Sunny [CD-single] [Import]

Sunny [CD-single] [Import]

Track Listings

1. Radio Edit

2. Uk Club Mix

3. Quasar Remix

4. Antek Remix

5. Laurent Pautrat Remix

Tracks:

Rape Me
People Equals S---
Baby Got Back
Girls Girls Girls
Closer
Bust A Move
Down With The Sickness
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Freak On A Leash
Nookie
Another Brick In The Wall
Rock The Casbah
Fight For Your Right
Hot For Teacher
Gin And Juice
Come Out And Play
Badd
Creep

Album Description

Eleven all new recordings, plus seven of his greatest hits. Lounge music versions of your favorite rock and rap hits. More horns, more profanity, more Dick! Includes "Rape Me", "Baby Got Back", "Bust A Move", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Nookie", "Rock The Casbah", "Hot For Teacher", and many more.

Customer Reviews:

Bloody Brilliant.......2007-05-12

You won't be able to listen to this in the car with the kids (too profane) and the one joke repitition wears a bit. Having said that, a must buy that is laugh out loud funny. It calls to mind the Bill Murray "Nick Lava" lounge singer bit, only better since this guy can actually sing. Would make a great gift, although I'm not sure for what holiday.

OH Jeez, the Cheese is Hilarious!.......2007-04-18

My sister introduced me to Richard Cheese and I think I busted something laughing at the music/lyric combo. This stuff is HILARIOUS.

That said, my baby daughter also digs this music. Sadly I am going to need to ditch this CD before she learns to talk or we are going to be in some deep S#@&T.

Crude laughs.......2007-01-23

Give this a two for the number of times you'll think it's funny. Maybe a three over all the years you'll own it. It's crude and not real clever. Stinky Cheese! I knew better, somebody slap me!

Sweet Jesus!!.......2006-11-22

Sweet Jesus Mary Mother of God!!! This is the best album I have bought in a long time! I bought it along with Aperitif for Destruction, and ever since I put the disc in my CD player, I haven't stopped smiling. I would recommend it to those who like uplifting tunes, who always see the glass as half full and honestly believe that every cloud really does have a silver a lining. Honestly, they do! It is such a fun album. I am now a Richard Cheese addict and am spreading the cheese as far as it will be tolerated! Every song is pure genius. Happy listening. xx

lounge music versions of popular songs.......2006-09-21

If you haven't heard this type of music, it's funny. Quite humorious to hear old rap songs turned into lounge music. But gets old quick. Good for an easy joke at social settings.

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In Pursuit
Donny McCaslin
Manufacturer: Sunny Side Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000PHW2HW
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

A Brief Tale
Descarga
Madonna
Sea Of Expectancy
In Pursuit
Village Natural
Send Me a Postcard
Fast Brazil
Festival In 3 Parts

Product Description

With certain musicians play, you get the feeling that they re on a level above their peers. And what s more, it seems to come easy to them. Current saxophonists that fit this mould include Chris Potter, Joe Lovano and Kenny Garrett. Add Donny McCaslin to that list. Donny McCaslin with his new project In Pursuit delivers an exceptionnal album. Great compositions, great musicianship, great soloists. With McCaslin, the musicians on this record are all first rate and include Dave Binney (as), Ben Monder (g), Scott Colley (b), Antonio Sanchez (dr), and Saturnino Pernel (perc).

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Funk Tango
Paquito d'Rivera
Manufacturer: Sunny Side Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000P46QGS
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

Pere
What About That!
Revirado
Contradanza
Milongo
Final Waltz
Funk Tango
Mariela's Dream
La Yumba-Caravan
Como un Bolero
Giant Steps

Product Description

Paquito D Rivera introduces, Paquito Records, with the premier release of Paquito D Rivera Quintet? Funk Tango. With over 50 recordings in the varied musical styles that he loves to perform and create, Paquito finally has a label where he can be himself. Paquito Records. With Paquito D Rivera Quintet? Funk Tango an allegory to the fact that his quintet can sometimes be a trio or a sextet, or an orchestra, or a duo, he is joined by his trusted core musicians, some of which have been with him for almost 20 years. These are, Mark Walker on drums, Oscar Stagnaro on bass, Diego Urcola on trumpet and valve-trombone, Alon Yavnai, on piano, Pernell Saturnino on percussion and Hector Del Curto on Bandoneon, with additional pianists Ed Simon, (an old band member), and Fernando Otero, and newcomer Pablo Stagnaro on cajon.
This recording features original compositions from practically all the band members, and highlights the diversity of styles in composition as well as performance. You will surely enjoy a journey, from a funky tango, as the title suggest, to Peruvian rhythms on Mariela s Dream to the elegant Cuban Contradanza , by the way of a bolero, to a waltz, samba, milonga, to the final return of the jazz standard Giant Steps .

