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Voice - The Best Of Beverley Knight

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by: Beverley Knight

Release Date March 20, 2006
If you like Beverley's music but don't actually own any of it, like me, then buy this cd. It's got almost all of her best hits on it and it's brilliant. I'm really pleased with this cd. I'd recommend it.

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Song for My Father: Remastered

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by: Horace Silver Quintet

Release Date June 14, 1999
It's the simpleness of his warm, infectious grooves that makes Horace Silver's music so enduring. The Bossa Nova infused title track is a typical example of his ability to pen catchy rhythms, "Song for my father," is notable for Joe Henderson's blazing solo and it remains one of those Blue Note signature tunes. Each track starts with a bass note and a single piano chord before gently building into a tumultuous ebb and flow. "Calcutta Cutie," has a slighly eerie, claustrophobic feel to it and it combines well with the snaking,"Que Pasa." The liner notes on this re-issued version give an interesting insight into the rag bag of musicians that Silver used in laying down the tracks. The rather lengthy recording time and the two quintets involved can ... Read More:

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History, Mystery

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by: Bill Frisell

Release Date May 12, 2008
It's the simpleness of his warm, infectious grooves that makes Horace Silver's music so enduring. The Bossa Nova infused title track is a typical example of his ability to pen catchy rhythms, "Song for my father," is notable for Joe Henderson's blazing solo and it remains one of those Blue Note signature tunes. Each track starts with a bass note and a single piano chord before gently building into a tumultuous ebb and flow. "Calcutta Cutie," has a slighly eerie, claustrophobic feel to it and it combines well with the snaking,"Que Pasa." The liner notes on this re-issued version give an interesting insight into the rag bag of musicians that Silver used in laying down the tracks. The rather lengthy recording time and the two quintets involved can ... Read More:

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Bagdad Cafe [1988]

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starring: CCH Pounder, Marianne Sägebrecht, Jack Palance
directed by: Percy Adlon

Release Date May 11, 2002
...BUT...do not mistake the confused listing details on this item to mean you are buying a movie with Whoopi Goldberg in it! She is in a TV series of the same name but NOT in this movie. This item is the DVD of the movie.

The movie is very good indeed. The only reason for the 4 stars (not the full five) is that I wanted it to be perfect but the acting and directing sometimes lets it down - but I am nit picking! It is great really and certainly one I recommend to everyone at any given opportunity!

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Sleepless in Seattle Ost

CD-Charts > Music > Jazz
by: Original Soundtrack

Release Date January 13, 1997
I was about 15 when I wrote that so apologies are due as I seemed to be lacking in brain cells at that time although I stand by my statement that it's definetely worth dipping into your pockets for, whenever I'm bored of my other cds I put this back in the cd player and become content. The timelessness of most of these classics makes it a joy to listen to among my favourites is nat king coles stardust perfection. I'm also a sucker for joe cockers - bye bye blackbird. 'In the wee small hours of the morning' i do find to be somewhat tiresome and grating at times so possibly skip over that the odd times but other than that it's close to perfection. A fantastic soundtrack to accompany a personal fav film of mine.

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Miles From India - A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis

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by: Miles From India

Release Date June 02, 2008
Some people have been disappointed that this project did not realise its full hybrid potential, and perhaps not unduly so. However, we must remember that the music of Miles' electric period was already inflected with Indian musical structures and musicians, irrespective of the extent of explicitly Indian instrumentation (surely part of its appeal to me). On Miles From India I will concede that some tracks are more successful than others in their achievement of indo-jazz synergy. But for example, Spanish Key is absolutely incredible- a really distinctive interpretation with a pronounced Indian inflection, and reason alone to purchase this. As an obsessive about this era of Miles' music, this rendition really caught my attention, filling me with delight.

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Preludes, Airs and Yodels: a Penguin Cafe Primer

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by: Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Release Date August 05, 1996
Found this gem while looking for something else entirely. The Penguin Café are new to me - but not their music. You'll recognise Telephone and Rubber Band from a well known advert and I've heard Music for a Found Harmonium a thousand times without knowing who it was by.

This is a wonderful compilation and a great introduction to PCO's music, some tracks date back to 1976 but it includes a great 1996 ORB remix Pandaharmonium.

The PCO was the brainchild of the English composer and multi-instrumentalist Simon Jeffes (1949-1997). You can read more about this fascinating band on www.penguincafe.com but the music speaks for itself.

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Cafe Del Mar Ibiza Vol.2: Mixed By Jose Padilla

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by: Jose Padilla

Release Date July 11, 2005
JUST RECEIVED THIS IN THE POST AND WAS PLEASENTLY SUPRISED I ALSO RECEIVED VOL 1 YOUR PROBLEY THINKING YES YOUR RIGHT STARTED WITH VOL 13 AND WORKED MY WAY BACK THERE IS A METHOD IN MY MADNESS IM TOTALLY HOOKED ON THE CAFE DEL MAR THING IN FACT A FRIEND OF MINE IS HAVING HIS STAG WEEKEND IN IBIZA (WELL 4 DAYS) GUESS WHERE YOULL FIND ME CANT WAIT TILL JUNE AND BACK OVER AGAIN IN AUGUST.CAFE DEL MAR CAN BOAST 2 GREAT THINGS THE MUSIC AND OF COURSE THE SUNSETS.....OH BY THE WAY VOL1 IS BRILLIANT TO BEFORE I FORGET .WISH I COULD GIVE IT MORE THAN 5 STARS KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK C.D.M.

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Rabo de Nube

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by: Charles Lloyd

Release Date March 24, 2008
I wholeheartedly endorse the comments of degrant: this is an absolutely fantastic disc and Charles Lloyd's best of recent times. Part of that has to do with the fact that 'Rabo de Nube' is a live recording. There is just something really special about listening to four musicians hitting sparks off one another in a live setting when this works. This disc captures the spontaneity and 'in-the-moment' quality beautifully - what a great night this must have been in Basle! Another reason why this is so good is in the electric mix of the personalities themselves. What gives the disc such impetus to my mind is above all the contrast and interplay between Lloyds ethereal, sometimes meandering, sometimes floating, but always expressive playing on saxophone and flute and Jason Moran's ... Read More:

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Funk Sessions: 30 Chunks of the Fattest Funk Cuts

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by: Various Artists

Release Date October 15, 2001
Worth the money alone for the excellent and very rare Roy Ayers cut "Everybody" but 29 other funky tunes to boot! Great all round collection for Jazz-funkers everywhere!