American Originals

1. Never Been to Spain

2. Ease Your Pain

3. Indian Song

4. Lightnin' Bar Blues

5. California Women

6. Joy to the World

7. Alice in Wonderland

8. Pusher

9. Have a Nice Day

10. My Carolina Sunshine Girl

11. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

12. Thomas Hall

13. Devil

14. Epistle

15. Officer Ray

16. Better Lovin' Man

17. Heaven

18. Country Anthem

19. Farther Along/Old Time Religion

20. It's Been Fun

American Originals,Hoyt Axton,Capitol,Country,Country-Pop,Popular Music,Traditional Country

Average customer rating: Funny Man Andy Griffith Clean humor Deacon Andy Griffith What it was was football, is there a part 3? Down-home country humor at its very best

American Originals Andy Griffith Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wit & Wisdom of Andy Griffith I GUAR-RON-TEE The Andy Griffith Show Peaches & Possums Jerry Clower - Greatest Hits ASIN: B00000HY5X Release Date: 1993-01-26

Tracks:

1. The Fishin' Hole
2. What It Was, Was Football (Part I & II)
3. Cindy
4. Love Poems: To The Lovely Juanita Beasley
5. Make Yourself Comfortable
6. North Carolina, My Home State
7. The Preacher And The Bear
8. Romeo And Juliet (Part I And II)
9. Love Poems: Togetherness
10. Swan Lake
11. Flop Eared Mule
12. Hamlet
13. The Discovery Of America
14. Don't Look Back
15. Opera Carmen
16. Andy And Cleopatra
17. The Midnight Special
18. The Andy Griffith Theme

Customer Reviews:

Funny Man Andy Griffith.......2007-05-08

This is some real humor from the past by a guy that only can put pain in your sides from laughing at his brand of explaining things. Highly recommend it!

Clean humor.......2007-03-12

This makes me laugh when I listen to it and when I think about it. It is acceptable for all audiances---clean and a simple down-home type comedy. I would like to see and hear more like it. ---Kenneth Whitman

Deacon Andy Griffith.......2006-11-05

I have always loved Andy and these old songs are just as I remembered

What it was was football, is there a part 3?.......2006-08-20

Is there a part 3 to what it was was football? I ordered this CD expecting the entire track. It said part 1 & 2, but I've heard this track before and not everything was on this CD. Can someone help??

Down-home country humor at its very best.......2003-11-27

Everyone knows Andy Griffith from The Andy Griffith Show, but many today may not be aware of the range of this man's talent as an actor, comedian, and all-around entertainer. This album collects a number of Andy's funny stories and songs taken from a series of recordings he made in the 1950s and early 1960s. The material itself is an almost vaudevillian mix of memorable treats. Griffith's natural penchant for telling hilarious, down-home stories actually jump-started his whole career. The most familiar Andy Griffith recording was his first one, recorded live at an insurance convention in 1952; as the story goes, he essentially thought up the whole routine during a 45-minute drive from Chapel Hill to Raleigh. "What it Was, Was Football" is classic Southern humor that had his audience rolling in the aisles, and it is as funny today as it was decades ago. Colonial released the recording, it sold over a million copies, and Andy Griffith soon found himself working for the Columbia label, putting out a number of albums over the next twelve years. What It Was, Was Football is simply hilarious, as Griffith assumes the role of a country bumpkin describing his first experience watching the game of football. Explaining things in simplistic, countrified terms went over big up North of the Mason-Dixon line, but Andy never forgot, betrayed, or belittled his North Carolina roots.

The strength of this CD is the comedy bits, but there are also several songs included for your enjoyment. The album opens up with The Fishin' Hole: yes, there are actual lyrics to the theme song of The Andy Griffith Show, and you can hear them right here. Cindy and Flop Eared Mule are bluegrass-oriented tracks meant to entertain, while The Midnight Special reveals the kind of true singing talent this man has always possessed. Of course, Griffith's ingenious storytelling is the star of this collection. I suppose much of this would be called stand-up comedy, but Andy tells his stories as if he is sitting on the porch at home entertaining a few good friends. Two of the better tracks found here consist of Andy's unique, folksy recounting of Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet, but he also tickles the funny bone explaining opera in Opera Carmen and ballet in Swan Lake. He goes on to describe the history of The Discovery of America and Andy and Cleopatra in a manner you surely won't find in any textbook. He also offers up two love poems, one called Togetherness and the other dedicated To The Lovely Juanita Beasley. If you need some help sparkin' that sweetheart of yours, you might want to try a few lines from these poems yourself (although they should prove much more effective down here in the South than up North).