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My goodness, Sunny!
Dancehall cowgirl
Crucial Country
Move over Gretchen Wilson
Catching Texas twang with a gift for lyrics

Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame
Sunny Sweeney
Manufacturer: Big Machine Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000MV8C9I
Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

Refresh My Memory
East Texas Pines
Next Big Nothing
Lavender Blue
Ten Years Pass
Here Lately
Heartbreaker's Hall Of Fame
Slow Swinging Western Tunes
Please Be San Antone
Mama's Opry
If I Could
16th Avenue

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One spin through the debut of Austin-based singer-songwriter Sunny Sweeney and you may think you've entered a time warp: The Longview, Texas, native so hearkens to the honky-tonk era of the '60s and '70s that you half expect to find her on an old kinescope of one of those syndicated Nashville TV shows, the special guest ("Let's bring up a little gal now from Texas...") of the Wilburn Brothers or Porter and Dolly. Sweeney isn't a power vocalist--she'd be called a "girl singer" in the old days, stepping up demurely to do her song or two--but she's got a sense of humor, poking fun of herself on "Next Big Nothing" and insisting if you play one song in reverse, you get a broken heart. She can also cop an attitude when she wants, as on "Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame," an original tune where she evokes the good-ol'-gal assertiveness of Loretta Lynn. Sweeney has fine taste in covers, too, offering up Iris DeMent's 'Mama's Opry" and the Lacy J. Dalton hit "16th Avenue," as well as two songs by Jim Lauderdale, who lends his vocals to Keith Sykes's "Lavender Blue." Otherwise, Sweeney doesn't seem to care a flip about what's going on anyplace but right there in the Lone Star State, keeping things twangy, tangy, and tonkin', the teardrop pedal steel functioning almost as a duet vocalist, and her guitarists eschewing Music City formula riffs for stuttering electric solos and the occasional walking bass. It's been a long time since any young female--think Joy Lynn White, maybe--got this deep-dish country. Sweeney may never get on the radio, but she'll keep the sawdust swirling on the dance floor for a long time to come. --Alanna Nash

Album Description

Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame, recorded in Floresville, TX and co-produced by Sunny with producers Tommy Detamore (guitar, pedal steel, lap steel, Dobro) and Tom Lewis (drums), isn't one of those quiet, timid little baby-steps records that slowly grows on you with hints of future potential. It explodes into the room with an ultra-confident, Texas-sized "HOWDY!" and demands your full attention.

Listen to Sunny rip and swagger her way through the dozen songs on Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame, and you wonder: Where has this gal been hiding until now? The first thing that grabs you is her voice - a big, bold and brassy instrument that brings to mind both the classic female country singers of the `60s and `70s that she grew up on as part of a country-music-loving family (both her grandfather and stepfather played in bands) as well as two of Sunny's biggest modern influences, Natalie Maines and Kasey Chambers, at their most unapologetically untamed. It's a voice that all but screams Sunny's adopted slogan: "Get your honky-tonk on!"

And on Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame, Sunny does just that. From winning originals like "Ten Years Pass," "Slow Swinging Western Tunes" and the title track, to classy covers of tunes by some of her favorite writers (including Iris DeMent, Keith Sykes, Thom Schuyler and Jim Lauderdale), it's an album that has little in common with either pop country or "Texas country." It's country, pure and simple - as primed for a Lone Star honky-tonk as it is the Grand Ole Opry or any radio station that still makes room for George and Tammy and Merle and Loretta.

Customer Reviews:

My goodness, Sunny!.......2007-05-22

Fantastic! I heard Ms Sweeney on a satellite radio station and was immediately hooked. She has such a sweet honesty in her voice, and her songs tickle that ol' thinkin' bone stuck up in the brain. I was most pleased with this cd and look forward to much, MUCH more from Sunny Sweeney. My family members will be getting this cd in their Christmas stockings!

