Negro [Import]

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Repertoire: Milton Nascimento, Ronaldo Bastos, Edu Lobo, Cacaso and Chico Buarque.

Negro,Sérgio Moreira,Sonopress,Brazilian,World Music

Average customer rating: The best and original. wonderful Buy the movie, not this soundtrack Nace el bosanova Great Disc

Black Orpheus (Orfeu Negro): The Original Sound Track From The Film Antonio Carlos Jobim , and Luiz Bonfa Manufacturer: Verve ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music Brazilian Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Verve | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Black Orpheus - Criterion Collection Solo in Rio 1959 Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus Jazz Samba Encore! Luiz Bonfa Plays and Sings Bossa Nova ASIN: B000004726 Release Date: 1990-01-05

Tracks:

1. Generique
2. A Felicidade
3. Frevo
4. O Nosso Amor
5. O Nosso Amor
6. Manha De Carnaval
7. Scene Du Lever Du Soleil
8. Manha De Carnaval
9. Scenes De La Macumba
10. O Nosso Amor
11. Manha De Carnaval
12. Samba De Orfeo
13. Batterie De Cappela
14. Bola Sete Medley: Manha De Carnaval/A Felicidade/Samba De Orfeo

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This impressionistic score from Marcel Camus's 1958 cinematic retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus was most Americans' introduction to the Brazilian musical style called bossa nova. As it became a nationwide craze that featured both Brazilian samba and U.S. cool-jazz participants, the names of Black Orpheus composers Antonio Carlos Jobim and Luiz Bonfa became familiar far beyond the hi-fi set. Along with the haunting theme song, "Manha de Carnaval," and several Jobim compositions are the vibrant street sounds of the pre-Lenten festival Carnaval, which provides the backdrop to the tragic love story of Orpheus and Eurydice. The score is awash with percussive samba rhythms and the laughter and chanting of the annual festival melee. This is a great disc to play when the day needs a parade. --Lois Maffeo

Customer Reviews:

The best and original........2007-01-29

I like Manha De Carnaval so much that I listened to Domingo, Nana Mouskouri, Carly Simon and Luis Miguel's versions borrowed from the libraries. I like the original song in track 6 by Luiz Bonfa. Track 8 guitar playing is also beautiful. Track 11 female vocal is wonderful, spontaneous and second to none. The sound quality is excellent.

wonderful.......2006-03-26

It's wonderful to have a new recording of the sound track from the movie Black Orpheus. The movie was one of my favorites but I played my old record of the sound track so many times (and put it through so many moves) it was scratched and no longer enjoyable to listen to. Now everytime I listen to my CD version I am transported to the time and space of the movie and the time and space of the early sixties when I first heard it. The little bonus addition at the end of the CD is fun too.

Buy the movie, not this soundtrack.......2006-03-09

Save your money. I love the movie very much, and to watch it and to listen it is an experience like none other. However, if you look for the music from this movie, do not look here. This is just the movie, except without video. I have great respect for Bonfa and Jobim's work on this music, but they do not get glorified truly since the tracks change so quickly and the movie sounds play such a large role in the soundtrack cd. Listen to Trio da Paz and their Black Orpheus album and see how it compares, and even though it is not the original Jobim or Bonfa, it pays more homage to them than this original soundtrack. Verve took the wrong route with this one. Yes the music is landmark in evolving Samba/Bossa Nova, but this cd does not depict truly how wonderful the music is.

Nace el bosanova.......2006-02-21

Considerada la primera película en la que se da a conocer el bosanova, "Orfeo Negro" incluye una serie de fabulosas canciones como "A felicidade", "A nosso amor" y "manha de carnaval". Al parecer los temas fueron tomados de la película, razón por la cual el audio no es el mejor. Este es un disco para coleccionistas entusiastas del bosanova pero no espere variedad ni calidad de audio. Como punto negativo encuentro que en el CD no incluyeron los nombres de los intérpretes de cada canción.