The roots of Mayberry's Sheriff Andy Taylor can be found right here in these early comedy recordings of one of America's premiere storytellers, so everyone who loves The Andy Griffith Show (and who doesn't?) should really enjoy this CD. Andy Griffith truly was and is an American Original. This is good old country humor at its best, an album the whole family, from the youngest lad to the oldest gentleman, can heartily enjoy.

Average customer rating: Great Barber Come View the Firmament!! Fine American Music

American Originals - Ives & Barber: String Quartets Emerson String Quartet , Samuel Barber , Charles Ives , Lawrence Dutton , Eugene Drucker , David Finckel , and Philip Setzer Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Emerson String Quartet | ( E ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Elliot Carter: String Quartets 1-4; Elegy Prokofiev: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Sonata for 2 Violins Beethoven: The String Quartets Emerson Encores Debussy, Ravel: Streichquartette ASIN: B000001GGZ Release Date: 1993-01-19

Tracks:

1. String Quartet No.1 'From The Salvation Army': I. Andante con moto
2. String Quartet No.1 'From The Salvation Army': II. Allegro - Allegro con spirito - Quasi andante
3. String Quartet No.1 'From The Salvation Army': III. Adagio cantabile - Allegretto- Andante con moto - Adagio cantabile
4. String Quartet No.1 'From The Salvation Army': IV. Allegro marziale - Poco andante con moto - Allegro marziale
5. Scherzo - 'Holding Your Own': Fast - Slow - Allegro
6. String Quartet Op.11: I. Molto allegro e appassionato
7. String Quartet Op.11: II. Molto adagio - attacca
8. String Quartet Op.11: Molto allegro (come prima) - Presto
9. String Quartet No.2: I. Discussions: Andantd moderato - Andante con spirito - Adagio molto
10. String Quartet No.2: II. ArgumentsL Allegro con spirito - Andante emasculata 0 Allegro con fisto 0 Presto - largo sweetota - Allegro con fisto - Largo - Allegro con fuoco - Andante con scratchy - Allegro con fistiswatto
11. String Quartet No.2: III. 'The Call Of The Mountains': Adagio Andante - Andante con spirito - Adagio primo - Adagio meatoso

Amazon.com

Barber's string quartet is the source of that famous Adagio for strings, popularized by the movie Platoon in its later arrangement for full string orchestra. It makes an even stronger impression in its original context, sandwiched between two thematically related quicker movements. Ives's two quartets represent the two opposing poles of his character: the early First Quartet is a lyrical work based on hymn tunes, while in the Second all hell breaks loose as the four players literally fling themselves at the music (and each other), until they finally decide--in the words of the composer--to shut up, go out, and view the firmament. The end is suitably cosmic, as are these stunning performances. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

Great Barber.......2005-04-19

I really liked the performance of the Samuel Barber string quartet. If played well, this, and other of Barber's pieces assume their true position of great, great importance within the American and, most especially, Euro-American composers repertoires.

He is one of the most important composers.

We can hear this here though one could also leave this recording aside after listening to it not knowing the work's great importance as, greater than the identification of the work as such, there is a lovely and incredible personalness from the players in the identifying with this work which they realise is very great (and so do we). Then also what they do is they demonstrate or exhibit a very, very special uniqueness of this piece itself for which I would give the recording 98 or 99 out of 100. It doesn't claim to be definitive at all, the very opposite, and is joyous to listen to and much more. Indeed we seem to visit a vast and seemingly endless world of this.

Much of Charles Ives's music which I know, though I don't know much, I rate in a similar though more personal way though the music is more untouchable and remote to me and in terms of greatness and also, kind of importance, though sometimes I would state great importance.

I have to say that I don't find these performances very convincing or enlightening. I have tried for years to listen to these quartets by the Emmersons but have failed. I haven't heard any other recording of the quartets, which is my own fault. The first of the two pieces for four string instruments starts very well and is inducing and one assumes that the Emmersons are able in this territory, but I think they lose the piece entirely, without doubt, though at various points they convey fluency though this is even more irritating as one can't detatch oneself from the music then.

I have no idea what to make of the second quartet. After imagining, truly and not non-deeply that I was quite familiar and totally confluent with this piece, as it is challenging, for some time, over a year maybe, I realised after this that this was the very most disturbingly avante-garde piece that I had ever come across. And I can only describe it as such, it remains this, and without any extra favourable comments at all in support of the piece, after maybe eleven years.

