Channel Three

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With a bevy of tunes alluding to television, Osby takes on the challenge of the saxophone trio with Channel Three. Inspired by such landmark recordings as Sonny Rollins’ Night at the Village Vanguard and Lee Konitz’s Motion, Osby places real demands on both himself and his associates (the 21-year-old Matthew Brewer on bass and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums) to make whole music without the benefit of a harmony instrument filling out the sound and the form. Other influences are apparent in the compositions, as Osby brackets his seven originals with a taut, bluesy trip through Ornette Coleman’s "Mob Job" and a sprightly soprano version of Eric Dolphy’s "Miss Ann." Along the way, he creates a luminous ballad in "Diode Emissions" and stretches out brilliantly on "Vertical Hold" and "Test Pattern," even reducing the band to just the duo of alto and drums for "Please Stand By." Throughout, Osby’s fluency and commitment are worthy of his inspirations. --Stuart Broomer

Product Description
"I refrained from doing a project like this for a long time," says Greg Osby of Channel Three, his 16th album for Blue Note since he signed with the label in 1990, and his first trio recital.

On Channel Three, Osby unveils his latest discovery, 21-year-old Matthew Brewer, his bassist of choice since 2002. On drums is Jeff "Tain" Watts, one of this era's most prominent drummers, and Osby's friend since both attended Berklee School of Music a quarter century ago. Osby opens the program with a soulful flight through Ornette Coleman's "Mob Job," and closes with a crisp soprano saxophone reading of Eric Dolphy's "Miss Ann." The bookends sandwich seven idiosyncratic Osby originals.

On Channel Three, Osby and his partners channel the spirit of wonderment and limitless possibility that characterized the '60s and '70s culture of radical improvising in which their role models flourished. Yet again, Osby makes it his business, as he once put it, "to affirm my foothold in the realm of unpredictability."

Channel Three,Greg Osby,Blue Note Records,Avant-Garde,Avant-Garde Jazz,Free Funk,Jazz,M-Base,Percussion,Pop,Post-Bop,United States of America

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Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Vol. 4 [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Channel Classics Nl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Vol. 3 [Hybrid SACD] Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Vol. 2 [Hybrid SACD] Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin, Vol. 1 [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B000OLG5GS Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

1. Allegro (Sonata in E flat, K. 302 (293B)
2. Rondeau: Andante grazioso
3. Allegro spiritoso (Sonata in G, K. 9)
4. Andante
5. Menuet I & II
6. Allegro (Sonata in E minor, K. 304 (300c)
7. Tempo di Menuetto
8. Allegro molto (Sonata in D, K. 29)
9. Menuetto & Trio
10. Molto Allegro (Sonata in A, K. 526)
11. Andante
12. Presto

Average customer rating: happiness takes place in small piano tunes Cacaphonic Harmonious

Gurdjieff's Music for the Movements Manufacturer: Channel Crossings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Blowout Box Sets | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 20% Off | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Thomas de Hartmann: Music for Gurdjieff's '39 Series' Gurdjieff, Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns and Dances Seekers of the Truth: The Complete Piano Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann, Volume One Sacred Hymns Heart without Measure: Gurdjieff Work with Madame de Salzmann ASIN: B00003CK7L Release Date: 1999-12-14

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happiness takes place in small piano tunes.......2001-07-24

these short piano pieces are simple, but absolutely not boring. gurdjieff and de hartmann wrote some of the most thoughtful and sincere music you'll ever hear. I found this CD over a year ago and it's one I return to over and over again.

Cacaphonic Harmonious.......2001-07-15

Truly an exposition of beautiful "objective" listening. This music will not put you to sleep. Transitions are abrupt and engaging throughout the score's entirity. I play the music whenever I find myself searching for something to do or am bored. This music will consume all negativity and poke the listner to begin a stirring sensation in their own mentation. The music is not sophisticated or eligant by no means, but has a way about it which will intrige one to listen again and again.

