Jazz & Blues > Columbia Jazz & Blues

Musical Cheese, and I'm not crackers!!!

Advantages: Full of Christmas cheer!!
Disadvantages: Full of Christmas cheese!!

...comes a time every year, when the frantic shopping is done, when we all just want to get home, close the doors, turn the fire on and snuggle down with our nearest and dearest to enjoy a warm, family Christmas. There are many factors that make this happen - good company (obviously), great presents (materialistically), fine food and drink and a great soundtrack that sets the mood, and adds a happy lift to the house. For a few years now one of the soundtracks ...
...He is at his best when swinging out a great tune and he gets plenty of opportunity with the range of tracks on this album. It is amazing to listen to such a strong, mature singing voice and realise that he was only 26 when he recorded this album. The Background to the Album Having graduated from the Manhattan School of Music, Harry was signed to the Columbia label and released his first, self titled, album in 1987 at the age of 20. This album consists ...

stevielad123 04.12.2006 · Read full review
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Review of When My Heart Finds Christmas - Harry Connick Jr.

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 ...

Nixu1980 03.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Complete Recordings, The (All 41 Recordings) - Robert Johnson

ALISON AKA ALF

Advantages: Reminders of the 80s, raw talent, distinctive voice
Disadvantages: None

...features covers of a number of classic songs. I haven’t bought it yet … but I will do soon! Raindancing is available from Amazon for £7.99 NEW, and £0.49 USED. Happy listening. Thanks for reading. Cheers. © Christina ;-) x *Source – alisonmoyet.com ...

fantasybeliever 17.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Raindancing - Alison Moyet

Funk Off

Advantages: Reinvigorated Davis, awesomely funky, with a superb band.
Disadvantages: You're kidding right?

...of the seventies. 'A Tribute to Jack Johnson' however is Davis at one with his material, interviews reveal this to be a project Davis dug, really dug. A longtime fan of boxing, and constant visitor to the ring to keep fit (relatively speaking for a cocaine addict with shot hips), in Jack Johnson Davis spotted a kindred spirit. The album was the soundtrack to a documentary about the legendary heavyweight. Johnson was THE great black hope in the early ...
...his opponents, and lived life in the fastest of the fast lanes. Cars, women, fine clothes, newspaper headlines, and a nation that baulked as a negro stood at the pinnacle of his profession. There was an awful lot for Miles to identify with. The energy on this record is palpable. A tangible electricity flows through the 2 tracks that make up the standard edition release. Davis was never just Davis though, in the early days of be-bop he was in the ...

dadmancat 07.06.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Tribute To Jack Johnson, A - Miles Davis

HARRY’S BACK! And doing what he does best…………………….

Advantages: A Delight To The Eardrums
Disadvantages: None

...8. Only You 9. My Prayer 10. Other Hours 11. I Only Have Eyes For You 12. Good Night My Love (Pleasant Dreams) ...

ratty01 19.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Only You - Harry Connick Jr.