Great Disc.......2006-01-15

Brand new and shipped fast. Great merchant

Average customer rating: Perfect Performances Mucho me pesa la cabeza Just Get it! This is such a great recording ýCreoleý Songs and Dances from Old Spain to the New World

Villancicos y Danzas Criollas Manufacturer: Alia Vox Spain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: La Folia, 1490-1701 Altre Follie, 1500-1750 Isabel I: Reina de Castilla Harmonie Universelle Elizabethan Consort Music ASIN: B0000E64U4 Release Date: 2004-03-09

Tracks:

1. Chacona: A La Vida Bona
2. Danza Del Hacha - Hesperion XXI
3. Moresca: Di Perra Mora
4. Negrilla A 4: San Sabeya Gugurumbe
5. Ritual Formulario: Hanacpachap Cussicuinin
6. Joto
7. Tono Humano: Ay Que Me Rio De Amor
8. Mestizo E Indio: Tleycantimo Choquiliya
9. Negra A 5: Antonya Flaciquia Gasipa
10. Cachua - Hesperion XXI
11. Rorro: Desvelado Dueno Mio
12. Negrilla: A Siolo Flasiquiyo
13. Juguete: Un Juguetico De Fuego
14. Juguete A 4: Convidando Esta La Noche
15. Guaracha: Ay Que Me Abraso
16. Villancico A 8: Serafin Que Con Dulce

Customer Reviews:

Perfect Performances.......2007-07-11

Villancicos y Danzas Criollas is a homage to the cultural traditions of Iberia and Ibero-America, showing the influence of European traditions in the Americas. The Villancico (also called Chanzoneta) is a form of poetry that was adopted for use in secular songs and, in the 17th century, for Christmas carols (the modern usage of the word denotes a carol). The secular songs were gradually replaced by the Romance while the Christmas carol form became more popular. The typical lyrics of villancicos have two or three stanzas followed by a refrain. The most religious-oriented villancico of this collection is Hanacpachap Cussicuinin (from Lima) where the author asks for their prayer to be answered.

The transmission of musical culture is a favorite (and fascinating) subject for Jordi Savall and this CD includes some beautiful and rousing music. The CD begins with four selections reflecting Iberian music that sets the stage of presenting a song (usually) followed by a dance. Following this introduction we are off the Americas and music from Peru, Guatemala and Mexico.

As pointed out in the booklet, the colonial expansion that took place during the 15th and 16th centuries widen cultural connections to include Africa, Asia and the Americas, which is reflected in this collection of music. One will discover a mixing of African dance rhythms and percussion with European polyphony. This is nicely demonstrated by the first selection with its strong use of drums and bold brass playing combined with a fast-paced dance melody and mixed voices. The second work, by an anonymous composer, is quite a contrast with its more restrained and courtly rhythms played by string instruments without the percussion or brass. The Hanacpachap Cussicuinin is scored for percussion, brass and voices sounding like a solemn funeral procession and is followed by a beautifully played piece for harp and percussion from Mexico. The incomparable Montserrat Figueras sings with peerless passion and beauty, particularly in the short Tono Hidalgo of Juan Hidalgo. One could go on and on extolling the wonderful music of this CD, suffice it to say that among my collection of early music discs this one is at the top.

As with all of Jordi Savall's recordings the performance is excellent and beautifully balanced with voices and instruments receiving equal emphasis. If you do not have this disc and love early music get it without hesitation.

Mucho me pesa la cabeza.......2007-07-02

Again and again we hear "Mucho me pesa la cabeza"..... "Much it pains my head."

This music is so ephemeral... so unique.... so mind massaging..... I love reading while it softly plays in the background in the room!

The massage is quite expansive!

Not a painful massage at all, but it does get inside your head!

Just Get it!.......2006-08-20

It's hard to pick out anything special on this disk... everything is top-notch. The opening 'La Chacona' is a delight and it just gets better and better and better. The second piece definitely is having some fun setting the listener up for 'something.' The ritual piece is majestic while the tone changes again with the harp solo... Hesprion XX/XXI are treasures in the ocean of music.
Gracias, Senores!

This is such a great recording.......2006-01-10

This recording is so great and so
breath taking that leaves me with
only this to say: since the day it
arrived to my doorstep back in mid
December, I have listen to it daily,
not just few tracks, but the whole
CD several times a day.....One
of the best works of Savall and
Hesperion XXI.....

ýCreoleý Songs and Dances from Old Spain to the New World.......2004-05-16

An astonishing collection of vocal polyphony and dance music, largely from Guatemala, Peru, and Mexico. Performed with flair and feeling by the preeminent Spanish early-music ensemble of our time. Not to be missed!

My translation of the album title, given above, is not exact. "Criolla" can refer to anything Latin American, and a "villancico" is first and foremost a Spanish poetic genre from the 15th and 16th centuries. The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia tells us that it was "originally derived from a medieval dance lyric and associated with rustic or popular themes." Certainly the rustic and popular loom large in this lively selection of Renaissance music. Hesperion XXI and its director Jordi Savall have often sampled folk styles in their imaginative reconstitutions of early performance tradition. So most of these selections get percussion accompaniment accentuating the dance element, while strumming guitars, castanets, maracas, and more are employed discreetly but effectively. Lusty and characterful vocal contributions come courtesy of La Capella Reial de Catalunya and soprano Montserrat Figueras, who takes a couple of fine solo turns. It's all recorded in a warm, resonant church acoustic.

