Only Four Seasons - Joe Purdy

Advantages: Consistant quality
Disadvantages: A couple of tracks let it down

..., but just not in the typical way as the 'meal' which they have on the table ins't really what it was designed for. You are taken through both a fast and a slow pace during this one in order to parallel the events which you hear with the tempo of the track. I though that he pulled off this sensual song as it wasn something original, and unexpected in an R&B album. **Four Stars** "I Wanna Know" As Joe's style of R*B didn't seem to change with the turn of the millenium as others (most notably R. Kelly) I trhought that his way of doing things would seem slightly old-fashioned, abut as he pulled it off so wel, you can't argue with him coming with a track like this which sounds as if it belongs to a time just before the release of the album. Joe smooths things out with a calm love song which uses the line "I wanna know what turns you on... Read review

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Advantages: some very good instrumental tracks
Disadvantages: vocals in some tracks, some strange non classical tracks

...a mixture instruments throughout. Bach street prelude I really like this track. A good classical track with the odd vocal/sound effect, but simply voilin playing. Widescreen A nice slow beginning to the track, violin and piano, and the track does not speed up very much at all. A nice classical piece Night Flight Slow beginning, faster towards the middle and stays like that till it suddenly ends. Nice classical piece. Scherzo in C minor for violin & Piano This is a really nice track, and is nice to not hear the mixed genre stuff. Slow track that builds up a bit in places then back slow again, nice ending. Allegro (Spring - The original Four Seasons op 8 No 1) Now I really do love this piece to bits lol! It's what a classical piece is all about in my opinion. Excellent violin playing. This album is worth buying for this track... Read review

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Advantages: This
Disadvantages: That

...Omartian: piano Dean Parks: guitar Bill Perkins: Saxes, flutes Bernard Purdie: drums Chuck Rainey: bass Lee Ritenour: guitar Joe Sample: clavinet, electric piano Tim Schmit: backing vocals Tom Scott: tenor sax, lyricon, and horn arrangements Wayne Shorter: tenor sax... Read review

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