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More than four years after MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA, the Cinematic Orchestra finally issued a new full-length studio album, MA FLEUR. While the U.K.-based ensemble, led by Jason Swinscoe, still incorporates electronic and jazz elements into its compositions, MA FLEUR marks a more minimal and organic approach for the group, which is best revealed on the achingly spare "To Build a Home," featuring a plaintive vocal turn by Patrick Watson, and "Breathe," a wistful, atmospheric track with soul singer Fontella Bass.
The Cinematic Orchestra: Lou Rhodes, Fontella Bass (vocals); Stuart McCallum (guitars); Jote Osahn, Antonia Pagulatus, Izzy Dunn, Stella Page (strings); Tom Chant (bass clarinet); Patrick Watson, Nick Ramm (piano); Steve Brown (Fender Rhodes piano); Phil France (double bass); Luke Flowers (drums); Eska (background vocals).
Spin (p.98) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "MA FLEUR's atmospheric, moody songs and down-tempo arrangements are devoted more to Radiohead-worthy mopiness..."
CMJ (p.98) - "This is easily Cinematic Orchestra's finest hour, its stirring combination of beautiful vocals and transcendent instrumentation solidifying Swinscoe's long-overdue anointing as one of the most cherished composer-arrangers of the modern age."
Down Beat (p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "MA FLEUR hones in on a guilty-pleasure melancholy....Tunes like 'That Home' or 'Breathe' find their arc in ways reminiscent of Coldplay or Moby."
JazzTimes (p.90) - "MA FLEUR immerses you in its sheer sound and invites you to imagine a narrative, and few will be able to resist." Cinematic Orchestra Ma Fleur Songs Purchase Ma Fleur CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Black Heart Procession CD (1998)
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| | Cinematic Orchestra Every Day CD (2002)
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With Every Day, Cinematic Orchestra move beyond the electro-jazz fusion of their debut to make a record more natural, more paced, and, surprisingly, better than the justly hyped Motion. J Swinscoe is more the arranger/conductor here than the producer, but of course, there's little need for samples or effects with such an accomplished band sharing the burden. For the opener "All That You Give," Swinscoe and Co., plus harp player Rhodri Davies, spend a few minutes delicately paving the way for a deeply felt vocal by soul hero Fontella Bass. "Burn Out" is a lush, meditative track with a pleasantly ambling solo from Phil France on electric piano, a few appropriately cinematic-sounding horns, an age-old vocal sample, and occasional creaking static phasing through. Bass returns for another splendid track ("Evolution"), and the mighty Roots Manuva appears on a magisterial, spoken-word quasi-autobiography, ...
| | TV On The Radio Return To Cookie Mountain CD (2006)
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On its 2006 album, RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN, the Brooklyn-based post-punk group TV on the Radio manages that rare feat of becoming more adventurous and accessible at the same time. While this record isn't a major departure ...
| | Explosions In The Sky All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone CD (2007)
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| | Vampire Weekend CD (2008)
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Instead of feigning street cred, the band wear their upbringing on their sleeves (literally), with songs about Cape Cod and the polo shirts and deck shoes to match. While Paul Simon's man-child melodies appear all over VAMPIRE WEEKEND, cuts such as the stand-out single "A-Punk" recall another quartet of infamous Africa-plundering, New York preppies: the Talking ...
| | Portishead Third CD (2008)
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More than a decade after its self-titled sophomore outing, the pioneering British electronica ensemble Portishead finally resurfaced with 2008's THIRD, an album that both meets and defies expectations. Although the record features many of the group's aural signatures--most notably that exquisitely dark, cinematic mood and Beth Gibbons's heartbreaking vocals--it presents little in the way of vintage trip-hop, proving that sonic masterminds Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley aren't keen on repeating themselves. "Silence" ...
| | Shirley Horn All Night Long CD (1981) (Import) Germany
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Shirley Horn chose to leave her jazz career during a good part of the '60s and '70s to raise her family, returning to record an album for Steeplechase in 1978. But 1981 marked a significant increase in her output, recording over several days at the Northsea Jazz Festival and producing two CDs from these performances, ...
| | Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday CDs (2001)
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Recorded between 1935 and 1942. Includes liner notes by Gary Giddins.