In his liner notes, Prof. Rui Vieira Neri introduces the Spanish part of this collection by noting a long tradition of mixing high and low culture, not to mention Christian, Jewish, and Muslim cultural elements in the art and music of the Iberian peninsula. And right away we get to hear a vocal chaconne (a dance imported from the Indies "by mail" according to Lope de Vega) and a Moresca "Di Perra Mora," with strong Arabic flavor and hints of 5/2 meter.

Of the New World selections, some of the most engaging combine indigenous languages with Netherlands musical style. The solemn processional hymn "Hancpachap cussicuinin," written by a native composer in the Quechua language of Peru, was also the first example of polyphony printed in the Americas. Gaspar Fernandes (1570-1629), chapel master at the Puebla cathedral, wrote a number of villancicos that mix Castilian with Nahuatl, the Aztec tongue, including "Tleycantimo choquiliua" on this recording. It is based on a local Indian dance, as is another Christmas villancico included here, "Ay que me abraso," which moves to the beat of the Mexican guaracha.

Bantu and Yoruba phrases crop up frequently in the refrains of the African-influenced numbers, so numerous in their day that they were customarily referred to in the old manuscripts as Negro, Negrilla, or Guineo. Savall includes three such pieces on this recording; they abound in the sort of rhythmic intricacies and call-and-response effects that Europeans already associated with Africa. Among the most infectious is "Antonya, Flasiquiya, Gasipá," in which the song's characters wake up after a long night of drinking and dancing in order to go to Bethlehem to pay homage to baby Jesus, where more carousing will be called for. Each refrain ends with the words "Mucho me pesa la cabeza": "Oh, my aching head."

I wouldn't want to give the impression that this music will appeal mostly to scholars. In fact, it is simply full of human joy, tenderness, and fun, qualities that leap across the centuries at us and need no special pleading, thanks to the terrific performances on this CD. You will enjoy it.

Average customer rating: Vivacious dreamy but refreshing Quirky, Fun, Fantastic Fascinating!!! Fabulous entertainment in itself

Waking Life - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Manufacturer: Tvt ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Waking Life The Rough Guide to Tango Nuevo Possessed Astor Piazzolla - The Soul Of Tango: Greatest Hits Maria T ASIN: B00005RDDB Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. Ballade 4 part 1
2. Mi Otra Mitad de Naranja
3. Pelo Negro
4. La Cosa Pequena
5. Lastima Grande
6. Nocturne in E-flat Opus 9 #2
7. Ballade 3
8. El Cholulo
9. Nocturna
10. Super Sport
11. Ballade 4 part 2

Customer Reviews:

Vivacious.......2006-12-20

I do think that possessing a fondness for the film helps (of which so many here have expressed), but by no means is it necessary. If anything, I find the seldom, more reflective, somber moments ("Mi Otra Mitad de Naranja") to capture the film's oft-haunting imagery to beautiful effect. The rest of the score, in my case, doesn't work as an album because of what it guts out of the film; it works because it's fabulous music.

Very distinct, too; I've never heard a film's score sound quite like 'Waking Life'. Really, that's where most my admiration comes from; it's not only an enthusiastically charming score, but it's uncommonly unique. That always earns points, whether or not the music is appealing; 'Waking Life' is effortlessly both.

dreamy but refreshing.......2006-03-09

I bought this because I loved the movie, both visually and philosophically. The soundtrack goes very well with the movie and is responsible for much of the surreal feel of it. But even listened to independently it's great.
The recording is kind of raw, there is little processing, and it may even be considered careless, but that's part of its charm.
The sound itself is pretty original (to me anyway). It's strings (one violin, one cello and one double bass, I think), piano and accordeon. The result is refreshing. That's probably the best word to describe this: refreshing, and of course, dreamy.

Quirky, Fun, Fantastic.......2004-01-14

I know nothing about tango; I got this soundtrack because I like the movie so much, and the music is such an important part of the movie's wandering, convoluted and dreamy feeling. I don't think I'll probably buy other Glover Gill albums, but this one is wonderful -- I often put it on while I'm working; it's great background music but it somehow manages to stay in the front of your mind.

