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My interest in the label stemmed from my late mother’s love of Jazz music (I am named after the great jazz musician Milt Jackson and my middle name comes from the legendary jazz master Miles Davis) the other attraction to the label was my admiration for the work of Norah Jones so ... Read review
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Hal Leonard Amos Lee
Hal Leonard Amos Lee: in notation and Tab; Original Transcription; Songs: All My Friends,
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Arms Of A Woman, Black River, Bottom Of The Barrel, Colors, Dreamin', Give It Up, Keep It Loose Keep It Tight, Love In The Lies, Seen It All Before, Soul Suckers
Hal Leonard Amos Lee
Hal Leonard Amos Lee: in notation and Tab; Original Transcription; Songs: All My Friends,
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Arms Of A Woman, Black River, Bottom Of The Barrel, Colors, Dreamin', Give It Up, Keep It Loose Keep It Tight, Love In The Lies, Seen It All Before, Soul Suckers
Advantages: It's real music Disadvantages: It doesn't last long
...of the labels new signings Amos Lee and his eponymous first release by them on the 14th of March 2005. My first question was, what’s the connection to Norah Jones?
Well firstly her bass player Lee Alexander has produced Amos’s first recording for the label and secondly Norah herself appears on the album playing keyboards and adding backing vocals to a couple of songs, in fact most of Norah’s band appear on this release.
But I ... ...while waiting to make it Amos waited on tables tended bar and performed at “open - mike” nights.
From the appearances singing and playing at the open nights he began to get a positive feedback on his performances so he took the plunge and made and released a 5 track E.P., this release made Amos one of the most talked about singers and emerging talents in the Philadelphia area this was according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, he went on ...
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Album Notes: Personnel: Amos Lee (vocals, guitar); Adam Levy (guitar, background vocals); Kevin Breit (acoustic guitar, resonator guitar, mandolin); Nate Skiles (mandolin); H.S. Alexandra Leem (viola); Larry Gold (cello); Norah Jones (piano, Wurlitzer piano, background vocals); Devin Greenwood (Wurlitzer piano, Hammond b-3 organ, background vocals); Lee Alexander (bass guitar, drum); Chris Thomas, Jaron Olevsky (bass guitar); James Gadson, Fred Berman (drums, background vocals); Dan Rieser (drums).
Album Reviews: Vibe (p.168) - "[S]tout in musicianship yet delicate in tone."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Keep It Loose Keep It Tight
2.: Seen It All Before
3.: Arms Of A Woman
4.: Give It Up
5.: Dreamin'
6.: Soul Suckers
7.: Colors
8.: Bottom Of The Barrel
9.: Black River
10.: Love In The Lies
11.: All My Friends
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