Dancehall cowgirl.......2007-05-12

This is a great sound for country dancehall music. Kick-back with a cold beer and wear your cowboy boots. You'll feel like your in Austin, Texas on a summer Saturday night.

Crucial Country.......2007-05-09

I absolutely love Sunny Sweeney and this CD! The video for "If I Could" came across my path on YahooMusic one nite and I loved it. The CD has some tracks that are worth the 'price of admission' each by themself, including "East Texas Pines", "If I Could", and "Next Big Nothing". Great vocals, great pedal steel, strong guitar work. This album has revitalized my interest in singing again.

Move over Gretchen Wilson.......2007-04-21

Sunny does a perfect job of making honky tonk music with catchy tunes a twang in her voice and powerful rhythm. I find her similar to Jill King and Julie Reeves also great sounding country artists. I highly recommend this album to the serious country music lover.

Catching Texas twang with a gift for lyrics.......2007-04-17

Sunny Sweeney's debut album, Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame is compelling and catching. It feels more like a live honky-tonk performance in part because it has the pared down sound of a great bar band and not the over produced sound of too many studio albums. Sunny is a singer song-writer. The album offers a mix of her work and that of other song-writers.

What first caught my ear was the song, "If I Could." It's an infectious anthem for the average worker with an auctioneer's tempo for the catchy chorus. I found this song through Yahoo's Music Videos Country Music channel. Yahoo generates a play list, including new offerings based upon your past selections and ratings. It works. I loved this song and bought the album. A lot of catchy songs don't move me to buy. Sunny got my money.

Another special treat is a cover of, "16th Avenue," a song made famous by Lacey J. Dalton. The cover nicely matches the rest of the album in voice and tone and is not an exact copy of Dalton's version. Sunny Sweeney makes it hers.

The album is solid and engaging. It is real Country Music and Texas genuine. I'll be watching for more from Sunny Sweeney. She reputedly has a great following around her home base in Austin, Texas. I think her fan base is set to grow.

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Beautiful
Great, but getting predictable
Superb album
I give it my critical acclaim
Out of the ordinary

Critical Mass
Dave Holland Quintet
Manufacturer: Sunny Side
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GNOSEU
Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

The Eyes Have It
Easy Did It
Vicissitudes
The Leak
Secret Garden
Lucky Seven
Full Circle
Amator Silenti

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For years now, there has been no more proficient working band in jazz than the Dave Holland Quintet. Like such precursors as the Jazztet and the Jazz Messengers, it balances songcraft and improvisation with consummate ease. And the seasoned frontline of saxophonist Chris Potter, trombonist Robin Eubanks and vibraphonist Steve Nelson goes beyond the usual tag-team solos in engaging in complex time schemes and coloristic shifts, extending themes and partaking of overlapping lines. Critical Mass boasts some of the band's catchiest tunes while showcasing its fondness for mussing up their clean foundations with free-spirited exchanges before restoring civility. The material ranges from bassist Holland's Middle Eastern-tinged "Secret Garden" to drummer Nate Smith's hip-hoppy "The Leak." Powerfully contained on tenor, Potter sounds like he's been listening to the great, departed Steve Lacy on soprano while Nelson plays up his percussive skills on marimba. If the album doesn't have the excitement of past efforts, that's partly because Smith, as strong as he is, doesn't have the sudden explosiveness of his precedessor, Billy Kilson. Perhaps, too, the band has settled a bit into familiar patterns. Still, this is a class act. --Lloyd Sachs

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful.......2007-07-19

Again a beautifully recorded piece by Dave Holland. Also it does not really follow the typical ECM sound as we know it while still sounding perfect. Indeed, this music is more alive than their regular pieces.

Great, but getting predictable.......2007-06-11

This recording is wonderful in every respect, except that we are used to Holland's bands being superb. What is missing are risks and fresh ideas. The band is, naturally, fantastic. Each solo is a marvel. But having been knocked out by these guys for ten years or so, someday I would hope they would surprise us.

Superb album.......2007-03-09

Dave Holland's Critical Mass should be on every jazz lover' s critical must list.