Some reviewers have lamented the inclusion of Chopin's Nocturne on the album, but this CD was my first experience of the piece, and I love it. It has a totally different flavor from the rest of the tracks, so it provides a nice break.

The only bad thing about this album is that it gets a little repetitive. That's part of the nature of the music, which makes sense in the movie, but because many of the tracks have these climbing melodies that repeat and spiral ever upward, I find that after one listen to the whole thing I've had enough, and I'll stay away from the CD for a while. But that doesn't diminish its value in my opinion -- certainly one of the more interesting soundtracks I own, and I recommend it especially to people who've seen the movie, but also to the more adventurous of those who haven't.

Fascinating!!!.......2003-09-12

Recently, an Austin friend turned me on to a Glover Gill CD called Solo Tango. I liked it a lot and so looked him up on this site to see what else of his I could find. After reading the reviews of this one, I sort of half-heartedly ordered it.
Mistake!!! This is a fascinating piece of work. No, its not warmed-over Piazzolla as some have insinuated. The mere fact that it displays the characteristics of "new tango" doesn't automatically mean that the music will be a Piazzolla clone.
I've listened to and enjoyed lots of tango in my life, from the Guardia Vieja all the way through El Troesma to the present, and I can hear plainly that Glover Gill knows tango. The brooding melancholy jumps out and if you close your eyes, you can imagine being in the arrabal. Guess I'll have to see the movie, too!
Those familiar with tango of the 20s-40s will recognize snippets of some of the most famous tangos expertly worked into Gill's compositions. This is a great CD to kick back to and just enjoy. I've had it on all day soaking up its many pleasures. If I had to chose a favorite piece, Nocturna and Super Sport would vie for that honor.
If you have an open mind about tango and the possibilities of the genre, you should find as much to enjoy here as I do. I look ahead with eager anticipation to the next offering of Glover Gill and his Tosca Tango Orchestra.

Fabulous entertainment in itself.......2003-01-01

This soundtrack is actually quite incredible, an excellent achievement despite what some others say. The music has a distinctive quality that makes it entertainment all on its own; it hardly needs a film to go along with it (although the film was fantastic).

One of my favorite aspects of the music is that it doesn't remind me of certain parts of the film-- I do like being reminded of parts of films in some soundtracks, but this is great.
An exception is track 8, El Cholulo, which brought to my head images of the group of people just tangoeing, and it was actually a good thing to have a familiar image for part of the film. I also love the opening and finishing tracks, which are quite haunting and beautiful.
Simply listening to the samples in the record store, my face broke into an involuntary smile as I listened to it...
Enough said. This is great music. Get it.

Average customer rating: This is it, girls! The history of my future good old stuff... The best, well to me BUY IT!!

Gato Negro 7 Year Bitch Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Riot Grrl | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Alternative General | Alternative Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sick 'Em Hungry for Stink Fontanelle The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum Bricks Are Heavy ASIN: B000002J8O Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

1. The History Of My Future
2. Crying Shame
3. Disillusion
4. Deep In The Heart
5. The Midst
6. 24,900 Miles Per Hour
7. Whoopie Cat
8. Miss Understood
9. Sore Subject
10. Rest My Head
11. 2nd Hand
12. Jack

Customer Reviews:

This is it, girls!.......2004-07-02

Girls hungry for female empowerment and left unimpressed by Christina Aguilera: this is the real deal! This rates with Hole's Pretty on the Inside and Babes in Toyland's Fontanelle as a girl-grunge classic. Gato Negro opener "The History of My Future" arguably packs more power than anything on the above mentioned albums. Courtney Love fans (pre-nose jobs), you need this album!

The history of my future.......2004-06-09

I miss the days when women in rock music weren't playing up to the cameras ala Pink or were pretending to be something they aren't (see Avril Lavigne). Back in the '90s when (I hate using this term immensely) 'grunge' exploded, bands from Seattle were getting signed left to right. One of my personal favorite bands at the time was 7 Year B***h. As usual, the major record label didn't know what to do with them in the end but the music the band put out was better than some of terrible music I was hearing at the time. "Gato Negro" is certainly a lot slicker than "Sick 'Em" was in terms of production value goes but the songs themselves were still the angry, raw, blundgeoning sounds that I have come to love from one of the best bands that came out of the northwest. Pink has nothing on Selene Vigil's ferocious growl. Valerie Agnew definitely reminded me of Babes in Toyland's Lori Barbero with her incredible drumming. All the songs on "Gato Negro" are great. I especially loved the first three tracks. They were edgy and fierce. Everything that women in rock tday aren't.

good old stuff..........2004-01-30

Well these chicks rock and rock hard they did. Very good album, with good licks, sometimes the lyric fade and are a bit lame but their sound makes up for it.