I have to blame the Emmersons for this, and utterly so. It is the strangest occurrence in my complete familiarity with music.

Perhaps, though, the Barber performance is on a similar level of awe in the domain of a great "telling" for me in my experience, sometimes much more so and I think eternal wisdom is being expressed, and surely and with mature, great, masterly ease is in the expression.

I must get a new recording of the Ives quartets.

Come View the Firmament!!.......2004-01-30

I'm not sure if I could think of two American composers who have less in common than Charles Ives and Samuel Barber. One was the ultimate craggy individualist, completely American to his toes and a fascinating mix of the homespun amateur and the modernist. The other was the ultimate professional composer, possessed of a finely honed technique and a romantic sensibility that made him one of the most popular and beloved, and least "American" sounding composers of his generation. And yet, as this disc attests, the two can sit side by side on the same disc without shame. Especially in vigorous performances like the ones the Emerson quartet give here.

The String Quartet in b minor is Samuel Barber's only foray into the form, one that for him was probably not as congenial as other genres. Though possessed of a marvelous facility for harmony and counterpoint, Barber always seems better with the bigger tonal palette of the orchestra, or at least the presence of a piano in his music. His genius is less individual in this work, at least in the opening and closing movements. The Quartet begins with a brisk Allegro in a solid, conservative neo-classical style. This music returns again in the Finale, though much more briefly stated. In between, though is the gem of the piece; the Adagio which was immortalized by the composer in his arrangement for string orchestra. It is a masterpiece of long sustained melody and inspired contrapuntal writing. In this less familiar version, the work looses some of the passion present in the string orchestra version, but seems more personally tragic, more introspective. This is a lovely work and comes by it's immense popularity honestly.

The Ives works much different, though a careful listening to either string quartet gives the lie to the notion that Ives was an autodidact or basically unschooled. The First Quartet was written in 1896 while Ives was finishing up his studies with Horatio Parker at Yale. The musical idiom is late German Romanticism, with strong influences of Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak. Yet the work is distinctive in a way that Ives' First Symphony is not. For one thing, Ives uses Protestant Revival hymns in this work, which he was careful to avoid in the Symphony, knowing it would incur the wrath of the Euro-centric Parker. This work also shows a greater sense of craft than the symphony, and a more individual sense of harmony, probably also derived from the homespun harmonies of the hymns. The work opens with a magnificent fugue based on the Missionary Hymn, which will eventually make up the third movement of his massive Fourth Symphony. Other movements are equally beautifully done. The over all impression left by this quartet is of a fresh and original Romantic voice, already outshining the more established American composers of his time. Had Ives continued in this style, he could well have been as beloved as Copland or other American composers of later generations.

While the First Quartet still has it's roots in the harmonic practice of the 19th century, the Second Quartet is a more modernist affair, though in program as Romantic as anything Ives ever did. The Quartet is constructed in three movements - Discussion - Argument - Contemplation. Ives provided a programme for the work which he believed showed the bond between four men who, "converse, discuss, argue (in re: Politick), fight, shake hands, shut up - then walk up the mountain side to view the firmament!" The work is a joyously democratic piece, even celebrating the messiness of democracy. The first movement is mostly slow and extremely dissonant. It gradually builds to a climax in which four tunes are quoted, representing political points of view. In the second movement, everything busts loose. The quartet can't seem to agree on anything, what music to play, what tempo to take. The second violinist, who takes on the character of "Rollo", the name Ives used for anyone who embodied overly refined society, tries to inject a sugary cadenza and is immediately shouted down by the rest of the quartet. The chaos reached a fevered and humorous pitch, with Rollo insistently scrapping away at double stops as if he's having a tantrum while snippets of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky fight for dominance, and finally the political themes reappear in full battle gear and the movement draws to a scratchy and furious conclusion.

But the final movement puts the entire piece into perspective. This is Ives at his most sublime. Otherworldly dissonances start the movement, which gradually builds to the viola's statement of the hymn Nearer My God To Thee, mixed with strains that recall the bells of Westminster Abbey. These themes are then slowly and majestically drawn into a shining D major coda, as if to say that after all the fighting and all the arguments, this alone is what matters, ascending the mountains to see the world in all it's glory and to walk ever closer with God. A more profound statement on the ultimate importance of politics I could not imagine.

