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In the early to mid-'90s, no "Young Lion" was hyped to death by jazz critics more than Joshua Redman; to hear some critics tell it, he was as important a saxophonist as John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, or Sonny Rollins. The problem with such excessive hype is that it gives a young talent like Redman way too much to live up to at an early age; the tenor man was only 22 when this self-titled debut album was recorded, and he needed time to grow and develop. Nonetheless, Redman did show a lot of promise on this CD, which isn't in a class with Coltrane's A Love Supreme or Rollins' Saxophone Colossus (some critics really did have the audacity to make such claims) but showed Redman to be a swinging, expressive improviser who had impressive technique as well as versatility. Redman's playing is greatly influenced by funky, big-toned soul-jazz tenors like Eddie Harris, Gene Ammons, and Red Holloway, but his probing, searching qualities bring to mind Coltrane. Redman's gritty soul-jazz workout on James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" demonstrates that he isn't a stuffy neo-conservative, while his enjoyable interpretations of "Body and Soul" and Thelonious Monk's "Trinkle Tinkle" illustrate his ability to play "in the tradition," as hard boppers are fond of saying. Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" is pure bop, and Redman (whose acoustic support on this album includes pianist Kevin Hays, bassist Christian McBride, and drummer Gregory Hutchinson) gets into a Coltrane-influenced post-bop groove on his own "Sublimation." Joshua Redman isn't a masterpiece, but it let us know that he was certainly someone to keep an eye on. ~ Alex Henderson
Recorded in New York, New York at Skyline Studios on September 15, 1992 and at Power Station on May 27 and June 4, 1992.
Live Recording
Personnel: Joshua Redman (tenor saxophone); Kevin Hays, Mike LeDonne (piano); Clarence Penn, Gregory Hutchinson, Kenny Washington (drums).
Audio Mixer: James Farber.
Liner Note Authors: Joshua Redman; Matt Pierson .
Personnel: Joshua Redman (tenor saxophone); Kevin Hays, Mike Le Donne (piano); Christian McBride, Paul LaDuca (bass); Gregory Hutchinson, Kenny Washington, Clarence Penn (drums).
Musician (6/93, p.92) - "...Redman has the harmonic conception and class timbre to travel in whatever circles his muse moves him....Melodic ideas and blues cries inhabit each phrase....A major new force..." Joshua Redman Music Review Purchase Joshua Redman CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Allman Brothers Band Dreams CDs (1989) Box Set
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DREAMS is a 4-CD box set compiling in chronological order tracks by the Allman Brothers Band, as well as tracks by bands featuring one or more member of the Allman Brothers Band and solo performances by Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts.
Recorded between 1966 & 1988. Includes a 32-page illustrated booklet and liner notes by John Swenson.
Like nearly all box sets, DREAMS has plenty to recommend it-and a few nagging drawbacks. The set's chief shortcoming is its two conflicting goals: providing an overview of the Allmans' history, thus attracting buyers seeking the ultimate hits package, and including enough unreleased tracks and rarities to appeal to the band's most devoted fans. As a result, DREAMS is neither the definitive Allman Brothers collection nor the gift to hardcore fans that, say, THE BOOTLEG SERIES is to Dylan-philes.
DREAMS' strengths are considerable. First and foremost, the box contains nearly five wall-to-wall hours of great music. By including everything from early demos to Gregg Allman and Dickie Betts' solo material, DREAMS does a great job of tracing the group's musical evolution from hippie blues band to kings of Southern rock. And, while the unreleased studio version of "Statesboro Blues" included here ...
| | Poco Forgotten Trail (1969-74) CDs (1990)
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This compilation contains 38 songs, including many new remixes from original master tapes, 6 previously unreleased songs, alternate versions of 3 others, and a comprehensive 36 page booklet, with historic liner notes and photos.
This excellent two-disc collection captures Poco's finest moments from the days when they were laying down the template for all the country-rock music that was to follow. It's hard to remember, but when the Eagles first hit the scene, they were thought by many to be a Poco-wannabe band. Listen to this set and you'll hear why. The Forgotten Trail (1969-1974) culls tracks from Poco's first eight albums, as well as unreleased cuts and singles. From the classic anthem "Pickin' Up the Pieces," which kicks things off, through "You Better Think Twice," "C'mon," "Kind Woman," "From the Inside," "A Good Feelin' to Know," "Crazy Eyes," and on and on, this is wonderful music, ahead of its time in many ways. If Poco had arrived on the scene in the early '90s, they would have been kings of the country charts. Of course, without Poco, country music wouldn't have taken on the rock trappings that it did in the '80s and '90s. As it was, the band was considered too country for the Top 40 rock format of the time, and too rock & roll for country radio. This set is the place to start for an appreciation of the original Poco, when the group was considered to be Richie Furay's band. All the ingredients are ...