The best, well to me.......2002-03-28

I think this is one of the best girl bands(to bad there not together anymore). I love there sound and eveything else. I would tell every to buy this cd. It's the best well to me.

BUY IT!!.......2000-12-31

buy this album! it's incredibly brilliant, from start to finish. you will absolutely love every song it has to offer. and thier other albums are equally as stunning so give them a shot...you won't be sorry!

Average customer rating: Mellow pop, incredibly sharp lyrics, beautiful vocal harmonies TNP=The solution to uninspired music Try it, you'll love it! Try it, you'll love it! Tales from the Bohemian Fringe

Welcome Black The Negro Problem Manufacturer: Image Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Something Deeper Than These Changes The Naked Dutch Painter and Other Songs Guest Host Post Minstrel Syndrome Joys & Concerns ASIN: B00006EXIA Release Date: 2002-09-03

Tracks:

1. Fox Hills
2. Father Popcorn
3. Lime Green Sweater
4. Is This The Single?
5. Watering Hole
6. The Teardrop Explodes
7. Astro Sister
8. In Time All Time
9. Out Now
10. I'm Sebastian Coot
11. Bong Song
12. Bermuda Love Triangle (The Waterbed)

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The third album by L.A.'s Negro Problem (and the first since golden-throated singer-guitarist Mark "Stew" Stewart took a three-year break to work on his solo career) is a delight on every level. These lyrics-driven songs memorably mutate funk, baroque '60s pop, lounge music, '80s synth pop, classic Tin Pan Alley, and psychedelic rock. The disc sounds like the Bonzo Dog Band, Vernon Reid, Cole Porter, and Arthur Lee collaborating on a tribute to Jacques Brel. The lyrics drop serious the-personal-is-political science while still exhibiting humor. The only problem lies with the album's eclecticism; an artist can be too talented and versatile for his own good (see Cardinal and Chocolate Genius). However, in an alternate universe where the charts teem with literate pop, "I'm Sebastian Cabot," "Astro Sister," and "Is This the Single?" rule the airwaves. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Mellow pop, incredibly sharp lyrics, beautiful vocal harmonies .......2006-05-30

As always with the Negro Problem, there's a big paradox built into their music. The songs here are mellow pop (more mellow than their previous CD "Post Minstrel Syndrome"), with bright melodies and vocal harmonies to die for; both Stew's lead vocals and the backing vocals are gorgeous. The lyrics, however, are full of sarcasm, irony, and cleverness, to the point of often being arch. So there's a cognitive dissonance-- surely deliberate on the musicians' part-- between the pretty melodies and sweet singing, and the super-sarcastic lyrics. The album has a punk sensibility, but the music does not sound punk at all; it often sounds like gorgeous show tunes or classic American pop songwriting.

Really, if you think Steely Dan or Elvis Costello write literate, sarcastic lyrics, Negro Problem is like that times 10. If you have a high tolerance for sarcasm and irony (like me) you'll love this, but most people can't take it. The first time I played it, I didn't like it nearly as much as "Post Minstrel Syndrome". After a couple plays, I was hooked. It may take a couple plays to grab you.

The lyrics here are so sharp, so often funny, sometimes really poetic, and packed with perfect, unexpected rhymes. I'm tempted to quote all of "Bermuda Love Triangle", which tells a funny story with great, internal rhymes built into each line; but then I'd give away the twist ending. "I'm Sebastian Cabot" and "Lime Green Sweater" likewise have lots of wit and perfect rhymes with great back-and-forth between the singers.

Sometimes they're too clever for their own good. The song "Is This The Single" makes fun of record companies guys who are focused on producing hits. It's a big 'f--- you' to the record company. I can only imagine what TNP's record company's executives must have thought when TNP first played that song for them. As for the song itself, it's almost a single-- catchy, almost a hit-- but too laden with synthesizers to really ignite. So, once again, TNP has no single.

The songs on this CD are more mellow than on the previous "Post Minstrel Syndrome" -- there is nothing as energetic as "Buzzing" from PMS. Whereas PMS sounded unlike anything except maybe They Might Be Giants or Elvis Costello, "Welcome Black" sounds like nothing except the song book for the coolest musical never written. Stew should really write songs for Broadway musicals-- he'd be better than Stephen Sondheim and the execrable Andrew Lloyd Webber, because Stew is edgy and rock n' roll.

