Salvation Street

Dan Herman Radio Crystal Blue http://www.radiocrystalblue.com
This is fantastic music!!! ..This is among the most well constructed, produced CDs I've heard this year.

Product Description
Called "one of the best songwriters in the indie world" by Independent Songwriter Web Magazine, JP Jones is a prolific and genre bending artist whose previous releases have charted on the folkdj-l and New Age Voice Airwaves Top-50 lists. Most recently, Back to Jerusalem was named one of the "10 Best Folk Releases of 2000" by Hugh Blumenfeld's about.folkmusic.com website. Jones' newest release, Salvation Street, is an ambitious (70+ minute) folk/rock album that strikes an elegant balance between spontaneity of performance and polish of production. The disc was recorded live in the living room of Jones' Newport, RI home and features his touring band Rite Tite (Kurt Meyer; bass, Dave Lang; drums, Mike Barrett; electric guitar and Matt Niebels; percussion) and special guest appearances by Barb Schloff-Arietta, Les Sampou, Lloyd Salisbury, Vinnie Pasternak, and Mike Fishman. Introspective at the core, Salvation Street is an honest and intense examination of Daemon and purpose. The primary subject matter is songwriting itself. After a 30-plus year career, Jones takes this stuff seriously. What's most remarkable, however, is that he manages to have so much fun along the way.

Salvation Street

Salvation Street,J.P. Jones,Artist One-Stop,Contemporary Folk,Contemporary Singer/Songwriter,Pop,Recorded live in JP's own living room, Salvation Street is an introspective 70+ minute folk/rock recording that offers an unrelenting examination of the artist's relationship with Daemon and purpose. A poetic, honest, and spiritual record that rocks.,Rock,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: some brilliant renditions, but can't quite all mix together Cool and Camp September Song Music of Kurt Weill It's a long time between January and December Ain't we Hip?!!?

September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music American Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocalists | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Traditional | ( T ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill / Levine, Lenya, Armstrong, Gilford, et al Lotte Lenya sings Kurt Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins & Berlin Theatre Songs Weird Nightmare - Meditations on Mingus Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill Stratas Sings Weill ASIN: B0000029WM Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

1. Mack The Knife - Nick Cave
2. Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife - P.J. Harvey
3. Alabama Song - David Johansen
4. Youkali Tango - Teresa Stratas
5. Lost In The Stars - Elvis Costello
6. Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya
7. Speak Low - Charlie Haden
8. Oh, Heavenly Salvation - The Persuations
9. Lonely House - Betty Carter
10. Surabaya- Johnny - Teresa Stratas
11. Furchte Dich Nicht - Mary Margaret O'Hara
12. September Song - Lou Reed
13. Mack The Knife - Bertolt Brecht
14. What Keeps Mankind Alive? - William S. Burroughs

Customer Reviews:

some brilliant renditions, but can't quite all mix together.......2006-10-19

I like the spirit of this album, which is to let the music of Kurt Weill attach itself to the many worlds it came from. This was classical music that also used elements of popular music at the time, all with a very dark and almost mechanical tone. So it would seem fitting to have exquisite voices like Teresa Stratas rub elbows with darker elements like Nick Cave in this collection. There are also the jazz influences developed by Charlie Haden and Betty Carter.

In all, there are some brilliant interpretations of Weill here. I am a fan of Cave's "Mack the Knife" and David Johansen's "Alabama Song," and how can someone NOT like Lotte Lenya herself on "Pirate Jenny" and the drolling of the immortal William S. Burroughs talking through "What Keeps Mankind Alive?"

But other tracks feel to be just too short of brilliance. I love that Lou Reed tries to turn "September Song" into a kind of rock ballad, almost a VU "It Was a Pretty Good Year," but the rendition seems a little short of energy and falls flat after a while. Elvis Costello, though magnificent as an overall artist, just doesn't bring new life to "Lost in the Stars."

Perhaps the problem in the end that the choices were a little too much of the Top 40 Weill (if there really can be such a term). These are songs that have for a long time been regarded as the best of Weill, and it might have furthered the purpose of his music to find new gems and bring them into the sunlight.

Cool and Camp.......2006-08-24

This is a very biased review- I originally had much of Weill's work on cassette tape- way back in the olden days- before CD's- so I am already very partial to many of the tracks on this CD- I would recommend it not only to Kurt Weill fans, and the fans of the various artists featured, but I would also strongly recommend this to anyone who likes artsy, camp, fun burlesque, Bohemian European stuff. The record, even though performed by contemporary artists still retains much of it's zeitgeist, it evokes the era in which Weill was writing and it rounds out any great eclectic record collection. It's a great musical discovery for fans of all sorts of genres, and EVERYONE should own at least one recorded arrangement of "Mack The Knife". (You know, for parties and stuff!)

September Song Music of Kurt Weill.......2006-08-22

Songs from the film-documentary done by various artists. Excellent choice if you like Mr Weill's music. I saw the film and always wanted the CD. Now I have and I recommend it highly.

