Freewheeling

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Grier has proven himself one of the most agile and resourceful flat-picking guitarists in modern bluegrass. He shows an uncanny ability to offer crafty, clever, and ambitious lines without ever losing control or command of his ideas or his hands. Freewheeling, Grier's 1988 solo debut, finds a guitarist able to push traditional bluegrass forward while always maintaining an old-timey verve. Helped by top-shelf musicians including Stuart Duncan and Sam Bush, Grier tackles traditional fiddle tunes, Bill Monroe staples, and several originals ranging in tone from old-style rags to introspective ballads. As strong as the ensemble cuts are, the final three cuts for solo guitar are even more revealing. Grier has taken traditional bluegrass, refracted it through Clarence White, and emerged with his own fluent, tasteful sound. --Marc Greilsamer

Freewheeling,David Grier,Rounder Select,Bluegrass,Country,Pop,Progressive Bluegrass,Traditional Bluegrass

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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can Gus Hardin Manufacturer: Rainy Day Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA2XIK Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

1. Tornado
2. One of the Boys
3. If I Had My Way
4. Lovin' Arms
5. Foolproof
6. After the Last Goodbye
7. All Tangled Up in Love
8. Wall of Tears
9. I Pass
10. I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Average customer rating: fantastic

Left End Rick Peckham Trio Manufacturer: Perfected Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002D0AKK Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

1. Left End
2. 353-1001
3. Mr. Medium
4. Shakey
5. Free 2
6. Gibbons
7. Soporiffic
8. You Know What That Means
9. Mammer Damage
10. Hawthorn
11. Real Time
12. Free 1
13. Evidence

Album Description

Classic Rock Meets Free Jazz on guitarist Rick Peckham's debut, "Left End."

On Left End, his debut as a leader, Boston-based guitarist/composer Rick Peckham seamlessly marries rock tones and twisted intent with sophisticated jazz harmonies and freewheeling improvisational daring. Backed by the remarkable rhythm tandem of drummer Jim Black and bassist Tony Scherr, Peckham distinguishes himself as a gutsy, accomplished player whose mind is wide open to sonic possibilities.

"When I first started playing jazz...I don't know how I got the idea...but it really seemed like part of playing jazz was that you had to hate rock," says Peckham. "And so I sort of bought into that for a while. I got a new guitar and put strings on it that were too heavy to bend and just tried to get into Wes Montgomery and Grant Green, which I did. And I still love those guys, especially Grant Green. But when it finally came time for me to make a record, I didn't want to jump into something that would be just another jazz record, I wanted to get into the difficult work of integrating Paul Kossoff (guitarist in Free) and all the great classic rock guys that I always loved."

Echoes of rock guitarists of the '70s and '80s are heard all through the album. "Left End" takes its name and sound from a Cleveland Led Zeppelin-influenced band Peckham liked as a teenager. "Mr. Medium" is "my take on `Mr. Big' by Paul Kossoff,' Peckham says. "Shakey" is an homage to Neil Young. "I just love those huge sounds that he gets on his solo records," Peckham says, "that Crazy Horse sound." "Gibbons" is named for ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons.

But the music on Left End refuses to fall into any one neat category. "Free 1" and "Free 2" are completely improvised pieces that explore textures and tone colors more commonly heard in jazz. The odd meter of "353-1001" and the African-flavored beat of "Real Time" add rhythmic variety to the rock rhythms heard elsewhere on the album. The quirky, medium tempo "Hawthorn" previously appeared on the long out-to-print debut CD by new jazz quintet Human Feel, which also featured drummer Black. The trio even takes on a certified jazz classic, Thelonious Monk's "Evidence."

Customer Reviews:

fantastic.......2007-04-14

I don't review many items but seeing that no one has reviewed Rick Peckham Trio's "Left End" is a travisty. This is a great guitarist's guitarists album (CD). I had never heard of Rick Peckham but I'm sure glad I read a review and got this disc. I hope he puts out more stuff or comes to the Bay Area. This disc is playfully improvised jazz played with a hard rock edge. Simple and complex at the same time. The guitar has a nice nasty rock sound and the bass and drums hold down one hellova beat. I expect no less from Jim Black and Tony Scherr. Great work - give me more!