Now I've got "The Watering Hole" stuck in my brain. That song is the mellowest on the CD, and I can't get it out of my head, it's so slow and cool. Worth it to buy the CD for that song alone. "You can find me... at the watering hole..."

TNP=The solution to uninspired music.......2003-10-08

I have had the good fortune to see The Negro problem (TNP) live, being an L.A. native, and this is the most fun you'll ever have at a small concert venue. Once they even did a Madonna tribute that was, well, it was different, hilarious and cleverly executed. Stew is undoubtedly the funniest performer going, telling rambling little stories with his own unique sartorial wit. The songs speak for themselves, often reflective, sometimes rowdy, usually beautifully executed, even making repetitious verses sound incredible and thought provoking.

I own everything they've put out & am anxiously awaiting the arrival of his new solo effort from this very website (in essence, "TNP" is Stew, so solo, or with band - the music is superb). Buy their albums, await their arrival, and only tell your close friends. Overexposure is death to any good band! (as you're probably well aware). Listen and judge for yourself. I'm sure you'll get hooked.

Try it, you'll love it!.......2003-05-24

What can say... While staying late one night after work, I happen to catch airplay of "I'm Sebastian Cabot" (Hey, Ringo... Beatlesque to a tee!) & "Is This the Single?" (80's New Wave, but better...) on the Internet Village Voice Radio Station, and like the writer before, I could not get these tunes out of my freakin' head! For all practical purposes, "Father Popcorn" actually starts off the album and just cranks! Stew's voice is as powerful as they come on this tune. My favorite on the album would have to the universally soothing "Watering Hole". It is an injustice that this tune is not plastered all over the radio waves... Or maybe not (wouldn't want all the bandwagoneers to find out and actually water its holey flavor down now, would we? Says, The Punster)!

Seriously though, this is classic music at its best! I've not done this album justice enough by this review, but take my word for it, practically every song on this album is great easy listening and fun for the whole gang!

Try it, you'll love it!.......2003-05-24

What can say... While staying late one night after work, I happen to catch airplay of "I'm Sebastian Cabot" (Hey, Ringo... Beatlesque to a tee!) & "Is This the Single?" (80's New Wave, but better...) on the Internet Village Voice Radio Station, and like the writer before, I could not get these tunes out of my freakin' head! For all practical purposes, "Father Popcorn" actually starts off the album and just cranks! Stew's voice is as powerful as they come on this tune. My favorite on the album would have to the universally soothing "Watering Hole". It is an injustice that this tune is not plastered all over the radio waves... Or maybe not (wouldn't want all the bandwagoneers to find out and actually water its holey flavor down now, would we? Says, The Punster)!

Seriously though, this is classic music at its best! I've not done this album justice enough by this review, but take my word for it, practically every song on this album is great easy listening and fun for the whole gang!

Tales from the Bohemian Fringe.......2003-01-28

L.A.'s quirky The Negro Problem have always been a listenable yet arch proposition. Leader Stew - a bear-like black bohemian - favors psychedelic fancy, both lyrical and musical. In the past, this has occasioned pleasant, mostly leaden work. It's unfortunate as Stew has shown, on two solo releases, an incisive and spirited talent. Can it be that leading a band is more burden than release for him? On the recorded evidence, yes. Yet on Welcome Black Stew calms down some. The Negro Problem begin to right past wrongs. The first half of the CD - especially "Lime Green Sweater" and "Watering Hole" - utilize Stew's narrative eye to tell recognizably human (and still surreal) tales from the bohemian fringe. By the time the tracks devolve to limitless whimsy, you just might stick around for the ride.

Average customer rating: Great Recollections!

Good News: Vintage Negro Spirituals Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Compilations | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wade In The Water, Vol.1:African American Spirituals:The Concert Tradition Negro Spirituals 1909-1948 Negro Spirituals - Derek Lee Ragin, Moses Hogan, Moses Hogan Go Down, Moses Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit: Spirituals ASIN: B000GYHXKA Release Date: 2006-10-03

Tracks:

