridge of Dreams
6. Turn of the Century
7. E186
8. Believe Again
9. Gathering Place
10. Ghost of Cain
11. Beringia
12. Find Something to Believe In

Average customer rating:

Unleashed Unsung Heroes Manufacturer: Scenario ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Experimental Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004YYYS Release Date: 2000-09-25

Tracks:

1. Magnificent
2. Ken Boogaloo Freestyle
3. Crushed Velvet
4. Brief Case (Interlude)
5. Amateurs Get Hung
6. Transatlantic
7. Never Underestimate
8. What Would You Do?
9. Norm
10. Wjam [Interruption]
11. Next Degree
12. Dummy
13. Word From Roy (Interlude)
14. Work It Out
15. Path Is Narrow
16. Changed Man
17. Here to Make a Difference
18. Divine Gifts
19. Universal
20. Daily Intake
21. Just Relax (Interlude)
22. High on Nothing

Average customer rating:

Big Beats Plastic Scene , Unsung Heroes , Funky Monkey , Mellowtrons , Moog , Lee Van Cleef , 12 From a Dozen , Red Myers , Puff , and Mr. Dan Manufacturer: P&C Dust2Dust Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B000T2OD5M

Product Description

1. Intro - Plastic Scene , 2. Underground Gets Deep - Unsung Heroes, 3. Hitman 2/Love Song For A Hitman - Funky Monkey, 4. We're Not Playing God - Mellowtrons, 5. Red - Mother Nature's Cloud & Shower Show, 6. Bulldozer - Moog, 7. Voice - Lee Van Cleef (2), 8. I Say - From A Dozen, 9. Silent Partner - Red Myers, 10. Get Yourself Organised - Headrillaz, 11. Buss - Puff, 12. This Is The End - Mr. Dan

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Rap Music

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