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BIG BLUE BALL is an ongoing collaboration shepherded by Peter Gabriel, World Party leader Karl Wallinger, and producer Stephen Hague. The basic tracks for these 11 songs were recorded at Gabriel's Real World studios between 1991 and 1995, during week-long sessions with special guests, including Sinead O'Connor, Tim Finn, Marta Sebestyen, Papa Wemba, Jah Wobble, gospel group the Holmes Brothers, members of Living Colour, Afro Celt Sound System, and dozens of other American, European, Asian, and African musicians. Pieced together and remixed in the 13 years following the last of these sessions, BIG BLUE BALL still sounds primarily like a Gabriel and Wallinger collaboration, with those singer-songwriters' eclectic sensibilities prevailing, although the guest singers and musicians are fully represented as well. BIG BLUE BALL is available as a digital download, a standard CD, a deluxe CD with enhanced packaging, and a vinyl LP.
Big Blue Ball is more of a collective than a band, with the final project being completed well over a decade after the majority of the sessions. Back in the '90s (1991, 1992, and 1995 to be exact), Peter Gabriel and Karl Wallinger invited friends and musicians from around the world to participate in weeklong collaborative writing and recording sessions at Real World Studios. The results were then crafted into this album. Overall, the album crosses the globe-trotting multiculturalism of Music and Rhythm (the first WOMAD compilation) with the slick production of Gabriel's Us (released about the same time these sessions took place). Couple the fact that Gabriel's solo work has been increasingly infused with world music beginning with Security and the fact that he's got one of the more recognizable voices in music, and Big Blue Ball almost plays like a lost Peter Gabriel album. This is not meant to diminish the strong contributions of others. Hossam Ramzy and Natacha Atlas take the lead on "Habibe" and Márta Sebestyén, Sinéad O'Connor, Rossy, and Papa Wemba all turn in great vocal performances. Joseph Arthur and Iarla O Lionáird's "Altus Silva" actually sounds a bit like Gabriel, and when Arthur joins Gabriel on "Exit Through You," the result could easily be a So outtake. The sound changes a bit at the end of the album, moving from the Peter Gabriel '90s sound to something a bit more 21st century with the Malagasy rap of "Jijy" and the sampled horns of the title track. It's a bit odd that Big Blue Ball was so long in coming, but Peter Gabriel fans will find it was worth the wait. ~ Sean Westergaard
Recording information: Real World Studios, Wiltshire, England (1991-2007).
Author: Karl Wallinger.
Ensembles: Momtaz Talaat; Adel Eskander.
Photographers: York Tillyer; Andrew Catlin; Pete Williams.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Popsy Dixon; Peter Gabriel; Sherman Holmes; Wendell Holmes.
Personnel: Karl Wallinger (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Joseph Arthur (vocals, guitar); Márta Sebestyén (vocals, flute); Hukwe Zawose, Iarla O Lionáird, Natacha Atlas, Papa Wemba, Sinéad O'Connor (vocals); James McNally (whistling); Richard Evans (guitar, mandolin, recorder); Vernon Reid (guitar, guitar synthesizer); David Rhodes (guitar); Timothy Whelan (saz); Hossam Ramzy & His Egyptian Ensemble (strings); Francis Bebey, Guo Yue (flute); Ronan Browne (Uilleann pipe); Stephen Hague (accordion, keyboards, programming); Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez (piano, keyboards); Angie Pollock (piano); Tchad Blake (harmonium, organ, keyboards, guitar synthesizer, drums, frame drum, hi-hat, shaker, tambourine, tom tom, bells); Rupert Hine (keyboards); Joji Hirota, Hossam Ramzy, Neil Sparkes (drums, percussion); Manu Katche, Billy Cobham, Ged Lynch (drums); Laurent Coatalen (bongos); Arona N'diaye (djembe, sabar, percussion); Chuck Norman (programming); Andy Lee White, Reddy Amisi, Jules Shear, Sevara Nazarkhan, Tim Finn (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Richard Chappell; Stephen Hague; Tchad Blake.