Average customer rating: great guitar picking

Freewheeling David Grier Manufacturer: Rounder Select ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Rounder Records | Specialty Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Panorama Hootenanny Lone Soldier Not Too Far from the Tree I've Got the House to Myself ASIN: B0000002IL Release Date: 1992-02-14

Tracks:

1. Wheeling
2. Shadowbrook
3. The Old Hotel Rag
4. Angeline the baker
5. Bluegrass Itch
6. Alabama Jubilee
7. A Blue Midnite Star
8. Roanoke
9. If I Knew Her Name
10. Gold Rush
11. Fog Rolling Over the Glen
12. The New Soldier's Joy

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Grier has proven himself one of the most agile and resourceful flat-picking guitarists in modern bluegrass. He shows an uncanny ability to offer crafty, clever, and ambitious lines without ever losing control or command of his ideas or his hands. Freewheeling, Grier's 1988 solo debut, finds a guitarist able to push traditional bluegrass forward while always maintaining an old-timey verve. Helped by top-shelf musicians including Stuart Duncan and Sam Bush, Grier tackles traditional fiddle tunes, Bill Monroe staples, and several originals ranging in tone from old-style rags to introspective ballads. As strong as the ensemble cuts are, the final three cuts for solo guitar are even more revealing. Grier has taken traditional bluegrass, refracted it through Clarence White, and emerged with his own fluent, tasteful sound. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

great guitar picking.......2005-09-20

unique style with flat pick and great cross picking licks

better in ways than Rice or Sutton

where has this guy been hiding

Average customer rating: An Amazing Singer and Equally Brilliant Songwriter Beautiful voice! Wonderful songs!

Blue Summer Day D.C. Anderson Manufacturer: Lml Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Collected The Box Under The Bed All Is Calm, All Is Bright ASIN: B000050822 Release Date: 2000-12-05

Tracks:

1. Blue Summer Day
2. Cow Imagination
3. Music To Operate By
4. Mrs. Donaldson
5. I Leave In Doubt
6. Song For Sarajevo
7. You Should Be Ashame-ed
8. Second Time Around
9. I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire
10. Potato
11. Flintstones
12. I'm Stepping Out With A Memory
13. More Than I Can Bear/Let Me Steal Your Heart
14. So This Is Goodbye
15. Box Of Visions

Tracks:

1. How's Your Little Act?
2. Is It Peace Or Is It Prozac
3. God Bless Fern Davidson
4. Whoever Gets Me
5. Soon After Christmas
6. Not For The Squeamish
7. God Loves The Irish
8. Parade
9. Paul
10. The Valley
11. Get Out And Get Under The Moon
12. Would You Let Me?
13. Waiting For You
14. Letter
15. The River

Customer Reviews:

An Amazing Singer and Equally Brilliant Songwriter.......2000-12-14

I really and truly love this album. I've heard all of his stuff and like this cd the best. He wrote a lot of songs on this and a couple are among the best I've heard in a long, long time. His songs are so pure and heartfelt. It's really easy to connect to what he is trying to say. I've seen him in concert many times and love that this cd has a live sound. I would recommend this to anyone that loves great songwriting and top shelf vocals.

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Beautiful voice! Wonderful songs!.......2000-12-07

If you are not familiar with D.C. Anderson - here's your chance. This CD - like his THE BOX UNDER THE BED and TIME WAS - has been recorded simply - just his voice accompanied by an amazing pianist and acoustic bass player - and the results can only be described as breathtaking. He has written 12 of the songs on this 2 disc set and they run the gamut from beautiful ballads to laugh out loud funny comedy songs. He also covers some of the best writers I've heard, such as Christine Lavin and Cheryl Wheeler (3 of her songs are included!)I've got CD's by Tom Anderson, Charles Cermele, and Phillip Officer and I'd have to rank this up there with their best!!!

