What Are You Listening To?

[Tiggi]

Van's umpteenth album, released in 2005.

Not really a Blues or Jazz album, but there are some good Blues & Jazz tracks, so this is a best fit.

Sumptuously recorded set of songs with Van's usual musical attention to detail. He plays some solid Sax & Harmonica, and his vocals show no signs of deterioration.

Fine album, if not significantly different to many of his more recent efforts.


RoviMusic 4/5 stars.

[mtthwibrahim]

West Side Soul-Magic Sam

Now this is some solid blues. He's definitely got some major guitar chops, and his voice is certialy fit to sing the blues, but what really makes this work is the soul influence. It gives the music an extra touch of life I feel is missing in some older blues

[SteveO]

Still stuck on Kisses on the Bottom by Paul McCartney....man was I wrong about this one !!!!!

[Mrrusty1]

Sammy Davis JR California suite a really great jazz suite featuring california suite on side one and a collection of songs on side two notably a stranger called the blues recorded in the early sixties i think songs writen by Mel Torme and sung beautifully by Sammy Davis JR i think the band was mainly made up from the Marty Paich dektete. this is a class record.

[Music Head]

Sammy Davis JR California suite a really great jazz suite featuring california suite on side one and a collection of songs on side two notably a stranger called the blues recorded in the early sixties i think songs writen by Mel Torme and sung beautifully by Sammy Davis JR i think the band was mainly made up from the Marty Paich dektete. this is a class record.

the candy man was a class act, as was Mel

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



Another gift from a mate. A different mate. The one that disappeared. Guess he had a dup of this and offered it up.
I accepted. Did not have anything on cd for Billie so this was a welcome addition. Very good compilation covering
recordings from '46-'59. A two disc set of 35 tracks. Guest lineup of Kenny Burrell, Oscar Peterson, Beny Carter
and Coleman Hawkins, all appearing on various tracks. How can you go wrong? The critics said Billie had passed her
prime by this point. I disagree. That voice just matured with age. A few of the early live ones I don't care for on
here, and I thought by the time I got to disc two, I would be burnt out, but it didn't happen. It just got better.
Stars Fell On Alabama is an easy favorite with her classic God Bless The Child close behind. The full orchestra on
All The Way is the only one of that nature and quite different from the normal jazz backing. I think I still prefer
Etta and Ella with this style of music, but a little Billie should settle well with anyone.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - I Cover The Waterfront

Best Track - Stars Fell On Alabama

We lived our little drama
We kissed in a field of white
And stars fell on Alabama last night
I can't forget the glamour
Your eyes held a tender light
And stars fell on Alabama last night

I never planned in my imagination
A situation so heavenly
A fairy land where no one else could enter
And in the center just you and me
My heart beat like a hammer
My arms wound around you tight
And stars fell on Alabama last night

1) Body And Soul **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFw0GrQ2Y-8
2) Strange Fruit *
live - Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit - YouTube
3) Trav'lin' Light **
audio - Billie Holiday "Trav'lin' Light" - YouTube
4) All Of Me *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P0hG3sD0-E
5) (There Is) No Greater Love *
audio - Billie Holiday-There is No Greater Love (LIVE) - YouTube
6) I Cover The Waterfront *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rdy_IUnKTQ
7) These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiv0GT6I_nY
8) Tenderly **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSfb908m_d4
9) Autumn In New York ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl_e7UW-bz8
10) My Man **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VfX451prmY
11) Stormy Weather ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxrQ-O4-J70
12) Yesterdays *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hkakz0jmew
13) (I Got A Man, Crazy For Me) He's Funny That Way ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYkH8-gEbpk
14) What A Little Moonlight Can Do *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldwDvw99HHs
15) I Cried For You (Now It's Your Turn To Cry Over Me) **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbhTe2mBvFo
16) Too Marvelous For Words **
audio - Billie Holiday - Too marvellous for words - HD - YouTube
17) I Wished On The Moon ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD7b1ts2fUg
18) I Don't Want To Cry Anymore **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stN7CR_MFUE
19) Prelude To A Kiss **
audio - Billie Holiday - Prelude To A Kiss (1955) - YouTube
20) Nice Work If You Can Get It ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3jX4WhIW6o
21) Come Rain Or Come Shine **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqECFy_qzkM
22) What's New ***
audio - Billie Holiday - What's new? - YouTube
23) God Bless The Child ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_1LfT1MvzI
24) Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me ***
audio - Billie Holiday - DO NOTHING TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME - YouTube
25) April In Paris **
audio - Billie Holiday - April in Paris - YouTube
26) Lady Sings The Blues **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdCIsMeA8eY
27) Don't Explain ***
audio - Billie Holiday - Don't Explain - YouTube
28) Fine And Mellow **
live - Billie Holiday : Fine and mellow (1957) - YouTube
29) I Didn't Know What Time It Was ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOnJGlRAbU8
30) Stars Fell On Alabama ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jqu_vb1MDio
31) One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7llu2aQRSQ
32) Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You ***
audio - jazz music, Billie Holiday - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You, http://www.exclusivejazz.com - YouTube
33) Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be) **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thSfGPZGmnQ
34) All The Way ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Xw7TV1_A8
35) Don't Worry 'Bout Me **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpNRrhNKzbQ

3's - 15
2's - 14
1's - 6

Grade - 2.3

so many albums, so little time

[Music Head]

from my library (cd)



First released in 1959, mine is a '97 reissue. Liner notes say side 1 of the album was recorded at the wrong speed,
thus the need to correct the problem. If you say so label heads. Not that I don't believe that, but wouldn't you
think that maybe someone like Miles Davis would have noticed something like that when it was released. I'm just
sayin. The other difference from the original is the addition of an alternate take of Flamenco Sketches. I would
have to play them side by side to know the difference, but I guess the Miles heads would know. I do know they're
different because the second one is 6 seconds longer. I knew there was something missing from that first one. Now
that those gripes are out of the way, this is a superb album. Only one track of the five I don't love. Won't count
that alternate take. The cast includes Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans and John Coltrane. Although disputed, this
has been listed as the best selling jazz album of all time. Chosen by the Library Of Congress to be included in the
National Recording Registry and listed as #12 in Rolling Stones Greatest Albums Of All Time. A must have in any
jazz collection.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Blue In Green

Best Track - All Blues

1) So What ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNTltOGh5c&ob=av2e
2) Freddie Freeloader ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD4M2foMDF0
3) Blue In Green **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPL7BExSQU
4) All Blues ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IlQtW33Zk
5) Flamenco Sketches ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez-Kefu4vvU

3's - 4
2's - 1
1's - 0

Grade - 2.8

so many albums, so little time

[Mrrusty1]

yes i love kind of blue too classic miles

[Mrrusty1]

Nucleus Elastic rock.. debut album from Ian Carr's Nucleus fantastic laid back jazz rock groove.
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[mtthwibrahim]

am I literally the only person who loves jazz but doesn't like "Kind of Blue"?