| | Joshua Redman Wish CD (1993)
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Joshua Redman's sophomore effort found him leading a piano-less quartet that also included guitar great Pat Metheny and half of Ornette Coleman's trailblazing late-'50s/early-'60s quartet: acoustic bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins. With such company, Redman could have delivered a strong avant-garde or free jazz album; Haden and Higgins had played an important role in jazz's avant-garde because of their association with Coleman, and Metheny had himself joined forces with Coleman on their thrilling Song X session of 1985. But Wish isn't avant-garde; instead, it's a mostly inside post-bop date that emphasizes the lyrical and the introspective. The musicians swing hard and fast on Charlie Parker's "Moose the Mooche," but things become very reflective on pieces like Redman's "The Undeserving Many" and Metheny's "We Had a Sister." One of the nice things about Redman is his ability to provide jazz interpretations of rock and R&B songs. While neo-conservatives ignore them and many NAC artists simply provide boring, predictable, note-for-note covers, Redman isn't afraid to dig into them and show their jazz potential. In Redman's hands, Stevie Wonder's "Make Sure You're Sure" becomes a haunting jazz-noir statement, while Eric Clapton's ballad ...
| | Kenny Garrett Triology CD (1995)
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Kenny Garrett is among the most fervent, committed young voices to emerge on the alto saxophone. As a creative improviser and solo voice, he ranks right up there with those originals seeking to extend on the alto's proud history in the post-Coltrane era. His playing also compares favorably with the classic work of older masters.
But then Garrett is already a youthful veteran, with distinguished pedigrees in the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis' final working groups. Garrett's last Warner Bros. release, BLACK HOPE, presented him in varied programmatic settings--from heady jazz-funk to hard bopping blues. TRIOLOGY exposes him as never before, in a revealing trio setting with the swinging young drummer Brian Blades and bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa.
The trio format forces the enterprising saxophonist to create all the harmonic and melodic tension by himself. And with his tart throaty tone, cutting attack, bluesy contours and harmonic fluidity, Garrett is more than able to sustain interest. On "Delfeayo's Dilemma," "Pressing The Issue" and "What Is This Thing Called Love?" he rises to the challenge of thorny chord changes and breakneck ...
| | Joshua Redman Freedom In The Groove CD (1996)
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In his fifth outing as a leader, Joshua Redman breaks new ground with FREEDOM IN THE GROOVE. Adding another dimension to his already critically acclaimed discography, the young saxophonist explores a variety of grooves and meters while maintaining an infectious, swinging feel throughout. The music showcases the leader's compositional abilities, while giving the band--which features guitarist Peter Bernstein--plenty of room to explore the tunes' melodic and harmonic possibilities. The addition of the guitar to the quintet not only adds an exciting new voice to the group, but helps flesh-out the funky ...
| | Coleman Hawkins On Broadway CD (1997)
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Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1997, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
This 1962 album features music from two previously released Hawkins LPs, GOOD OLD BROADWAY and MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY, plus two selections from a third record, THE JAZZ VERSION OF NO STRINGS. Hawkins' musical concept sounds relatively modern on this effort from later in his career.
Made up mostly of show tunes, ON BROADWAY is generally subdued and understated. Critics have often labeled Hawkins as mainstream jazz, however, the relaxed feel of these sessions gives the music a decidedly cool sound. Also, contrary to the argument that Hawkins' output for Prestige Records was somewhat lackluster, these Broadway classics are given warm and moving ...
| | Phil Perry Heart Of The Man CD (1980)
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| | Holiday Matinee Vol. 2 CD (2000)
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| | Gram Parsons Another Side Of This Life: Lost Recordings 1965-66 CD (2000)
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| | Wrecking Crew 1987-1991 CD (2004)
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| | Styx Chronicles: Crystal Ball/The Grand Illusion/Pieces Of Eight CDs (2005) Box Set; Long
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A&M Records' three-CD Styx box set Chronicles is nothing more or less than three of the band's albums -- 1976's Crystal Ball, 1977's The Grand Illusion, and 1978's Pieces of Eight -- packaged together. In fact, it looks as though all the label did was take the discs and their one-sheet CD booklets out of their jewel boxes and stick them in a ten-and-a-half by five-and-three-quarters-inch box. Thus, the collection consists of the 1987 CD reissue of Pieces of Eight, the 1988 CD reissue of Crystal Ball, and the 1990 CD reissue of The Grand Illusion. The sound quality tends to be somewhat boxy by later standards, particularly on Crystal Ball, and the information in the booklets is sparse, though The Grand Illusion does boast a lyric sheet. It's hard to avoid the speculation that A&M is planning long-overdue upgrades of these albums, the first three to be made by Styx's classic lineup of Dennis DeYoung, Chuck Panozzo, John Panozzo, Tommy Shaw, and James Young, and simply attempting to reduce its existing inventory of early-CD-era transfers ...
| | BHP Records Tha Block CD (2007)
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| | Wojciech Korda Zlota Kolekcja CD (2001)
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