Global Rhythm (Publication) (p.44) - "BBB's voices and instruments float in and out of the 11 songs like fragments of conversations pieced together to create poems." Big Blue Ball Music | List Price | $17.98 (You save $4.23) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, International CDs, R&B, Electronica, World | | Label | Real World | | Orig Year | 2008 | | All Time Sales Rank |  54117  | | CD Universe Part number | 7685013 | | Catalog number | 153 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 24, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Karl Wallinger; Michel Sanchez; Stephen Hague | | Engineer | Marco Migliari; David Bottrill; Paul Grady; Richard Chappell; Ben Findlay; Richard Evans; Alex Swift | | Personnel | Billy Cobham
Manu Katche
Vernon Reid - guitar, guitar synthesizer
David Rhodes - guitar
Rupert Hine - keyboards
Tchad Blake - harmonium, organ, keyboards, guitar synthesizer, drums, frame drum, hi-hat, shaker, tambourine, tom tom, bells
Hossam Ramzy
Tim Finn - background vocals
Richard Evans - guitar, mandolin, recorder
Ged Lynch - drums
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| | Additional Info | Cover Option 2 |
Big Blue Ball Songs | 1. | Whole Thing - Alex Faku/Big Blue Ball/Francis Bebey/Karl Wallinger/Andy White/Peter Gabriel/Tim Finn (Original Mix) | |
| 2. | Habibe - Big Blue Ball/Natacha Atlas/Hossam Ramzy/Neil Sparkes | |
| 3. | Shadow - Juan Canizares/Big Blue Ball/Papa Wemba | |
| 4. | Altus Silva - Big Blue Ball/Deep Forest/Iarla O Lionaird/James McNally/Joseph Arthur/Ronan Browne/Vernon Reid | |
| 5. | Exit Through You - Big Blue Ball/Joseph Arthur/Karl Wallinger/Peter Gabriel | |
| 6. | Everything Comes from You - Big Blue Ball/Guo Yue/Joji Hirota/Sevara Nazarkhan/Sinead O'Connor/Richard Evans | |
| 7. | Burn You Up, Burn You Down - Arona N'diaye/Big Blue Ball/Jah Wobble/Peter Gabriel/The Holmes Brothers/Wendy Melvoin/Billy Cobham | |
| 8. | Forest - Arona N'diaye/Big Blue Ball/Hukwe Zawose/Levon Minassian/Vernon Reid | |
| 9. | Rivers - Big Blue Ball/Karl Wallinger/Marta Sebestyen/Vernon Reid | |
| 10. | Jijy - Arona N'diaye/Big Blue Ball/Jah Wobble/Rossy | |
| 11. | Big Blue Ball - Big Blue Ball/Karl Wallinger/Manu Katche/Peter Gabriel | |
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Big Blue Ball Music Review Purchase Big Blue Ball CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Joao Gilberto Amoroso/Brasil CD (1993)
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Joao Gilberto is perhaps forever destined to be lesser known to casual jazz fans than his occasional collaborator Stan Getz (whose GETZ/GILBERTO albums introduced the United States to bossa nova) and his ex-wife Astrud Gilberto (whose shy, delicate voice made her one of the most distinctive and beloved jazz vocalists of the '60s). However, true fans of Brazilian music recognize that Gilberto is second only to Antonio Carlos Jobim as a writer and interpreter of traditional Brazilian music and Brazilian-influenced jazz.
These two albums, collected in full on one CD, are among Gilberto's best solo albums. Alternating between standards like "'S Wonderful" or "Besame Mucho" and Brazilian tunes like Jobim's "Wave" and the original "Triste," AMOROSO is a fine, romantic jazz album. BRASIL, as the title suggests, consists of six traditional-style sambas, sung in Portuguese to acoustic guitars and hypnotic percussion. Both are essential to Gilberto fans and neophytes.
AMOROSO was released in 1977.
BRASIL was released in 1981.
BRASIL personnel: Joao Gilberto (vocals, guitar); Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania (vocals); Clare Fisher (keyboards); Milcho Leviev, Michael Boddicker (synthesizer); Jim Hughart (bass); Joe Correro (drums); Paulhinho Da Costa (percussion).