I give it my critical acclaim.......2006-12-10

Dave Holland's Quintet apparently doesn't subscribe to the notion that a CD's music should be as spontaneous and unrehearsed as possible. Instead, he works with the same people and, I'm presuming, songs for a while before recording. Rather than suffocating any sparks, this group is unafraid to let go, knowing that the band will be backing them up. The songs on this CD are well-written, they show great interplay (when someone solos, the rest of the band will play supporting lines more than simply dropping out), and the musicianship is topnotch. Chris Potter is excellent, Robin Eubanks on trombone can sound like a trumpet at times, and Steve Nelson is exemplary. The overall mood of the CD is funky -- which is achieved not through repetitious grooves but through having the band stop and turn on a dime. Nate Smith's drumming is a big part of it - listen to the similar work he does on Chris Potter's Underground CD. This is the best CD of 2006, and 2006 was a strong year, with good stuff by Dave Douglas, SF Jazz Collective, Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, Ben Allison, Mehldau/Metheny, and the Chicago Undergroud Duo.

Out of the ordinary .......2006-11-21

It takes extraordinary musicians to make a jazz group without piano sound full, but it's no problem for the Dave Holland quintet. Steve Nelson's chordal vibe work fills in the harmonies and I don't even notice the absence of keys. In fact, it's details like this, and the feeling that this is a live recording, that makes this disc stand out. The complementary interplay of Chris Potter (sax), and Robin Eubanks (trombone) is tight; a sort of telepathic bond signals them when to back off, step up, or play in unison. Nate Smith has some vast rock influenced drum chops that remind me at times of Manu Katche, and Dave Holland's bass playing, as usual, is spot on, and tastefully anchors the rhythm. The songwriting on "Critical Mass" includes compositions from all band members, that range from upbeat - "The Eyes Have It", "Vicissitudes" and "Lucky Seven", the blues tinged "Easy Did It", or "Amator Silenti" that begins mellow but blasts unexpectedly into a spurt of free jazz.

Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Recordings

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Fantasy released this in the 1970's

Charles Mingus in Paris: The Complete America Recordings
Charles Mingus
Manufacturer: Sunny Side Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000P46QC2
Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Reincarnation Of a Lovebird
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Love Is a Dangerous Necessity
Blue Bird
Pithecanthropus Erectus

Tracks:

Reincarnation Of a Lovebird
Reincarnation Of a Lovebird
Reincarnation Of a Lovebird
Reincarnation Of a Lovebird
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Blue Bird
Reprise
Love Is a Dangerous Necessity
Love Is a Dangerous Necessity
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Pithecanthropus Erectus

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Thankfully, the brains behind this double-disc reissue of two almost forgotten 1970 sessions determined that the first CD should be simply the six tracks originally released on the America label. The false starts and incomplete and alternate takes are left for the second disc. This way, the album closes properly -- in a fit of passion, with Mingus's sextet spinning intense yarns out of "Pithecanthropus Erectus," a tune un-recorded in the studio since 1956. Here, Jaki Byard gets a midnight solo, wobbling on the rails between his well-known clustering talent and his deeply lyrical bent. Bobby Jones on tenor, Charles McPherson on alto, and Eddie Preston on trumpet offer a variety of predispositions, mostly post-bop but certainly aware of the tonal advances Eric Dolphy made with Mingus. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is lovely, slightly tense - which helps with the drama, and "Peggy's Blue Skylight" is dynamic and lazily vigorous. As for the second disc, it's instructional in how Mingus the bandleader thought and led: beyond that, it's for the initiates only. Keep in mind that these tunes comprise the first studio album Mingus made after Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus and show the bassist returning to the forge, readying himself for the great stuff yet to come with George Adams and Don Pullen. --Andrew Bartlett

Product Description

This was recorded on October 31st 1970 in a single, sleepless night, the fleeting space of a session that took place almost undetected, and in a sort of urgent calm. The scene was a deserted Decca studio on the rue Beaujon, a stone's throw from the Champs-Élysées. From both a historical and a musical standpoint, this unexpected session it was anything but premeditated undeniably stands apart in the bassist's work; originally released as two records (Pithycanthropus Erectus and Blue Bird), and here reissued for the first time in its entire, intimate dramaturgy, the recordings constitute precious and moving testimony to one of the least-documented periods of his exceptional career; with hindsight, it was a period that saw the decisive moment when, after years of doubt and silence, Mingus found a new confidence, and his faith in his music; it was the instant when he began his final, creative resurrection.