Digitally remastered by Mark Wilder & Seth Foster (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York).
One of the top three female jazz singers in history, Billie Holiday (along with Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan) changed not only the course of jazz but the very shape of pop culture. On this 2001 Columbia two-CD collection, we hear Holiday in her early years. These indelible recordings, backed by legends in their own right, Teddy Wilson (piano), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Benny Goodman (clarinet) and others, highlight the passionate singing of the great Lady Day.
Holiday was known for her elegant phrasing, warm (often heart-rending) tone, and her coarse, witty parlance. This combination of musical and personal attributes was her charm and, indeed, few of her contemporaries could compete with such magnetism. In the entire history of jazz, arguably no one sang such standards as "You Go to My Head," "The Very Thought of You," and "God Bless the Child" with the same radiance as Holiday; these sessions are testament to this. Compiled from performances recorded between 1933 and 1944, this CD represents the golden years of Holiday's career.
Compilation producers: Michael Brooks, Michael Cuscana.
Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Danny Barker , Dave Barbour, Dick McDonough, Eddie Durham, Freddie Green, Gene Fields, John Collins, Lawrence Lucie, John Trueheart, Allan Reuss, Bernard Addison, Al Casey, Jimmy McLin, Carmen Mastren (guitar); ...
| | Champignons Premiere Capsule CD (2004) (Import) United Kingdom
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| | Chris Connor CD (1956) (Import) United Kingdom
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Chris Connor's classic self-titled album returns as a part of the Jazz Masters Series. Among the 12 tracks are the hits "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and "Anything Goes."
CHRIS CONNOR was the quintessential '50s jazz vocalist Chris Connor's 1956 debut for Atlantic after a two-year stint on the short-lived California label Bethlehem. Like 1954's SINGS LULLABY OF BIRDLAND, her very first LP, CHRIS CONNOR is somewhat schizophrenically divided between rhapsodic ballads and boisterous uptempo numbers, perhaps reflecting different sessions with different personnel. But, as with the previous album, the ballads win the day. Her versions here of Billy Strayhorn's "Something To Live For," the penned-for-Sinatra "Where Are You," and the folk-like "When The Wind Was Green" once again reveal ...
| | Maynard Ferguson His Orchestra & Octet 1950-54 CD (2005) (Import) Spain
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| | 1945 Parade CD (2007) (Import) With DVD
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Track Listing of songs: Old Red Hills Of Home; Leo And Lucille's Bedroom; Dream Of Atlanta; Picture Show; National Pencil Factory; I Am Trying To Remember; Leo Frank's Cell; Cemetary At Morietta There Is A Fountain/It Doesn't Make Sense; Governer's Mansion; ...
| | Mcrae Soon CD (2008)
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$16.45
KARLEDOR PRODUCTIONSPresents...Recording Artistsin PerformanceLARRY McRAE earned music degrees from ElCamino College and California State University, and is a prolific arranger and composer ofinstrumental and vocal music, as well as a conductor and recording artist. His guitar, flute, and saxophone performances are primarily dedicated to gospel music ministry. However, he has worked musically with such Pop and Jazz artists as Donald Byrd, Bill Cosby,Marvin Gaye, Ronnie Laws, Patrice Rushen,Little Richard, Jeffrey Osborne,Gerald Wilson, The Quincy Jones Workshop, The Sylvers, Sonny Stitt,Harold Land, and the Tom Scott Band. Mr. McRae has worked with such recording and performing religious artists as Shelton Kilby, Dannibelle, the Angelus Temple Orchestra, and Brenda Spraggins.While on staff with the Inglewood Philharmonic and the Afro-American Chamber Music Society, Mr. McRae was commissioned to orchestrate a variety of works including pieces for opera singers Shirley Verette and William Warfield. For several years, he taught for L.A. Unified School District . In addition, Mr. McRae tutors privately, and conducts and performs with a Gospel Big Band!Mr. McRae concertizes throughout Southern California, and is in demand as a composer, arranger, and song developer. He records with his artistic partner, J.B. Mitchell, and manages their concern, Karledor Productions.J. B. MITCHELL began piano ...
| | Rocky Gresset CD (2009)
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