The Barber Quartet has a number of competitors on disc, the Ives has fewer. For whatever reason, the Ives Quartets aren't as "sexy" as other Ives works like the Concord Sonata. But in any case the Emerson Quartet fairs well with the repertoire, equaling readings by Kronos and the Linsay Quartet and in the Ives I find them superior to the Lydian Quartet and the Mondrian Quartet. This is a fine release and worthy to be purchased for anyone interested in fine works by fine American composers!

Fine American Music.......2000-06-21

This is one of my favorite discs. The Ives Scherzo is played with precision and drive. The Ives 2d quartet is beautiful throughout. The first movement of the Barber is just flawless, so wonderfully played it's simply inspiring. The Adagio has been nicely integrated into the whole work, and doesn't assume a life of it's own. If you internalized the adagio and came across the first/third movement later, you may not like this adagio. Nonetheless, it is done correctly: Emerson maintains rhythmic consistency and doesn't indulge in unnecessary rubato, which indeed makes any rubato that much more dramatic. It's a very powerful performance of the quartet, and one of the warmer renditions of the secondary theme of the first movement and the adagio. Needless to say, Emerson also nails the first Ives quartet.

Average customer rating: Great company for lonely nights 3 Brilliant Songwriters in a Relaxed Setting Why songwriters are not always good performers guy clark's dublin blues... Great Music - PERIOD!

Together at the Bluebird Café Steve Earle , Townes Van Zandt , and Guy Clark Manufacturer: American Originals ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Alt Country & Americana | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Contemporary Folk | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Dublin Blues Old No. 1/Texas Cookin' The Essential Guy Clark Train a Comin' Heartworn Highways ASIN: B00005QXGQ Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

1. Baby Took A Limo To Memphis - Guy Clark
2. My Old Friend The Blues - Steve Earle
3. Introduction To Katie Belle - Townes Van Zandt
4. Katie Belle - Townes Van Zandt
5. The Cape - Guy Clark
6. Introduction To Valentine's Day - Steve Earle
7. Valentine's Day - Steve Earle
8. Ain't Leavin' Your Love - Townes Van Zandt
9. Randall Knife - Guy Clark
10. Tom Ames' Prayer - Steve Earle
11. The Interfaith Dental Clinic - Townes Van Zandt
12. A Song For - Townes Van Zandt
13. Dublin Blues - Guy Clark
14. I Ain't Ever Satisfied - Steve Earle
15. Pancho And Lefty - Townes Van Zandt
16. Immigrant Eyes - Guy Clark
17. Sirocco's Pizza - Steve Earle
18. Mercenary Song - Steve Earle
19. Tecumseh Valley - Townes Van Zandt
20. Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

Amazon.com

On September 13, 1995, this like-minded triumvirate of country-folk singer-songwriters joined forces for a good old-fashioned song swap. The music's warmth and relaxed vibe make it sound like it was recorded on someone's back porch in Texas as opposed to Nashville's Bluebird Café. Pulled together for an Interfaith Dental Clinic benefit by Guy Clark's wife Susanna, the three old friends sing songs and tell stories in an intimate acoustic-and-a-stool atmosphere in front of an appreciative audience--what more can you ask for when you have such compelling songwriters? The ravenous cult fans of these artists will want to add these delightful performances to their collections, but newcomers will get an engaging and useful primer on the modern Texas troubadour style. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Great company for lonely nights.......2006-07-17

Townes Van Zandt's performance on this album made me appreciate his earlier recordings all the more, but he was still my favorite of the three. Hearing him do "Pancho and Lefty" in that rusty old voice made me weep, and his monologue about having a gold tooth extracted as a gambling debt made me laugh till I wept. It means even more now, knowing that this was very likely one of his last public appearances.

Anyone expecting perfection here will be disappointed. But it's the roughness of this performance that makes it so damned endearing.

3 Brilliant Songwriters in a Relaxed Setting.......2006-03-18

Did you ever wonder what would happen if three of America's best songwriters got together to share songs and stories? This disk answers the question. Earle, Van Zandt and Clark are arguably among the best songwriters this country has to offer (Texas branch) and on this disk they share their songs with each other in round-robin fashion before a very small audience. Stripped of studio arrangements, the three performers proudly display their wares for what they are - classic songs that ought to last long after the songwriters are dead and gone.
All three performers are (were, actually - Van Zandt died a few years back) great friends, with tremendous mutual respect for each other, so the camaraderie and friendship heard here is a rare and special thing. It must have been quite a special evening at the Bluebird Café that night. If you're a fan of any one of these three performers, then this disk is well worth your attention, since I can guarantee that you will soon become a big fan of the other two as well. A- - Tom Ryan