Producer: Joao Gilberto.
Personnel: Joao Gilberto (vocals, guitar); Gerald Vinci, John Wittenberg, Joe Goodman, Bob Lipsett, Bobby Dubow, Jerry Reisler, Isabelle Daskoff, Israel Baker, Bonnie Douglas, Nathan Ross, Paul Shure, Bluestone (violin); David Schwartz, Helain Wittenberg, Marilyn Baker (viola); Anne Goodman (cello); Eddie Cainf, Glenn Garrett, Bud Shank (flute); Claire Fisher, Ralph Grierson (keyboards); Michael Boddicker, Milcho Leviev (synthesizer); Grady Tate, Joe Correro (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Al Schmitt.
Liner Note Author: Nelson Motta.
Recording information: Britannia, Los Angeles, CA (11/17/1976-01/07/1977); Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA (11/17/1976-0
| | Shirley Horn You Won't Forget Me CD (1991)
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Interestingly, Horn rarely takes a solo, but repeats the songs over and over, slightly changing the phrasing and continuously building on the piano to change the emphasis. Every cut is a masterpiece, but the stand out is the title cut. Drummer Steve Williams sets up a strange, repetitive quarter note pattern which sounds like a ticking clock over which Miles Davis' muted trumpet floats and soars as Horn sings and plays piano. The track is especially poignant, as it was one of Davis' last appearances on record. The effect is nothing short of breathtaking. This album is a wonderful jazz treasure.
Shirley Horn focuses on romantic love songs on this third release for the Verve label. In addition to her powerful rhythm section (Charles Ables on bass, Steve Williams on drums) this release features guest appearances by some of jazz's luminaries: Miles Davis (long a champion of Horn's music), Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and Toots Thielmans.
W/M.Davis,W.Marsalis & B.Marsalis
Personnel includes: Shirley Horn, Miles Davis, Buck Hill, Branford Marsalis, Toots Thielemans, Buster Williams, Billy Hart.
| | Stan Getz Getz/Gilberto CD (1963)
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The record that started the bossa nova craze of the mid-'60s, GETZ-GILBERTO is a justly recognized classic. The disc's success is attributable to its spectacular personnel: the man who basically invented bossa nova, Antonio Carlos Jobim; the man who defined and perfected the genre, Joao Gilberto; his charmingly waifish-sounding wife, Astrud Gilberto; and American tenor saxophonist extraordinaire Stan Getz. Jobim plays guitar and piano; Getz provides remarkably lyrical, complementary lead lines, and Joao Gilberto plays and sings in Portuguese with the most understated, romantic, and artful vocal delivery imaginable. It's a hard combination to beat.
Opening track "The Girl From Ipanema," a breezy, infectious Jobim composition with vocals by both Joao and Astrud, became one of the biggest (and most recognizable) hits of the era, and the single most popular Brazilian tune in America. The exquisite shuffle "Desafinado," the Joao-Astrud duet "Corcovado," and the eminently grooving "So Danco Samba" have gone on to become standards of both bossa nova and jazz, and the versions here are definitive. Getz's sensitive playing blends seamlessly with the deceptively casual rhythmic sophistication of Jobim, Gilberto, and percussionist Milton Banana. The material, the musicianship, and the gentle, minimal arrangements and production ensure that GETZ/GILBERTO will never date, age, or tire. It's a perfect album.
One of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, not to mention bossa nova's finest moment, Getz/Gilberto trumped Jazz Samba by bringing two of bossa nova's greatest innovators -- guitarist/singer Joao Gilberto and composer/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim -- to New York to record with Stan Getz. The results were magic. Ever since Jazz Samba, the jazz marketplace had been flooded with bossa nova albums, and the overexposure was beginning to make the music seem like a fad. Getz/Gilberto made bossa nova a permanent part of the jazz landscape not just with its unassailable beau
| | Billie Holiday Songs For Distingue Lovers CD (1957) Reissue
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Comprised of the last five studio dates Holiday did for Verve, SONGS FOR DISTINGUE LOVERS finds Lady Day operating within her ideal environment; that of a small jazz combo. Accompanied by a legendary line-up including Sweets Edison, Ben Webster and Barney Kessel, Holiday sang with the clear enunciation and easy swing that had become her trademark. Wrapping her phrasing around standards by Rodgers & Hart, The Gershwins and Cole Porter, Billie Holiday demonstrated how years of singing with various jazz bands sharpened her ability to turn a song on its head through slight fluctuations in pitch and tone color.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of the Verve Master Edition series.