1. Good News, The Chariot's Coming
2. Steal Away
3. Sit Down
4. I's Me, O Lord, Standin' in the Need of Prayer
5. Go Down, Moses
6. Tone de Bell
7. I'se Been 'Buked
8. Gwina Lay Down My Life
9. Mary, Don't You Weep
10. I Ain't A-Gonna Grieve
11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
12. Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho
13. Deep River
14. Git on Board, Li'l Children
15. Spiritual Medley: I Got a Robe - Steal Away - Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spi
16. Down to de Rivah
17. Spiritual Medley: I Will Pray - I Want to Be a Christian - Gwine Ride U
18. I'm Gonna Shout All Over God's Heab'n
19. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
20. Lord, I Can't Stay Away
21. Dere's No Hiding Place Down Dere
22. Were You There?
23. Ev'ry Time I Feel de Spirit
24. De Blind Man Stood on the Road and Cried
25. Story of Job
26. Rock My Soul
27. Crucifixion (He Never Said a Mumberlin' Word)
28. Plenty Good Room
29. Recessional ('Roun' 'Bout de Mountain)
30. Blow, Gabriel, Blow
31. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

Album Details

The Good News is that all the Musical Riches of the Negro Spiritual have Now Been Uniquely Summed Up in a Single, Inspirational Sequence on Living Era's New CD. Here Are all the Most Famous Songs, Rendered by their Greatest Interpreters from the 20s to the 40s. There Are Five Each from Robeson (Deep River . . .), Anderson (Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child . . .) And Hayes (Steal Away . . .), Backed Up by Eight from Other Fine, If Less Well-known, Singers as Well, Like the Delightful Edna Thomas, Aimee Semple Mcpherson And, Notably, John Payne. In Addition There Are Eight Tracks from Such Groups as the Great Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (Rock My Soul . . .).

Customer Reviews:

Great Recollections!.......2007-05-24

All the spiritual songs and music you heard a long time ago. So good to hear them again.

Average customer rating: Classic CD Haunting, Rich, Surprising What a voice! Celestial Afro-Brazilian opera-ish melodico, pero sin el alma de brasil

Sol Negro Virginia Rodrigues Manufacturer: Hannibal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Samba | Latin Music | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Hannibal Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Latin Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Nos Mares Profundos Voadeira A Day in New York Morelenbaum (2)/Sakamoto: Casa (Tribute to Jobim) ASIN: B00000BIJA Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

1. Blackness Of The Night
2. Moon, Moon, Moon, Moon
3. Goodbye Dance Hall
4. Carnival Dawn
5. Veronica
6. Stormy Night
7. Dry Land
8. Nobility
9. Black Sun
10. Cherubim
11. Israfel

Amazon.com essential recording

With her rich contralto voice dripping with operatic intonation, African Brazilian Virginia Rodrigues' 12-song Sol Negro has a fresh and delightfully idiosyncratic take on both new material and some standards from the Brazilian lexicon. With guests Gilberto Gil, Djavan, Milton Nascimento, and artistic director Caetano Veloso, you know the results can be nothing but classy. It is also magical as the sparse arrangements (sometimes with string quartet), cool-school jazz arrangements, solitary harp, or bossa nova guitar set elegant backdrops for her startling but gentle vocals. "Noite De Temporal," with her aria evoking voice set to skeletal berimbau and percussion, is as spine-tingling as it gets, while "Israfel" with solo harp accompaniment has all the emotion of the best Fado or Morna from Cape Verde. In between is a sophisticated range of material and musical disciplines that never strays from being totally Brazilian and utterly absorbing. --Derek Rath

Customer Reviews:

Classic CD.......2006-02-18

Virginia Rodrigues's album "Sol Negra" is as classy as it is beautiful. Rodrigues's is classic-sounding voice is haunting, wistful, and enigmatic and is a perfect fit to Caetano Veloso's arrangments that are played by Gilberto Gil. Milton Nascimento even accompanies her on a song. Listening to this cd, for some reason, reminds me of being in a cabana club in the 1940s/1950s (if I had been alive then!)

This is a wonderful cd. The arrangements lean toward the classical sounding samba to match Rodrigues's elegant voice. If you're looking for an updated rendition of Brazilian samba, then this is probably not the cd for you. If you're looking for something to dance to, then you probably won't like this cd. But, if you're looking for music to accompany an evening cocktail party, or to relax to, or are even feeling wistful - then this is the perfect cd for you.

Haunting, Rich, Surprising.......2004-12-28

This album is incredibly beautiful - from the simplicity in arrangement to the unique and surprising contralto voice of Virginia Rodrigues. I listen to it often and enjoy it much more than her second release.

A real gem.

What a voice!.......2003-01-29

I could listen to Virginia Rodruiguez all day long. In fact, when a friend loaned me a CD, that is exactly what I did! Her voice reaches deep into feeling depths that I like being drawn into, and she never shocks me there, in that vulnerable space. There is wisdom, experience and feeling in that voice. I am especially entranced by the slower pieces. Lovely, sensitive arrangements, as Brazilian musicians can do.