Why songwriters are not always good performers.......2005-01-21

When I first saw this cd, I thought "This has got to be great!"
I love all these guys, and I figured this cd has to be just wonderful! Wrong! After listening to as much as I could stand, I now realize why these wonderful songwriters sell their songs. With the exception of Steve Earle, (who also bombed on this cd),
I don't think any of these guys are singers at all. You may not like this, fans, but I would definitely skip this one. Just my opinion, I only gave them a 2 for their songwriting.

guy clark's dublin blues..........2004-06-30

during dublin blues, guy clark says "this might just be the best i ever played it." it's amazing.

Great Music - PERIOD!.......2003-12-10

This is one of those CD's that you use to turn your friends on to great talents.

Steve Earle - Genius
Guy Clark - Super Genius
Townes Van Zandt - Superdee Duper Genius.

Average customer rating: Don plays the hits!!!`

Live at the Bluebird Cafe Don Schlitz Manufacturer: American Originals ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000560KF Release Date: 2001-01-23

Tracks:

1. I Watched It All on My Radio
2. Give Me Wings
3. Gambler
4. I Take My Chances
5. Mission from Hank
6. Blank Sheet of Paper
7. Three-Legged Man
8. Greatest
9. Aunt Jenny's Blue Dress
10. Heart in a Suitcase
11. One Picture's Worth a Thousand Tears
12. Cure
13. When You Say Nothing at All
14. Six Words
15. Oscar the Angel

Customer Reviews:

Don plays the hits!!!`.......2001-02-19

Don Schlitz is truly one of the great success stories in the history of Nashville's songwriting community. His early success, starting with "The Gambler" that put Kenny Rogers into super-superstar status, has continued throughout the last 25 years with songs for Alabama, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Michael Johnson, among others. This recording, a live set recorded over a period of time at Music City's famous Bluebird Cafe, showcases Schlitz with just vocal and guitar, just how they do it at songwriters' nights. What keeps this recording from being 5 stars is a lack of variation of production. Everything has a tendancy to sound too similar. Songwise, it's hard not to like the material, and Don is certainly a role model for others to follow, including me. Thanks for including "The Greatest" and "I Watched It All On The Radio", Don. It brought back a lot of memories of my baseball days as a kid in little league. Keep on writing them hits, mister...could we try to tackle something together?

Average customer rating: What the San Francisco Chronicle says......

Live at the Plush Room Mike Greensill Manufacturer: Pismo Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001DJJ62 Release Date: 2004-01-21

Tracks:

1. Ive Got Just About Everything (Dorough)
2. Love For Sale (Porter)
3. I Should Care (Weston/Cahn/Storhdal)
4. A Dry Guy (Greensill)
5. Stella By Starlight (Young/Washington)
6. Ill Never Stop Loving You (Brodzsky/Cahn)
7. It Aint Necessarily So (Gershwins)
8. Blues Noir (Greensill)
9. A Time For Love (Mandel/Webster)
10. Better Than Anything (Loughborough/Wheat)
11. Wonder Why/Be My Love (Brodzsky/Cahn)
12. I Thought About You (Van Heusen)
13. Girl Of My Dreams (Sunny Clapp)
14. Small Day Tomorrow (Landesman/Dorough)

Album Description

A program of Great American Songs, Jazz Songs and originals from the pen of Mike Greensill recorded live at the Plush Room in San Francisco. Featuring the legendary drummer Donald "Duck" Bailey and the swinging bass of John Wiitala with Mike Greensill on Piano and Vocals.

Customer Reviews:

What the San Francisco Chronicle says.............2004-02-17

Mike Greensill Trio: "Live at the Plush Room"

by Steven Winn
San Francisco Chronicle - Sunday Datebook, February 15, 2004

Among San Francisco's many musical blessings, count the sensitivity,
responsive wit and inventive bounty of jazz pianist Mike Greensill.
The accompanist-husband of local cabaret stalwart Wesla Whitfield,
Greensill is emerging as an estimable force in his own right, with
his Mike Greensill Trio (drummer Donald Bailey and bassist John
Wiitala). This "Live at the Plush Room" recording dresses up tunes by
Gershwin, Porter, Sunny Clapp and others with casual elegance.
Melodic variations, elastic rhythms, solo spinouts and sly harmonies
all serve the source. "Love for Sale" gets a slow, insouciant
vamp. "I'll Never Stop Loving You" floats by in a pillowy cloud. The
staccato pulse in "It Ain't Necessarily So" gives that Gershwin
standard a refreshing petulance. Greensill adds a few numbers of his
own, and also sings on several cuts -- in a cheery croak that knows
no imitators.