Recorded in 1957 and 1959.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California between January 3 & 9, 1957. Includes liner notes by James Patrick.
Reissue producer: Michael Lang.
Personnel includes: Billie Holiday, Ben Webster, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Red Mitchell, Jimmy Cleveland, Al Cohn, Hank Jones, Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson.
Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Barney Kessel (guitar); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Jimmy Rowles (piano); Larry Bunker, Alvin Stoller (drums).
Liner Note Author: Norman Granz.
Recording information: 01/1957.
Personnel: Billie Holiday (vocals); Ben Webster (tenor saxophone); Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet); Jimmie Rowles (piano); Barney Kessel (guitar); Red Mitchell (bass); Larry Bunker, Alvin Stoller (drums).
Producer: Norman Granz.
| | Shirley Horn I Remember Miles CD (1998)
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I REMEMBER MILES won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance.
This stunning album is Shirley Horn's loving tribute to her friend and colleague, the legendary late Miles Davis. Davis was so taken by Horn's first album EMBERS AND ASHES that he forced The Village Vanguard to let her virtually-unknown trio open for him during his 1961 run there. Their friendship and admiration for each other's music lasted through the years, and Shirley Horn's 1991 recording YOU WON'T FORGET ME, was one of the last recordings Miles Davis made.
Horn selected mostly ballads from Davis' Columbia Records catalogue for her tribute because, as she explains in the liner notes, Davis liked her to sing ballads, and ballads are Horn's specialty. She can slow down time in a unique and spellbinding way. Her sultry and smoky vocals are intimate and conversational, relying on odd metered timing and silence, rather than volume, to make an emotional point.
This album's knock out punch is the epic (over 10 minutes long) "My Man's Gone Now" performed in an uncharacteristically (for Horn) abstract style with a double rhythm section and Roy Hargrove wailing and soaring on the trumpet. This may well be one of the greatest tracks Horn ever recorded.
Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, New York from December 2-5, 1997.
Personnel: Shirley Horn (vocals, piano); Toots Thielemans (harmonica); Buck Hill (tenor saxophone); Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn); Steve Williams , Steve Williams , Al Foster (drums).
Audio Mixer: Dave Baker .
Liner Note Author: Ira Gitler.
Recording information: Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY (12/02/1997-12/05/1997).
Illustrator: Miles Davis.
Arranger: Shirley Horn.
Personnel: Shirley Horn (vocals, piano); Roy Hargrove (trumpet, flugelhorn); Toots Thielemans (harmonica); Charles Ables, Ron Carter (bass); Steve Williams, Al Foster (drums).
| | Earth, Wind, And Fire Essential Earth, Wind & Fire CDs (2002) Limited Edition; Remastered
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Additional personnel includes: Ken Yerke, Harris Goldman (violin); Rollice Dale (viola); Dennis Karmazyn Harry Schultz (cello); Fred Jackson Jr., Herman Riley, Jerome Richardson (saxophone); Tommy Johnson (tuba); Harvey Mason, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Beloyd Taylor (background vocals).
Recorded between 1973 & 1983. Includes liner notes by Leo Sacks, Virginia Prescott, and William C, Rhoden.
"These songs are as close as we came to perfection," says group founder and leader Maurice White in the liner notes to THE ESSENTIAL EARTH, WIND & FIRE. Given the quality of the music in this double-disc package, it's hard to argue. Remarkable for both its commercial success and its inventive hybrid of funk, soul, jazz, and African folk music (White's kalimba is featured as a solo instrument on "Evil," for example), Earth, Wind & Fire are deservedly regarded as one of the finest ensembles of the 1970s.