Average customer rating: channeling three Let's talk about sax A Momumental Work! one of the best albums to come out in years! Trio of the 21st Century

Channel Three Greg Osby Manufacturer: Blue Note Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Blue Note Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Beyond the Sound Barrier Shades of Jade One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note Invisible Hand ASIN: B0009X75C4 Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

1. Mob Job
2. Vertical Hold
3. Viewer Discretion
4. Diode Emissions
5. Fine Tuning
6. Please Stand By
7. Channel Three
8. Test Pattern
9. Miss Ann

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With a bevy of tunes alluding to television, Osby takes on the challenge of the saxophone trio with Channel Three. Inspired by such landmark recordings as Sonny Rollins' Night at the Village Vanguard and Lee Konitz's Motion, Osby places real demands on both himself and his associates (the 21-year-old Matthew Brewer on bass and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums) to make whole music without the benefit of a harmony instrument filling out the sound and the form. Other influences are apparent in the compositions, as Osby brackets his seven originals with a taut, bluesy trip through Ornette Coleman's "Mob Job" and a sprightly soprano version of Eric Dolphy's "Miss Ann." Along the way, he creates a luminous ballad in "Diode Emissions" and stretches out brilliantly on "Vertical Hold" and "Test Pattern," even reducing the band to just the duo of alto and drums for "Please Stand By." Throughout, Osby's fluency and commitment are worthy of his inspirations. --Stuart Broomer

Album Description

"I refrained from doing a project like this for a long time," says Greg Osby of Channel Three, his 16th album for Blue Note since he signed with the label in 1990, and his first trio recital.

On Channel Three, Osby unveils his latest discovery, 21-year-old Matthew Brewer, his bassist of choice since 2002. On drums is Jeff "Tain" Watts, one of this era's most prominent drummers, and Osby's friend since both attended Berklee School of Music a quarter century ago. Osby opens the program with a soulful flight through Ornette Coleman's "Mob Job," and closes with a crisp soprano saxophone reading of Eric Dolphy's "Miss Ann." The bookends sandwich seven idiosyncratic Osby originals.

On Channel Three, Osby and his partners channel the spirit of wonderment and limitless possibility that characterized the '60s and '70s culture of radical improvising in which their role models flourished. Yet again, Osby makes it his business, as he once put it, "to affirm my foothold in the realm of unpredictability."

Customer Reviews:

channeling three.......2006-12-05

this recording could just as easily have been entitled channeling three or the three channels. greg osby sounds like a solo improsiver. but it doesn't stop there, both matthew brewer and jeff watts play like solo improvisers. the three musicians sound like they played on different channels, keeping with the tv medium metaphor, and the three separate channels were overlaid. not that the drums and the bass are loud, no instrument seems dominant over the others at any particular moment, allowing a single instrument to solo alone, none of the three ever stop soloing.

watts' playing is extraordinary, his drumming, hummable and very simple at times, is melodic and drummers don't play, aren't supposed to be able to play melody. i want to ask someone how he does that, the way a lot of listeners to jazz ask how monk played the way he played. or how osby even conceived such an idea and gathered songs for his idea. then i realize that the idea(s) here are built on the work of ornette coleman. the first track, mob job, written by coleman. except for the track, miss ann by eric dolphy, all the other songs are written by greg osby.

this recording approaches something like high art. actually, it is high art. just an extraordinary accomplishment.

Let's talk about sax.......2006-02-17

I'll admit that I didn't know who Greg Osby was until I saw his latest album Channel Three in the store. I was interested because I listen to jazz from time to time, and when I discovered that this album was on Blue Note Records, I was even more intrigued because they're known for putting out good stuff. I listened to the album and found that my notions were right.

Greg is a brilliant saxophonist, which is obvious by listening to any one of the tracks on here. "Vertical Hold", "Test Pattern" and "Please Stand By" are wonderful examples of this, as is the aptly titled "Fine Tuning". In fact, every song is noteworthy. If you've worn out your Norman Brown albums and you need something new, then pop this in and as another reviewer instructed, don't change the channel.

Anthony Rupert

A Momumental Work!.......2005-10-30

Osby is the most brave, daring and challenging artist on the international scene today - HANDS DOWN! This collection of original trio pieces will stand up to any as simply one of the best. It's apparent that there's a high level of respect and communication at play here, and it's needed because this music is not simple or easy by any means. It has all of the usual jazz elements intact but also taps into serialism, 20th century composition, folk rhythms and advanced metric modulation. And as a saxophonist myself, I would like to comment on Osby's tone and flawless articulation. AMAZING!

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You can probably contact Osby directly via email to confirm this and he will surely respond. I've emailed him and spoken to him on several occasions at his concerts and he's a great guy! As you can probably tell, I'm a huge Osby fan.

one of the best albums to come out in years!.......2005-10-27

this album is a must have. i wasnt really familiar with greg osby before this album, i only got it becuase he plays mob job and miss ann. i knew something had to be good if he was coming out with those tunes! his tunes are just as good though. "test pattern" is one of the best tunes ive ever heard. all of his tunes are great, and the adding of their voices on the title track is very original. matt brewer is one of the top bassists in the jazz scene right now. tain, we all know how sick he is! please go and buy this album, you will listen to it many times and still be wanting to listen to it again and again!