Average customer rating: King of the historical novelty songs You may not know the name, but you should know the music.

American Originals Johnny Horton Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Honky-Tonk | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Honky-Tonk | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B0000026S7 Release Date: 1989-05-26

Tracks:

1. Honky Tonk Man
2. North To Alaska
3. Sink The Bismarck
4. The Battle Of New Orleans
5. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
6. I'm Coming Home
7. Sleepy-Eyed John
8. I'm A One Woman Man
9. Johnny Reb
10. I Got A Hole In My Pirogue

Customer Reviews:

King of the historical novelty songs.......2005-01-21

"North to Alaska," Sink The Bismark," "Johnny Reb," and especially "The Battle of New Orleans," are all fun little history lessons courtesy of one of rock's originals; Johnny Horton. This collection's really just a primer with just 25 minutes of playing time. In today's age of the 74 minute CD, this is a major rip. If you can't find this one at a major discount try one of the more extensive collections. That being said this is a lot of fun. Horton has an expressive voice with a lot of range and the songs range from borderline hilarious to some fairly good rockabilly.It's a shame he met an early death; there's definitely some real talent here.

You may not know the name, but you should know the music........2000-10-07

Johnny Horton is known by only a few fans, but chances are, you have heard at least one of his songs. This CD has all of my favorites on it, except for "Whispering Pines." The thing about his music is, if you aren't happy, the tunes will slowly cheer you up, and make the day brighter. If you are already happy, it gives you a good reason to tap your foot, and soon you'll catch yourself whistling or singing it everywhere. If you have no clue what you are looking at, just go ahead and buy it, I promise you will not be disappointed.

Average customer rating: Rivetting, organic organ minimalism

Trivium Manufacturer: Ecm Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Maxwell Davies, Peter | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glass | Glass, Philip | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Voluntaries | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ECM Classical | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music ECM Jazz & World | ECM Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: La Belle et la Betê Tabula Rasa ASIN: B0000031W8 Release Date: 1994-04-26

Tracks:

1. Trivium
2. Mein Weg Hat Gipfel Und Wellentaler
3. Annum Per Annum
4. Pari Intervallo
5. Psalm 124
6. O God Abufe
7. Satyagraha (Act III, Conclusion)
8. Dance IV

Customer Reviews:

Rivetting, organic organ minimalism.......2004-03-03

This CD is an absolute gem and a must in any collection of contemporary organ music. Every minimalist fan, 'classical' or otherwise, should also have a copy in their collection.

The four Part pieces are worth the value of the CD alone. The second track 'Mein Weg Hat Gipfel Und Wellentaler', with its gentle floating rhythm is the standout on the album.

The Maxwell Davies pieces are short and very quirky - little musical puzzles. The Glass pieces are vintage Glass, driven and mesmerising in their joyful minimalism.

A must buy CD!!! Purchase and enjoy.

Average customer rating: Where's the samples? This CD cooks and is a real joy to listen to!!! Joy of Cooking--Classic adult rock at its best Booming bass and grounding vocals

American Originals Joy of Cooking Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Castles Closer to the Ground Joy of Cooking ASIN: B000008H5R Release Date: 1993-01-26

Tracks:

1. Brownsville-Mockingbird
2. Red Wine at Noon
3. Did You Go Downtown
4. New Colorado Blues
5. Humpty Dumpty
6. Pilot
7. War You Left
8. Refer to the Ground
9. Home Town Man
10. Beginning Tomorrow
11. Three Day Loser
12. Bad Luck Blues
13. Don't the Moon Look Fat and Lonesome
14. As I Watch the Wind
15. Midnight Blues
16. Such Days Are Made for Walkin'
17. Ain't Nobody Got the Blues Like Me
18. You Gotta Reap Just What You Sow

Customer Reviews:

Where's the samples?.......2005-08-29

The reviews are great but none of their CD's have sample tracks. Why?