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Rhythm Dust Manufacturer: Penner MacKay ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAFLLG Release Date: 2002-10-22

Tracks:

1. Rhythm Dust
2. Swing Tree
3. No.9
4. Hitchin A Ride
5. Dragon Rider
6. Outside Alright
7. African Train
8. Thunderfunk
9. N.Y.C.
10. Life in the Kaoss Kage

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Traces Manufacturer: Härd Boléro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA3EF6 Release Date: 2004-03-16

Average customer rating: Sam Taylor's Callisto: Moons of Jupiter is Excellent!

Compositions for the Moons of Jupiter Sam Taylor & The Moons of Jupiter Manufacturer: Loco Entertainment/Wilde Silas ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music New York Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0006M9GCK Release Date: 1999-02-01

Tracks:

1. Ant March
2. Waltz for a Wedding In a Texas Forte
3. Memoirs of Don Quixote
4. Golden Harvest Time/Harvest Jam
5. Plainsong
6. Song For A Friend
7. Vinegar Tasters Gentle Suite

Product Description

"CALLISTO" spans an intelligently freewheeling grab bag of styles, from classical chamber music and combo jazz to ragas black gospel, and music that showcases Taylor's penchant for writing strong cinematic themes. Rick Clark - BILLBOARD

Customer Reviews:

Sam Taylor's Callisto: Moons of Jupiter is Excellent!.......2006-03-23

I recently got a hold of this CD and can honestly say it's been playing nonstop since. Why haven't we heard of Sam Taylor before?! I sincerely recommend buying this album, because I can virtually guarantee that you will love it.

Why? Because anyone would enjoy listening to this CD, whatever their musical tastes. It's real, live, fun, playful, creative, extraordinarily beautiful music. Simple but not simplistic (far from it), and strange as this may sound, it's somehow very life affirming.

The artists are obviously professional musicians judging by the precision and skill of their performances, but they're not constrained to any particular style. In fact, what I love most about the album is the variety of styles represented. Some of the music is warm and sweet; some songs are just plain fun; and other tracks are a whirlwind of styles blended into a wonderment of composition. (In fact, the track "Wonderaga" reminds me of an instrumental version of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir!)

I don't generally listen to many instrumental albums, but this one captured my wholehearted interest because there's nothing boring or formulaic about it. Get it, and you won't regret it. I'll cross my fingers for a second album from these folks. And in the meantime, I'm getting some copies of this one for friends who I know will enjoy it too.

Average customer rating: Proof that New Orleans jazz lives

Going Places Allen Toussaint's Jazzity Project Manufacturer: Captivating Recording Technologi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CAJPCM Release Date: 2005-05-23

Customer Reviews:

Proof that New Orleans jazz lives.......2006-09-27

If you're an R&B fan, you've surely heard of Allen Toussaint, and if you haven't, shame on you, for this giant of New Orleans R&B is the genius behind some of the best R&B hits of three decades, including the Dr. John classic "Right Place, Wrong Time" and the Pointer Sisters' "Yes We Can Can".

In this 2005 indie album, Toussaint lets his jazzier side run free with a solid, polished collection of songs featuring Toussaint on piano with a first-rate collection of backup musicians. From the sprightly opener, "Traffic," to the more melancholy "Is There Any Love Left For Us?", Toussaint and his Jazzity Project show that they have their post-cool chops down cold, and in the process demonstrate that New Orleans jazz is not completely frozen in the past.

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Pieces off the Wall Rick Black Manufacturer: Rick Black ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA839S Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. Hearts Set to Fire
2. Day I Said So Long
3. I Told You Now Baby
4. Slow Motion Rider
5. Little Rain
6. Bough
7. That's Why I Go Country
8. Worlds Apart
9. Blinded by Valerie
10. Handywork Suite

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Picture | Show Knacker Manufacturer: Landed Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA6UTS Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

1. That's That
2. Girlfriend
3. Situation
4. In the Picture
5. What You Want
6. Perfect Mile
7. Anmesia
8. Tired
9. Shoegazer Daze

Music Album:

1. French Quarter Moon
2. Friends in High Places/She Thinks [Import]
3. Gospel
4. Gypsy Angel
5. Here I Am [Import]
6. Honesty/My Old Man [CD-single]
7. Just Married: An Album of Duets
8. Karaoke in the Style of Randy Travis [Enhanced] [Karaoke]
9. Letter to Home [Import]
10. Little by Little

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