A thorough retrospective of the band's evolution and multiple stylistic directions (often achieved within one song), ESSENTIAL spans from the early, earthy funk of "Mighty Mighty" to the disco-flavored "Boogie Wonderland" (with the Emotions). In between are all of the group's smash hits--the infectious "Shining Star," the feel-good "Sing a Song," their jazzy interpretation of Lennon/McCartney's "Got to Get You Into My Life," and the early '80s dance-floor favorite "Let's Groove," to name a few. Throughout, complex horn parts, rich vocal harmonies, and the formidable chops of the band's instrumentalists dazzle on ballads, heady improvisations, and funk workouts alike. This is the definitive compilation of one soul's mightiest groups.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
2cds-34 Classic Tracks Avail. For A LTD. Time Only.
Earth, Wind & Fire: Maurice White (vocals, kalimba, timbales, drums); Verdine White (vocals, bass, percussion); Philip Bailey (vocals, congas, percussion); Larry Dunn (piano, organ, synthesizer, programming).
Producers: Maurice White, Joe Wissert
| | X Tremely Fun Step 5 X Tremely Fun: Step 5 CD (2008)
$9.55 | | Chaka Khan Funk This CD (2008) (Import) Import
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Chaka Khan's Funk This showcases some of her powerful vocals and most compellings songs to date. In perfect form, Chaka has recorded both new material and covers of some tracks that are near and dear to her heart. This incredible funk album takes us back to Chaka's roots, with much of the feel and instrumentation used in her Rufus days. Includes guest artists Mary J. Blige, Michael McDonald and original Rufus member Tony Maiden.
| | Biagio Antonacci Best Of CD (2008)
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Best of collection. After the release of the double album which celebrated his early career, here is the second and most awaited part of antonacci's best of. Containing all his acclaimed recent hits. 17 unforgettable songs plus a previously unreleased song. Universal. 2008
| | Soho Dolls Ribbed Music For The Numb Generation CD (2007) (Import)
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DEBUT ALBUM BY THE GLAM ELECTRO POP-ROCK ACT. INCLUDES 6 BONUS REMIX TRACKS EXCLUSIVE TO THIS CD. 18 TRACKS
| | E S G 10 Years Later: I Represent This, PT. 2 CD (2009)
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Track Listing of songs: Intro; Aj's; Still Got Money; Self Made; I Run the Streets; Halle Berry; Never Forget; G; Bizness, The; Ain't I; Show Me Love; Turn Me On; Swang; Boss Iz Back; Interlude; Please Don't; Make Me; Cake; Pop Champagne; Boss Life; F U Pay Me; Just Another Day; Still On Da Grind; Htown; Lost; Time; Kicking; Outlawz In Da Building;
| | Meagen Moody Notes To The Author CD (2009)
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Meagen Moody grew up in Goldendale, WA in a musical family. Some of her earlier memories are of listening to her dad sing and play his guitar. That influence, along with her mother making her take piano lessons, started her on musical path in life. Her years at Goldendale high were spent playing clarinet in pep band and in the jazz band. Meagen's dad was the one who taught her guitar during her high school years before she graduated in 2004. After high school Meagen joined a missionary group called Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and began to travel around the world reaching out to others through music and with her life. Meagen travels have taken her to Turkey, Mexico, Honduras, Thailand, India, Philippines, and Ecuador.Meagen began putting words and melodies to her experiences overseas and at home. Meagen has recently released her first full length, professionally recorded CD with 10 original songs that are written, arranged, and preformed by her called “Notes To The Author”. Meagen says “it has always been a dream of mine to make a CD and I feel like these 10 songs were all born out of the experiences that God has given me over the last few years of traveling and reaching out to other people”. Stylistically the album has a fresh sound with great guitar and piano work through out. The vocals are smooth with pleasing melodies. There are places with energy but a rather calming overtone to the album. Uplifting and original, the music of Meagen Moody leaves you satisfied but wanting to listen again and again.
| | Miss Lady Pinks Presents: Voices Of Chicano Rap CDs (2009) Box Set
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Photographer: A. Perez.
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