It's a long time between January and December.......2004-06-11

Kurt Weill is one of those composers who juggles Jewish angst with Catholic guilt: and possibly vice versa. As a collection, it is nonpareil. Each interpretation becomes a definitive reading of the "song". Lord, it is one of the best assemblies of contemporary artists going. Lou couldn't be better; Ms O'Hara, in fine form, performs her deranged puppet-dance to the X. OK. An unknown. Roping-in, such a postmodern figure as, well, you-know-who, to orate Weill's lyrics is never less than exceptional. An amazing collection. Is there a DVD?

Paul

Ain't we Hip?!!?.......2003-07-23

This is the avant version of these songs, everything done with that Downtown fingers-across-the-blackboard screech. They even got Johanson doing it, which is no less than amazing. The sole exception is the Persuasions' "O Heavenly Salvation", but one song does not an album make.

The mystery here is that there's a perfectly good compilation from the 80s, "Lost in the Stars: the Music of Kurt Weill", featuring many of the same songs--and, if I'm not mistaken some of the same performers. That's the one you want. Too bad it's OP.

Average customer rating: Very well done New to me, but glad I heard this.

Salvation Street J.P. Jones Manufacturer: Artist One-Stop ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005TZ8V Release Date: 2001-11-13

Tracks:

1. Nefertiti Smiling
2. Salvation Street
3. Long Blue Train
4. You Belong to Me
5. Thas Right
6. Nobody Speaks for Me
7. Ordinary Day
8. Mole in the Ground
9. This Is How I
10. Dante's Highway
11. Almost Satisfied
12. Back It Up
13. Tiger Woods
14. Po Man
15. Now It's Up to You
16. What Called Me to This

Album Description

Called "one of the best songwriters in the indie world" by Independent Songwriter Web Magazine, JP Jones is a prolific and genre bending artist whose previous releases have charted on the folkdj-l and New Age Voice Airwaves Top-50 lists. Most recently, Back to Jerusalem was named one of the "10 Best Folk Releases of 2000" by Hugh Blumenfeld's about.folkmusic.com website. Jones' newest release, Salvation Street, is an ambitious (70+ minute) folk/rock album that strikes an elegant balance between spontaneity of performance and polish of production. The disc was recorded live in the living room of Jones' Newport, RI home and features his touring band Rite Tite (Kurt Meyer; bass, Dave Lang; drums, Mike Barrett; electric guitar and Matt Niebels; percussion) and special guest appearances by Barb Schloff-Arietta, Les Sampou, Lloyd Salisbury, Vinnie Pasternak, and Mike Fishman. Introspective at the core, Salvation Street is an honest and intense examination of Daemon and purpose. The primary subject matter is songwriting itself. After a 30-plus year career, Jones takes this stuff seriously. What's most remarkable, however, is that he manages to have so much fun along the way.

Customer Reviews:

Very well done.......2006-02-24

How come I never heard of this guy? Virtually every song has merit. Excellent production, playing and singing. Great lyrics, great sense of humour, great entertainment. I will definitely give this multiple listens.

New to me, but glad I heard this........2002-05-05

Every once in a while, I hear music from some one that is really set apart from all the others. The craft and artistry in this CD are the result of a mature and skillfull performer. It is refreshing to hear from someone with vison rather than imitation. I had never heard of this artist until he was the opening act in my small local flok music club. I felt like I was hearing a combination of Bob Dylan, John Prine, Bill Morrisey and Bruce Springsteen with a whole lot of parts that I could not identify, except that it was very good. Buy this CD and others from JP Jones, see him if you can. IT will register as a very memorable evening.

Average customer rating: catching up with j. p. jones

Salvation Street J.P. Jones Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005YG6J Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

1. Nefertiti Smiling
2. Salvation Street
3. Long Blue Train
4. You Belong to Me
5. That's Right
6. Nobody Speaks for Me
7. Ordinary Day
8. Mole in the Ground
9. This Is How I
10. Dante's Highway
11. Almost Satisifed
12. Back It Up
13. Tiger Woods
14. Po Man
15. Now It's Up to You
16. What Called Me to This

Customer Reviews:

catching up with j. p. jones.......2007-04-12

after you listen to "lovers and thugs" and presumedly find to your musical taste, this should be your next purchase in exploring the uncharted world of this artist. clever lyrics with good hooks. the music scene could use more songs/artists rather than the musical "cookie cutter" type of gruel presented to the public these days.

Average customer rating:

Living in Dakin's Neighborhood Fred Clark Manufacturer: Rockout Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002M1R8U Release Date: 2000-06-27

Tracks:

1. Unrequited Love
2. The Ballad Of Mr. O'Donnell's Daughter
3. Roll River On
4. Mary Rose
5. 21st Century Folk Song
6. Destination Unknown
7. Saga Of The Coffee House Blues
8. Everyman
9. Radio Free America
10. Raise A Toast
11. Fireplace
12. Loose Cannon
13. Time Bomb

Product Description

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