Customer Reviews:

Fantasy released this in the 1970's.......2007-05-24

While acting like this has never been heard before in America, Fantasy (or maybe it was Milestone) released this music on 2 double albums in the early 1970's. It is a great set of music. This is my favorite version of Pithyecanthropus Erectus. Part of this session was also released on the French label Accord in 1985 and the CD was titled Charlie Mingus Pithycanthropus Erectus. Once again, it is truly a great set of Mingus music. If you like Mingus get it!

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Ugh, how disappointing
Good Music
Great oldy, but goodies for the kids to sing along to.
CD for my Grandchild
The Sunny Side of The Street

The Sunny Side of the Street
John Lithgow
Manufacturer: Razor & Tie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GH3PWW
Release Date: 2006-08-29

Tracks:

Getting to Know You
On The Sunny Side
Pick Yourself up
Baby
Be Human
You Got To Have Pep
Everyone Says I Love You
Inka Dinka Doo
I Always Say Hello To A Flower
The Laughing Policeman
Song OF The Sewer
Manatee
Lullaby In Ragtime

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The world hardly needed more evidence, but The Sunny Side of the Street proves unequivocally that there's nothing John Lithgow puts his name on that doesn't secrete charm by the bucketful. This particular CD, his third for kids, is fairly well drenched in it. The spirit of the disc is captured handily by the cover art, which pictures Lithgow as a bumbershoot-toting dandy skipping along Broadway amid an animated coterie; a few songs in, you can practically hear him soft-shoeing it in front of a sweet-sounding kids' chorus on the gently encouraging "Pick Yourself Up." Guest stars abound--the vocal marvel Madeleine Peyroux on the title track, cabaret star Maude Maggart on the lively "Baby!," and Seinfeld's Wayne Knight on "Inka Dinka Doo"--but as on previous discs, Lithgow shines brightest when the spotlight is aimed squarely and exclusively on him. "I Always Say Hello to a Flower" allows him to cut up to such bent-minded lyrics as "I always say bonjour to a lilac/Bonjour bonjour bonjour/But I'm absolutely mute with a bully in a suit/And I never talk to fruit, heaven knows," while "The Laughing Policeman" features him guffawing unstoppably--not to mention contagiously--for a good two minutes. "Be Human," on which the sage advice to "have a tender word for every animal and bird" is doled out repeatedly before a kicky Dixieland band, benefits from a particularly astute ending: "A toucan can't be human," Lithgow speak-sings with characteristic clear-eyed bonhomie before letting out a squawk, "but you can!" Few screwballs make such sweet-sounding sense. --Tammy La Gorce

Album Description

First, know this: A mystery lurks within the innocence, goofiness, and star-filled songs on John Lithgow's latest album for children, and his first for Razor & Tie, The Sunny Side of the Street.

It doesn't sound mysterious. Consider, for example, the easy-going opener, "Getting to Know You"; the breakneck, cartoon-energy acceleration of Betty Boop's "You've Gotta Have Pep"; the squawks and shrieks of "I'm a Manatee"; the sly banter with Wayne Knight (who starred with Lithgow on 3rd Rock from the Sun and played Newman on Seinfeld) throughout "Inka Dinka Doo"'; the stylish jazz of Madeleine Peyroux, the Broadway styling of Sheri Rene Scott, the teasing interplay between Lithgow and cabaret legend-to-be Maude Maggart, and of course those kids from the United Nations School, singing along and stealing the spotlight more than once …

Undeniably, The Sunny Side of the Street is a perfect album for children.

Customer Reviews:

Ugh, how disappointing.......2007-04-21

Doesn't compare to his first kids CD, which is so much fun to listen to, especially for the kids; this selection just doesn't get my 4 yr old & 2 yr old going. My kids enjoy singing along & enjoy songs that they can relate to. Ones that are silly and they can easily understand that the song is trying to be silly. Even I was bored by the selection as I was hoping for some toe-tapping songs to sing along with. I love Lithgow, but this CD collects dust.

Good Music.......2007-01-12

This is an excellent product to have for the young one's. Have a copy at home and in the car. One of a collection of great to sing along with CDs.

Great oldy, but goodies for the kids to sing along to........2007-01-12

Great songs for kids to relax and have fun with.
Thanks for bringing some of these old songs to life
John Lithgow for the next generation to appreciate.