This CD cooks and is a real joy to listen to!!!.......2003-12-29

This Joy of Cooking CD: "American Originals" is a truly great release!!! 18 great tracks from this most awesome 70's band!!! This CD cooks and is a real joy to listen to!!! A true relic of the past!!! Five Stars!!! A+

Joy of Cooking--Classic adult rock at its best.......2003-12-17

Toni Brown and Terry Garthwaite combine thoughtful with-it lyrics and joyful rock music from various roots-blues (with Terry's soulful voice and blues guitar), rock 'n roll (with Toni's funky keyboards)and country for sounds that pick you up!
They are reissuing all their 70's sounds and keeping on with their careers! Get their CD's.

Booming bass and grounding vocals.......2003-02-18

This music just simply needs to be more available.Joy of Cooking can be described as 70"s cutting edge folk-rock, "tell it how it is" experience. The voices and lyrics of Terry Garthwaite and Toni Brown stand in a world of their own. Terry Garthwaite voice makes anyone unfamiliar with this music , stop and ask who it is. Every time I have played this band people want to borrow it. Music collectors of the world unite and give Joy of Cooking their proper place in music history. A must have for serious collectors.

Average customer rating: Jazz is a funny creature . . . A View From Within Wide Open Window Deanna Witkowski 's Wide Open Window

Wide Open Window Deanna Witkowski Manufacturer: Khaeon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00007MB30 Release Date: 2003-02-25

Customer Reviews:

Jazz is a funny creature . . ........2007-03-18

. . . seldom sticking to stereotypes, always branching out into new aesthetics, even as it annexes previously unknown musical vistas, and seeming to recreate itself every dozen or twenty years.

This disc, purveyed by a way-geeky looking redhead female pianist of heroic proportions, assaying super-sophisticated Afro/Cuban jazz, reeks of authenticity despite its unlikely genesis. But that's jazz for you. Wide Open Windows, her second outing of three as leader (neither the previous, Having to Ask, nor the subsequent, Length of Days, heard by me) is a stunner.

Witkowski, a player of great presence on piano, has absorbed, internalized, and reconfigured that venerable music, Afro-Cuban jazz, with complete ease and authority. With entirely sympathetic and deft bandmates (Jonathan Paul, bass, and Tom Hipskind, players never before heard by me, and, especially, rising saxman, Donny McCaslin on four numbers equaling about half the time), she establishes herself as a huge presence on the Latin/jazz scene.

My only gripe is her "Sanctus," arising, one supposes, out of her stint as musical director of All Angels Episcopal Church on Manhattan's Upper West Side. As a Catholic Christian, I applaud her desire to honor God with her jazz; unfortunately, this setting of the great liturgical hymn is just too mundane and "poppish" to make much of an impression. Couple that with her mediocre vocals, and you have the weakest number on the disc, despite some muscular sax from McCaslin.

But that's hardly worth complaining about, seeing as it comprises only 2:45 of disc time, so I'm not even going to subtract a half star. In any case, this is really fine Latin jazz, which, if you're at all a fan of, you won't want to miss.

A View From Within.......2003-03-23

At some point in time, a "Wide Open Window", of opportunity will unveil itself. Envision an atmosphere where one navigates the possibilities of merging ideas of the present and future then you'll discover a remarkable young pianist named Deanna Witkowski. "Wide Open Window" is Deanna's sophomore effort; I haven't heard her debut recording from 1998. Deanna hails from the Windy City, upon this riveting second outing, the wonderful talents that this lady processes informs that you're in for impeccable journey in jazz blended wrapped by the intriguing melodies of Afro-Cuban music that lures you into the grace and beauty of this exquisite collection of music.

If you're looking to embrace jazz with a touch of Afro-Cuba flavored ingredients then this record comes highly-recommend. Keep all eyes upon Deanna Witkowski and her record label Khaeon Records, please follow this core of diversely talented jazz musicians that are on the horizon.

Rob Young, Abstract Groove's

Wide Open Window.......2003-03-21

At some point in time, a "Wide Open Window", of opportunity will unveil itself. Envision an atmosphere where one navigates the possibilities of merging ideas of the present and future then you'll discover a remarkable young pianist named Deanna Witkowski. "Wide Open Window" is Deanna's sophomore effort; I haven't heard her debut recording from 1998. Deanna hails from the Windy City, upon this riveting second outing, the wonderful talents that this lady processes informs that you're in for impeccable journey in jazz blended wrapped by the intriguing melodies of Afro-Cuban music that lures you into the grace and beauty of this exquisite collection of music.

If you're looking to embrace jazz with a touch of Afro-Cuba flavored ingredients then this record comes highly-recommend. Keep all eyes upon Deanna Witkowski and her record label Khaeon Records, please follow this core of diversely talented jazz musicians that are on the horizon.

