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Take Five with Time Out

Advantages: SImply Brilliant music
Disadvantages: Slightly too short

...changing time. His famous 9/8 time signatures can be seen in a number of tracks featured on this CD. Born in 1920 Brubeck is one of the world's foremost jazz pianists. This recording comes from an early part of his career when he was the Dave Brubeck Quartet, and was released originally in 1959 to much critical acclaim (indeed it was his first platinum selling album). Following this he went on to work mainly for a jazz American radio station, but ...
...Brubeck sounds, mainly the 9/8 time signature. This is a classic jazz piece, with all four soloists in the band contributing. It is fast paced and loud, exactly what you would expect from a jazz piece. It begins loud and fast, then the middle section is quiet and downbeat, followed by a final frantic section with Brubeck at the helm. Though rather long at 6 minutes 44 seconds I would class this is an almost perfect piece of jazz music. By far and ...

lizawithaz 04.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Time Out [Remastered] - Dave Brubeck Quartet (The)

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Bon Jovi - Live in London

Advantages: gives the feel of being there
Disadvantages: none

Filmed at a live concert at Wembley stadium on a scorching hot June day in 1995 in front of 72,000 screaming fans, this was Bon Jovi's tour which co-incided with their Crossroads best of album. If you want to see the band performing all their biggest songs in front of a huge audience then this is the video for you. If you want to capture the feeling of being at a great rock concert then this is the one for you. There are so many great tracks included ...
...you give love a bad name keep the faith always blaze of glory lay your hands on me i'll sleep when i'm dead / pappa was a rolling stone (medley) bad medicine / shout (medley) hey god wanted dead or alive this ain't a love song plus a bonus video of these days The running time is 1 and a half hours. If you were lucky enough to be at Wembley that day (as I was) then you will see just how this does justice to the atmosphere and the feelings ...

jennielee 28.11.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Live From London - Dave Brubeck

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Dave Brubeck Compilation

Advantages: Unforgettable jazz classics
Disadvantages: The funny sound of the 60`s

Songs known all over the world!Songs heard by everybody on this planet! This is an extraordinary journey throughout the music with Dave Brubeck and his quartet.. Classics such as Take Five,Weep No More,Take The A Train,Summer Song and so on and so on..We remember Ella performing so much of his music.A great talent such as Dave Brubeck gave us a feeling of an astonishment from the life,a wish to create more,a wish to be more,perception of the beautiful.. ...

dilara7 11.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Collections - Dave Brubeck

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet Swing

Advantages: Great introduction to Jazz
Disadvantages: None

I think I first heard this CD when I borrowed it from my local library. The only tune I'd heard was Take 5 (actually a Paul Desmond composition) Listening to the CD was something of a revelation for me. It was as though I had finally discovered the kind of jazz music I'd been looking for for ages. Not overly technical in a "look how good I am with my 10 minute self congratulatory solo" kind of way, which I tire of very quickly. Brubeck & Co are very ...
...technically good. I like clever jazz and clever melodies, and that's what this is. This cd has a nice little collection of songs from various albums, including a few from their album 'Time Out' which uses untypical time signatures like 3/4 and 5/8 (take 5) and 7/8 etc. It also has the wonderful track called "I'm in a dancing mood" which I haven't seen elsewhere, and I don't think Brubeck wrote it either - It is however, just amazing and so full ...

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Review of Greatest Hits - Dave Brubeck

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A Great Archive Let Down By Sequencing

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 ...

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Review of Complete Recordings, The (All 41 Recordings) - Robert Johnson

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