CD for my Grandchild.......2007-01-10

My grandsons have several CD's from John Lithgow and love to listen to them while in the car. I like the music on "Sunny Side of the Street" myself!

The Sunny Side of The Street.......2007-01-10

This is a great CD. It is really for children,but it will put adults in a happy mood listening to this kind of music. Children as well as adults will enjoy.

Cafe De Flore: Rendez-Vous a Saint-Germain-des-Pres

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Ambience, cafe au lait and croissants!
Chill world music that makes you happy.

Cafe De Flore: Rendez-Vous a Saint-Germain-des-Pres
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sunny Side
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008AY6F
Release Date: 2003-02-18

Tracks:

I Feel Blue - Lakasha
Senor - Paris Combo
Black Trombone - Serge Gainsbourg
Besame Mucho - Diana Krall
L'Eau A La Bouche (Inedit) - Yuri Buenaventura
Petite Lola - Anna Karina
Les Amants - Nery
Ques-Tu Passe Mon Saint-Germain-Des-Pres? - Nicoletta
5 P.M. At Cafe De Flore - Cafe De Flore: Rendez-Vous A Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
Je Cherche Un Homme (I Want A Man) - Eartha Kitt
Ainsi Soit-Elle (Inedit) - Chet
Les hommes Endormis - Brigitte Bardot
La Folie Douce - Julien Baer
Il N'Y A Plus D'Abonne Au Numero Que Vous Avez Demande - Isabelle Aubret
Quand On S'Aime - Michel Legrand
Tomorrow Is My Turn (L'Amour C'Est Comme Un Jour) - Nina Simone
About Love In Saint-Germain-Des-Pres - Cafe De Flore: Rendez-Vous A Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
Plus Je T'Embrasse - Blossom Dearie
Strip Tease - Nico
J'Suis Ton Mec - Marc Gauvin
Sormou - Lakasha

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Taking a cue from the Buddha Bar compilations, this collection of nu-jazz swing and martini music represents the sound and feel of a popular coffeehouse, in this case the Café De Flore in Paris' Saint-Germain district. With the likes of Serge Gainsbourg, Diana Krall. and Eartha Kitt represented, the music is both grown up enough to play for the in-laws and filled with enough hipster irony to attract members of the younger cocktail nation. The combination of young and old plays out literally on record as well; songs from icons like Nina Simone rub up against the 21st century dance-bop of Lakasha and Paris Combo. More jazz than dance, and much! better suited for a rainy day than sunny Ibiza-style chill compilations, it's ritzy cabaret-style pop. --Matthew Cooke

Album Description

This compilation conveys the mood of the place, timeless, light & romance of the Parisian cafe. 21 tracks from the likes of Diana Krall, Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg, Blossom Dearie, & more. Sunnyside. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Ambience, cafe au lait and croissants!.......2005-09-24

I stumbled upon this amazing CD when I was shopping for the Saint Germain Des Pres Cafe series (all of which are fabulous by the way).
The ambience from the first track, "I Feel Blue" sets the scene for the whole album, however expect surprises, just when you settle back and chill to the tunes of more like this, (especially the beautiful track 8, "Ou Es-Tu Passe Mon Saint Germain Des Pres"? by Nicoletta), suddenly expect to tap your feet to the amazing "Quand On S'Aime" by Nana Mouskouri (I know!!!) and Michel Legrand. This uptempo track is contagious and continues through the CD. Contemporary artists and tunes mix with beautiful sounds from Nina Simone and Blossom Dearie. Put this CD on, make a cafe latte, sit back in the sun with the Sunday papers and just relax..you deserve it.

Chill world music that makes you happy........2004-03-16

I picked up Cafe De Flore to try and learn some French before a vacation, and I haven't been able to quit listening to this wonderful album. The songs are arranged perfectly, and the diverse selection of artists shows a true appreciation for all types of music.

Tracks:

Gogol
Manifesto
Overnight
Bermuda Triangle
Dot
Armellodie
Carnivalse
Meischeid
Paristocrats
Gentle Threat
The Tourist
Salon Salloon
Oregano
Basmati
C.M Blues
One Note At A Time

Customer Reviews:

relaxing piano music in black and white.......2007-07-19

The liner notes say that it is like music from a silent movie. I think that that's a pretty good description. I'd say it fits in somewhere between jazz and classical. Pretty distinctive sounding... I heard it on the radio and remembered what time it played and then looked it up on the internet. Thanks kcrw for introducing me to cool music.