Rob Young, Smooth-Jazz.de/Abstract Groove's

Deanna Witkowski 's Wide Open Window.......2003-03-20

At some point in time, a "Wide Open Window", of opportunity will unveil itself. Envision an atmosphere where one navigates the possibilities of merging ideas of the present and future then you'll discover a remarkable young pianist named Deanna Witkowski. "Wide Open Window" is Deanna's sophomore effort; I haven't heard her debut recording from 1998. Deanna hails from the Windy City, upon this riveting second outing, the wonderful talents that this lady processes informs that you're in for impeccable journey in jazz blended wrapped by the intriguing melodies of Afro-Cuban music that lures you into the grace and beauty of this exquisite collection of music.

"All Through The Night" a Cole Porter tune opens the 10-song set. Ms. Witkowski with the support of a talented cast of sidemen travel without variables reframing this piece, romping this sassy samba with continuity. This is vintage trio jazz swinging at it's best.

Coming in at the second spot, Deanna gives us her self-penned composition titled "New August Tune" This track is influenced by her studies of Afro-Cuban Jazz with Cuban piano masters Chucho Valdés and Hilario Duran in the mid `90s, this cut grooves with a purpose. Mirroring the masters that came before him tenor saxman Donny McCaslin solos convincingly, commanding your attention every step of the way with this dynamic performance.

The title track penned by Witkowski "Wide Open Window" makes its appearance with a bop like sensibilities featuring not only the talents of Ms. Witkowski impressionistic piano stylings. Saxophonist Donny McCaslin reveals way he's not your average musician he assuredly breathes life into the cold steel as if Deanna wrote the tune with him in mind.

"From This Moment On" comes in at 4th spot. Deanna elegantly captures the essence of Cole Porter composition in an alluring yet in a seductive fashion adding texture with a touch of sultry backing vocals, which she also provides. Midway through this number Deanna illustrates way she's a serious player to recon with in the world of jazz.

Ms. Witkowski delivers another self-penned composition, this one's called "A Rare Appearance". The band shuffles the harmonic melodies like a rim-shot without hesitation, trading solos back and forth with endless array of energy displaying their talents as sideman that will indeed open doors for them.

"Speak My Name," penned by Deanna is another boppin' number highlights some seriously strong chops by the pianist. Her sideman at this vantage point negotiates with flawless interplay between one another probing and weaving with exceptional prowess.

By now it's obvious that Ms. Witkowski adores Cole Porter's compositions and arrangements. This time it's "Just One Of Those Things" the seventh track on the cd. Deanna tackles this swinging tune with fire in her hands, rumbling chords joyously trading solos with bassist Jonathan Paul and drummer Tom Hipskind in this trio setting without falter.

Deanna approaches the next tune with timbre yet reconstructing the imagery of this melodic masterpiece, she sustains this stellar moment by co-writers Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz titled "You and The Night and The Music" with good taste and harmonious phrasings while flirting with each note.

The distinctive yet swinging sounds of "A Wonderful Guy" by Rodgers and Hammerstein comes in at the nine spot. Sparked by fuel Deanna delivers again with support from her more than ample sidemen as they engage in the fundamentals of jazz in unison with complex rhythms that raises the bar of quality musicianship!

"Sanctus" the last selection on "Wide Open Window" is a tune written by Deanna. Ms. Witkowski lends her vocal talents too us in a subtle way, providing a nice touch for the conclusion of this mesmerizing collection of songs.

If you're looking to embrace jazz with a touch of Afro-Cuba flavored ingredients then this record comes highly-recommend. Keep all eyes upon Deanna Witkowski and her record label Khaeon Records, please follow this core of diversely talented jazz musicians that are on the horizon. ...

Average customer rating:

American Originals Claude King Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000008HBA Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Tiger Woman
2. Wolverton Mountain
3. Big River, Big Man
4. I've Got the World by the Tail
5. Burning of Atlanta
6. Comancheros
7. Sheepskin Valley
8. Building a Bridge
9. Catch a Little Raindrop
10. All for the Love of a Girl

Music Album:

1. Any Way the Wind Blows
2. At My Window
3. Atkins-Travis Traveling Show [Import]
4. Blue Roses From the Moons
5. Breathe
6. Cannonball
7. Classic Country: 1970-1974
8. Classic Crystal
9. Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
10. Coal Miner's Daughter

Music Album