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Advantages: Fantastic display of Jazz composition Disadvantages: Jazz isn't for everyone
Charles Mingus - In a Soulful Mood.
Charles Mingus, also known as "The angry man of Jazz", is a fantastic jazz bassist and composer. He was born in 1922 in Arizona and picked up the Double Bass in high school. He had previously learnt to play the cello and trombone so many of his cello skills were converted to double bass. In his early years he was composing incredibly advanced jazz pieces, some of which to be recorded later on.
Over his career ... ...Greek and Latin meaning Ape-man) in 1956 which had been written with specific musicians in mind. Many consider his real masterpiece to be "Epitaph", a 4000 measure, 2 hour long composition of Jazz. His Jazz career lasted around 25 years however towards the end of his life struggled with the disease amyothrophic lateral sclerosis, a wastage of musculature. He died at the age of 56 in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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In a Soulful Mood opens on the ...
Advantages: Fascinating and varied album by one of the most gifted musicians in history. Disadvantages: Jaco is dead so no more albums like this one!! Long live Jaco!!!
Jaco was one of the finest and most influential musicians of recent times. In developing incredible musical and technical ability on electric bass he transformed the direction and fortunes of Weather Report.
The story of Jaco's first encounter with the great Joe Zawinul says much about the confidence of the man. "My name is Jaco Pastorius and I am the greatest bass player in the world" JZ's reply ..."get the **** out of here" (JZ had just been badly ... ...play electric bass"
Already Jaco had a unique sound, This album was an early milestone in a great career.
Many highlights on the album but "Donna Lee" duetting Jaco's fretless bass with Don Alias's congas and the magnificent solo "Portrait of Tracey" really stand out and are alone worth the price of the album.
In the words of the great Victor Bailey (who followed Jaco into WR) "Do you know who Jaco was?"
If you don't know who Jaco was....this ...
Advantages: Fidelity is great, songwriting, guitar playing and vocals superb, thorough research Disadvantages: Sequencing - the track order is frustrating
...music fans a like. The Complete Robert Johnson comes across like a standards song book, the contents of which has given birth to numerous cover versions from acclaimed and esteemed bluesmen and rockers from across the globe spanning six decades. There is however, one glaring disappointment with this set and that is with the sequencing. This is the most comprehensive collection of Johnson's material and as such there are alternate takes included. ... ...by side with their original counterparts which makes the whole very hard to listen to as each track is repeated, albeit a variant of the original. It still baffles me as to why the alternates were not on a separate disc from the originals. Even for me, a hardened fan of the genre, it makes for difficult listening if you using an old fashioned CD player. This is a wonderful and comprehensive archive but unfortunately does not work as a listening experience ...
...stronger with every listen. Feels Like Home with The Handsome Band and special guests. I am a big fan of Norah Jones. Her first album, Come Away with Me was an absolute classic. The album was certified diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005 having sold over 10 million copies in its first three years of release. It won five awards at the Grammy Awards of 2003, including "Record of the Year", "Album of the Year", and "Song of the Year" for "Don't ... ...to an article I read, Feels Like Home is the second album by jazz songwriter Norah Jones, released in 2004. It sold a million copies in the first week of its U.S. release, the first album to do so since Britney Spears' Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) and it was the second best-selling album of 2004, with about 4 million copies sold. It sold 1,920,000 copies on its first week worldwide. Probably the most popular song from the album is track number ...
Advantages: Awesome talent, Blues solos Disadvantages: Joanne Taylor Shaw sounds better???? It's really that good that's my only gripe
...I would never hear....a British white girl playing blues guitar so deep and passionately it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!!! Not only was I in total shock but it took me a good few minutes to ask her how long she had been playing like that ? "A few years" she replied "how old are you now" I asked "sixteen she said. I woke up a few seconds later on the floor. **White Sugar** Now 23 years old Joanne Shaw Taylor released her debut ... ...To Be? Time Has Come White Sugar Kiss The Ground Goodbye Heavy Heart Watch 'em Burn Blackest Day Joanne get's things started with "Going Home" which opens with a gut wrenching "Sea Sick Steve" like blues riff. the bass comes kicking in and then the drums crash in before you get the real guitar brilliance, For someone of 23 her vocal is all the more remarkable, her raspy smoky vocal belies her age and has all the power and grace of someone nearly ...