Nice sleeping music!.......2007-05-14

Love this disc. Good to listen to pure piano for a change. Gonzales does create some good melodies though. Not inaccessible at all, but easy to listen too.

Average customer rating:

Historical, but conceptual innovation may overshadow a little of the content
classic and infectious
perfectly great music
postmodern africa
Regal Juju

Juju Music
King Sunny Ade
Manufacturer: Fontana Island
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Africa | International | Styles | Music

Nigeria | Africa | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000003QI0
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Ja Funmi
Eje Nlo Gba Ara Mi
Mo Beru Agba
Sunny Ti De Ariya
Ma Jaiye Oni
365 Is My Number/The Message
Samba/E Falaba Lewe

Amazon.com

Quite possibly the most beautiful and influential West African record ever released internationally, Juju Music remains a revelation. With a phalanx of electric guitars that functions like a percussion section, and talking drums that sound like a gossipy Greek chorus, Nigerian juju star King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, all 20 of them, proved that African music could be as complex, dramatic, and symphonic as any European ensemble. Some thanks must go to French producer Martin Meissonier, who took the basic elements of Ade's sound--unison guitars, Yoruban drumming, seamless song medleys, and self-reflexive lyrics--and added a diverse assortment of Jamaican production techniques to heighten, deepen, and psychedelicize a sound that, with Ade's deliciously sweet vocals and the haunting strains of Demala Adepoju's Hawaiian steel guitar, was plenty wild to begin with. A masterpiece. --Richard Gehr

Customer Reviews:

Historical, but conceptual innovation may overshadow a little of the content.......2007-05-29

By no means short of what it's massive reputation suggests, King Sunny Ade's legendary album is not without flaw. It is true that the disc still holds up as some of the most successful fusion of diverse African (and other) instrumentation to date, at least in the ears of lesser informed (ie: all those not integrated into the indie African music scene). The Nigerian classic became such from all the amazing experimental modes this band leader would explore when imparting his own characteristics unto this Juju music. Quite simply, there are still few African imports that have broken as much ground, but that is not too say a few tracks do not become mired in their own ramblings. Despite a few tracks missing perfection, the album's utterly infectious mixture of traditional and alternative groove-oriented elements continues to impress over time, offering plenty of sublime moments inside the tremendously bright experience.

classic and infectious.......2006-03-12

I wore out the grooves on the vinyl ... so I had to get the disc, which sounds great. A staple in any music lover's diet.

perfectly great music.......2003-11-23

I got this CD in a local book/CD store's reggae section. As timeless & beautifully as it is, I just want you to know that the music focuses more on the intricate African rhythms than upbeats, as he's from Nigeria & devoted to carrying traditions of Nigeria. Important thenes here are spirituality, mrality, & honor. This music, from conception to production, is a vision immaculately realized. That's why this has earned its reputation as one of the most monumental recordings of the 20th century, not only of this kind of music but ever!

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postmodern africa.......2003-05-08

What is astounding about this contemporary masterpiece is its absolute ground-breaking and utterly contemporary fusion of innumerable elements. About as experimental and open-hearted as music gets, the endless interweavings of various guitars, heavenly voices and subtle percussion have been killing me softly since it was first released. A masterpiece in any terms.

Regal Juju.......2003-01-24

Sunny Adé is the legenday King of Juju, a tough dance music that freely draws on the traditions of the Yoruba, Nigeria's largest tribe. The style is rooted in the complex call-and-response between the talking drums and the vocalists. Instruments on this album include electric, rhythm and steel guitars, bass drums, congas, bongos, shekere, maracas, keyboards and the famous talking drums. The imaginative production also includes reggae-style Dub effects. My favorite tracks include the catchy Ja Funmi, the polyrhythmic Sunny Ti De Ariya with its brilliant effects, the melodic and soulful Ma Jaiye Oni with its spectacular Hawaian steel guitar, and Samba/E Falabe Lewe where the steel guitar again comes to the fore. The most interesting thing about Juju is that it lends more importance to the drum and guitar than to the vocals while the melody develops in episodes, as opposed to the familiar verse-chorus format. Although the music is somewhat exotic, this album is accessible enough for the adventurous listener and will soon become a favorite if you give it a chance.

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