Trio of the 21st Century.......2005-10-17

The trio setting has, in the history of jazz, frequently been the setting of unprecedented group interaction and experimentation. The Sonny Rollins Vanguard sessions would seem to be a predecessor of this landmark record by Greg Osby's group. Even elements of the memorable Giuffre/Swallow/Bley group sneak onto Channel Three giving the session a unique and groundbreaking flavor. Like the Motian/Frisell/Lovano group that enjoys such popularity today, the trio of Osby, Brewer and Watts is without a doubt covering new ground. It won't take the listener much time once turning on this record to realize that these three are very (underline VERY) serious about what they do.

Specifically, Matt Brewer is making some of the most important innovations on the basses (both acoustic and electric) since Scott Lafaro and Cecil Mcbee. Anyone interested in the instrument and its role in jazz should watch for this young player. Personally, I hope to hear much more from him in coming years.

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Darius Milhaud: Chamber Works Manufacturer: Channel Classics Nl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Milhaud | Milhaud, Darius | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Viola | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Milhaud:Music For Wind Instruments ASIN: B00005MAUD Release Date: 2001-08-14

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perfect milhaud.......2006-07-06

Delightful. Beautifully played and recorded. This is one of my favourite Milhaud records.

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Telemann: Tafelmusik [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Channel ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Telemann, Georg Philipp | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Telemann, Georg Philipp | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Telemann: Paris Quartets, Vol. 2 [Hybrid SACD] Telemann: Paris Quartets, Vol. 3 [Hybrid SACD] Russian Violin Concertos [Hybrid SACD] Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 [Special Edition] [Hybrid SACD] ASIN: B00008ACIS Release Date: 2002-01-01

Average customer rating: de Hartmann Music for Gurdjieffs Movements

Thomas de Hartmann: Music for Gurdjieff's '39 Series' Manufacturer: Channel Classics Nl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gurdjieff's Music for the Movements Gurdjieff, Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns and Dances Seekers of the Truth: The Complete Piano Music of Georges I. Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann, Volume One Heart without Measure: Gurdjieff Work with Madame de Salzmann Sacred Hymns ASIN: B00005Q68K Release Date: 2001-12-11

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de Hartmann Music for Gurdjieffs Movements.......2002-09-19

This 2-CD set includes a 44-page booklet containing an introduction by Thomas C. Daly, heir and custodian of the De Hartmann Estate, and an extensive article by Wim van Dullemen describing the history of the `39' Movements. This set of Movements is regarded by many as Gurdjieff's magnum opus and the summary of his whole teaching to mankind.
Van Dullemen's article is based largely on interviews with pupils who themselves actually stood in Gurdjieff's classes while he created these Movements. Their experiences, insights and recollections reveal the historical picture with clarity and in unprecedented detail. What's more, the booklet includes a 5-page chronology of Thomas de Hartmann's life and major musical works.
Lavishly illustrated, the booklet further contains thirty photographs of Gurdjieff, De Hartmann, of Movements and historical documents, many of which have never been published before.
The genesis of this whole project, which took several years before it was finally completed, lies with Gert-Jan Blom, the producer of these CDs.

The 37 pieces for the 39 Series were composed by Thomas de Hartmann, c. 1950.
Interpretations of all the pieces-as regards tempo, rhythm, characteristics of melody and other musical dynamics-have been based on personal instructions received over many years from direct pupils of G. I. Gurdjieff. Also, we have studied and taken into account the earliest available recordings of these compositions. Originally no titles, only N-numbers, were given. These N-numbers as well as the indications of tempo stem from the first private publication prepared by de Hartmann himself,
The earliest available recordings, made in 1951, of these compositions, have been studied and taken into account as well.