Celestial Afro-Brazilian opera-ish.......2001-12-29

The first track has energy. The rest are beautiful and slow. A little too much so for my tastes. She has a very interesting contemporary, groovin' sound mixed with a somewhat other-worldly/classical/northern european style. She sounds like an Afro-Brazilian angel. It's certainly beautiful and interesting music but it doesn't pick up and get down the way I like it. Maybe when I'm 30 years older it will be more my thing.

melodico, pero sin el alma de brasil.......2001-03-31

el trabajo de virginia rodriguez seria muy bueno, si ella estuviera interpretando y representando una cultura musical diferente . Eso es lo que suena. Una linda voz, melodica, suave, pero lejos del calor y la vida que toda la musica brasilera tiene. No es un cd para los que gusten de los otros excelentes musicos brasileros, salvo por la rareza del tratamiento de sus temas. Lastima, cantando como debe haber aprendido en su pais posiblmente tendriamos algo muy bueno

Average customer rating: Negro Spiriuals-Derek Lee Ragin, Moses Hogin Recent Review

Negro Spirituals - Derek Lee Ragin, Moses Hogan, Moses Hogan Manufacturer: Virgin Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Give Me Jesus | Spirituals by Barbara Hendricks and The Moses Hogan Singers Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit: Spirituals Go Down, Moses Witness: What a Mighty God - Spirituals and Gospels for Chorus Wade In The Water, Vol.1:African American Spirituals:The Concert Tradition ASIN: B000F3T3A0 Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

1. Ain't That Good News
2. Soon Ah Will Be Done
3. Lord, I Want To Be A Christian
4. Walk Together, Children
5. God's Gonna Set This World On Fire
6. My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord
7. Elijah Rock
8. Ride The Chariot
9. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
10. Lord, I Can't Turn Back
11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
12. Great Day
13. My Lord, What A Morning
14. I Thank You, Jesus
15. Away In A Manger
16. Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees
17. I've Been 'Buked
18. Wade In The Water
19. Come Here Jesus, If You Please
20. Amen
21. Silent Night

Customer Reviews:

Negro Spiriuals-Derek Lee Ragin, Moses Hogin.......2007-05-12

Excellent!!!!!!!! I gave my first purchase to a friend who is also a lover of spirituls and hymns and purchased another for myself. I just had to share it with someone. The music is so moving. I would highly recommend this CD to anyone, regardless of them being a lover of spirituals and hymns or not. I plan on purchasing another one soon.

Recent Review.......2007-05-06

THere was only one piece that I thoroughly enjoyed and that was the solo on "My Lord, What a Morning," but I can tell you that one song made the purchase worth while.

Phil B

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Todos Sus Grandes Exitos Ricchi e Poveri Manufacturer: Blanco Y Negro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000ETR9OM Release Date: 2006-03-06

Tracks:

1. Me Enamoro de Ti
2. Serorque Te Amo
3. Donde Extar
4. Mamma Maria
5. Piccolo Amore
6. Cosa Sei
7. Se M'Innamoro
8. Voulez Vous Danser
9. Magnifica Serata
10. C'E'che Sto Bene
11. Besnos
12. E Penso a Te

Tracks:

1. Made in Italy
2. Canzone d'Amore
3. Hasta La Vista
4. Questa Sera
5. Amarsi un P
6. Dimmi Quando
7. Pubblicit
8. Cocco Bello Africa
9. M'Innamoro di Te [*]
10. Sarerche Ti Amo [*]
11. Mamma Maria [*]
12. Come Vorrei [*]

Average customer rating:

Sweet Release Trouser Enthusiasts Manufacturer: Blanco Y Negro ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00004TZ0F Release Date: 2000-03-10

Tracks:

1. 7"Edit
2. 12"Full On Mix
3. Olmec Heads Remix
4. Trouser Enthusiasts 2nd C
5. Yellowstone Remix

Album Details

Features 5 mixes!

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1. Niebla Del Riachuelo [Enhanced] [Import]
2. No Aflojes 1979 [Enhanced] [Import]
3. One Heart: Healing native and classical flute melodies for stress reduction, relaxation, meditation
4. One Sky
5. Perfil De Sao Paulo [Import]
6. Pique Novo Ao Vivo, Vol. 2 [Live] [Import]
7. Raiz de Mi Canto [Enhanced] [Import]
8. Reevolucio [Import]
9. Ó Riada's Farewell
10. Ricos y Mocosos [Import]

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