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I've Got a Gun/After the Lights Go Out Channel Three Manufacturer: Captain Oi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000NA2PDW Release Date: 2007-04-30

Tracks:

1. Fear of Live
2. Out of Control
3. I've Got a Gun
4. Wetspots
5. Accident
6. You Make Me Feel Cheap
7. You Lie
8. Catholic Boy
9. Waiting in the Wings
10. Strength in Numbers
11. Double Standard Boys
12. Life Goes On
13. What About Me?
14. Stupid Girl
15. Separate Peace
16. No Love
17. After the Lights Go Out
18. Truth and Trust
19. I'll Take My Chance
20. All My Dreams
21. Can't Afford It
22. I Didn't Know
23. Manzanar [*]
24. Mannequin [*]
25. Indian Summer [*]
26. I Wanna Know Why [*]
27. How Come? [*]

Album Description

2007 reissue of this amazingly powerful Punk collection from Orange County's Channel 3 (AKA CH3). Features their 1982 UK debut album I've Got A Gun (which was a slightly different version of their U.S. debut Fear Of Life) and the 1983 follow-up When The Lights Go Out plus three bonus tracks. Channel 3 were one of the few great OC Punk bands, on par with legends like Social Distortion and Agent Orange. These albums are filled with enough Punk energy to fuel an atom bomb and enough melody to have the mosh pit singing along in no time. Stunning stuff indeed. Captain Oi.

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Two on One Coupling of the First Two Albums by Legendary California Old School Hardcore Punk Band Channel 3, Both Originally Released on the Seminal Posh Boy Records in America and No Future in the UK. Now Comes with Three Rare Bonus Tracks, a Booklet featuring In-depth Liner Notes by "no More Heroes" Author Alex Ogg (Which Include an Exclusive Interview with the Band) plus Lyrics to all the Songs. Includes the Singles "i've Got a Gun", "i'll Take My Chances" and "Indian Summer" as Well as the "Manzanar" EP.

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Composers from Theresienstadt, 1941-1945: Hans Krása Manufacturer: Channel Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003UY0 Release Date: 1993-03-29

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Hans Krása was among the 20th century's most talented composers; his early death in a Nazi concentration camp was one among countless tragedies for humanity and for music. On the evidence of the chamber works heard on this program, and in spite of the slightly uneven performances, we see in these worthy pieces the unfulfilled promise--humor, pathos, and the hand of a master at work. --David Vernier

Average customer rating: Wonderful Music From The 1920s By A Neglected Master

Erwin Schulhoff: Ensemble Works, Vol. 1 (Stage Music from "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" / Three Tangos / Concerto for String Quartet & Winds / Suite for Chamber Orchestra) - Ebony Band, Amsterdam Manufacturer: Channel Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Erwin Schulhoff: Solo and Ensemble Works, Vol.2 Ervin Schulhoff: Symphonies 1-3 ASIN: B000003UYT Release Date: 1995-01-24

Tracks:

1. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Ov (Adagio, Allegro Con Spirito)
2. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Sicilienne
3. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Andante
4. Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Grand Ballet De Finale: Commedia Dell'Arte (Allegro)/Danse Des...
5. Three Tango's: Tango From Partita
6. Three Tango's: Tango From Esquisses De Jazz
7. Three Tango's: Tango From Etudes Des Jazz
8. Con): Allegro Moderato
9. Con: Largo
10. Con: Finale, Allegro Con Brio
11. Ste: Introductory Text - Chaim Levano
12. Ste: Ragtime
13. Ste: Valse Boston
14. Ste: Shimmy
15. Ste: Step (Without Music)
16. Ste: Tango
17. Ste: Jazz

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Wonderful Music From The 1920s By A Neglected Master.......2004-08-04

Schulhoff (1894-1942) has been unjustly eclipsed by his contemporaries; this disc should give more than a good idea why his work is long overdue for re-appraisal. Forceful, puckish, jazz-inflected ephemeralia on the surface, a closer listen reveals amazing depth and contrast. The "Suite For Chamber Orchestra" is a particularly amazing piece which climaxes with as wickedly sensual a Tango as any written by Weill, Piazolla, Stravinsky, or any of the old Argentine masters. The Dutch group Ebony Band obviously know this music backward - they give rousing, sharply idiomatic performances. The recording itself is a fine, crisp, live performance from 1994 - the year of the Schulhoff centennial. This is a difficult disc to get hold of (I think it's out of print)but your efforts in seeking it out will be well repaid. Not to be missed!

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Boccherini: Trio, Quartet & 2 Quintets Manufacturer: Channel Classics Nl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Boccherini | Boccherini, Luigi | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000GQLB74 Release Date: 2006-10-10

Tracks:

1. Sostenuto
2. Tempo Di Minuetto - Trio
3. Allegro Moderato
4. Minuetto
5. Grave
6. Allegro Giusto
7. Allegro Moderato
8. Adagio
9. Tempo Di Minuetto - Trio
10. Prestissimo
11. Allegro Vivo Ma Non Presto
12. Adagio Ma Non Tanto
13. Minuetto - Trio
14. Finale - Allegro Vivo Ma Non Presto

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