Cafe Noir: Coctail & Lounge, Vol. 2 [Import]

Cafe Noir: Coctail & Lounge, Vol. 2 [Import]

Track Listings

1. Personality - DJ Rodriguez

2. Bow Wow - Tommy Bass

3. Cou Cou - Daniele Luppi

4. Cracked Jack - LTJ X-Perience

5. Crazy Beat - Montefiori Cocktail

6. 69 Degrees - Man Sueto

7. Blues Work - Marc 4

8. Stock

9. Linda - Sam Paglia

10. Phonografia

Cafe Noir: Coctail & Lounge, Vol. 2,Various Artists,Pyramide,Dance,Lounge

Average customer rating:

Beautiful Music

Cafe Noir
Papa Noel
Manufacturer: Tumi Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Africa | International | Styles | Music
General | International | Styles | Music
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Watina

ASIN: B000N6UCRC
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

Africa Mokili Mobimba
Democratie
Lolita
Salsa Africaine
Cafe Noir
Sandokan
Soleil
Tomatito
Soukous Son
Latin Reverie

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Papa Noël (born Antoine Nedule Monswet on Christmas Day, 1940, hence the affectionate nickname) is one of the greatest African guitarists of all time. His bell-like, rounded, tone, shimmering quicksilver runs and ability to pull ecstatic melodies out of the air -- he never plays any tune the same way twice -- have made him a national treasure with an international fan base. Noël has sat in innumerable seminal bands, from Franco's legendary Kinshasa-based OK Jazz and to the very popular modern Afro-Cuban outfit, Kékélé; in fact, his biography reads like a history of rumba Congolaise from its inception to the present day. And he is equally celebrated as a composer. His gloriously upbeat anthem, "Africa Mokili Mobimba" is known and loved throughout the Continent and a festive, large-scale version of it, complete with a playfully extroverted call-and-response chorus and tasty sax riffs from Noël's contemporary, Cameroonian superstar Manu Dibango (of "Soul Makossa" fame), opens the album. Accompanied by a stellar team that includes Abby Surya and Pierre Belkos (vocals) plus Rey Crespo (arrangements) and host of journeyman Cuban instrumentalists, Noël has fashioned a valentine to the re-Africanization of Cuban rumba. In his hands, both traditions are ineffably enriched and strengthened, as the circle is resealed, source-to-source. --Christina Roden

Album Description

"A profoundly moving experience." -- The Times

"A stunner." -- fRoots

"Spell-binding performance ... wonderfully atmospheric." -- Songlines

"Magical ... obvious warmth and natural empathy." -- Straight No Chaser

"Elegant and sparkling." -- Plastiks

"A perfectly balanced Afro-Cuban combination ... a heady cross-cultural cocktail and, in the end, the mood and rhythms proved irresistible." -- Bath Chronicle

Papa Noel is one of the greats of African music, a guitarist of exceptional talent, with a career that stretches back forty years. CafÃ© Noir brings together Africa and Cuba in a cross-border collaboration of spicy Latin rhythms and Congolese rumbas. Papa Noel is joined by a host of Cuban and African greats on this unique album.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Music.......2007-06-08

Papa Noel was featured on NPR Radio. What little I had heard it sounded beautiful. I was pleasantly surprised when I listened to this CD. It's so relaxing to listen to. It's upbeat and lively. Super music to listen to pool side! I am now sampling his other CD's and intend on buying them.

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Cafe Noir: Chill Out, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Pyramid
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005LK8J
Release Date: 2004-07-05

Tracks:

Crop - S 4
At The River - The Jazzy Groove Armada
Love Planet - Dub Alchemist
Meet My Sensei - DJ Rodriguez
Afterhour - Zeb
Fluid - Jestofunk
Blooming - Bossa Nostra
Aqua - Don Carlos
Blue Mambo - DJ Cesar
Baila - The Big Nowhere

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Cafe Noir: Chill House, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Pyramide
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005N8WA
Release Date: 2001-06-12

Tracks:

Crop - S 4
At The River - The Jazzy Groove Armada
Love Planet - Dub Alchemist
Meet My Sensei - DJ Rodriguez
Afterhour - Zeb
Fluid - Jestofunk
Blooming - Bossa Nostra
Aqua - Don Carlos
Blue Mambo - DJ Cesar
Baila - The Big Nowhere

Average customer rating:

Hauntingly beautiful
Superb Modern Gipsi-Style Music !!!!
Vintage Guitar Magazine Review:

Cafe Noir
Cafe Noir [Trio Pied de Poule]
Manufacturer: Carpe Diem
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
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Waltz King

ASIN: B000000NBC
Release Date: 1994-08-19

Tracks:

Strictly Dyno
La Manouche
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5, Aria Cantilena
Gitanos
For Matyi
Zeybekiko
K.P.
Variations On a Theme By Paganini
Tut Hi Tschi, Man Hi Tschi

Customer Reviews:

Hauntingly beautiful.......2004-04-27

I absolutely love this CD. I first discovered this group on some compilation album that featured "Tut Hi Tschi, Man Hi Tschi" and I became obsessed to find the album, which was no easy task, as it was fairly obscure even then. I believe I bought it from Amazon, unsure it was the right one. What a joy to have it, though. The musicians are virtuosi, the compositions are joyful and varied, and the melodies are memorable. It's a captivating mix of Gypsy folk, classical and Texas swing. Django Reinhart and Stephane Grappelli certainly made their stamp on the group, but so have Bob Wills, Chopin and Raymond Scott. Highly recommended.

Superb Modern Gipsi-Style Music !!!!.......2002-07-01

this is a great modern gipsi style music CD !!! very progressive gipsi-styled swing in the style of Romane [IMO, gypsy jazz guitars' best modern composer ] along with interesting interpretations of Villa Lobos' Bachanai Braziliana & Paganini's 24th caprice... not really mainstream gypsy music BUT amazing violin playing by Gale Hess [ one of the best post-Grappelli classicly inspired violinists i've heard ] & the guitarists on this CD can really swing... if you have adventurous ears & love modern gipsi music- this is a great instrumental CD for you

Vintage Guitar Magazine Review:.......1998-07-24

Café Noir's music is eclecticism at its best. The band's music is esoteric and eccentric---and at the same time, it's exciting and inviting. With roots in Django's swing, the Austin, Texas, group has pushed the limits of Gypsy jazz. This, the band's first, self-titled CD was released on Carpe Diem Records in 1988, and featured an eclectic mix of originals, a musette piece by Tony Moreno and Joe Colombo, and a Paganini theme. Notice was served that Café Noir was up to something new. All of Café Noir's releases are immensely creative albums from a talented group of musicians seeking to extend Gypsy jazz--and music in general--to its furthest extremes.

Average customer rating:

Unusually Beautiful Music
similar to "the waltz king" .....superb
Vintage Guitar Magazine Review:

Window to the Sea
Cafe Noir
Manufacturer: Carpe Diem
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Cafe Noir

ASIN: B000000NB8
Release Date: 1994-08-21

Tracks:

Window To The Sea
The Battle Of The 5 & Dime
The Long Slow Slide
Rue Des Reves (Street of Dreams)
The Little Pill
End Of The Circle
Monsiuer Verdoux
Follow The Money
La Maja
The Orange King
Dieter's Dance
An American Hymn

Customer Reviews:

Unusually Beautiful Music.......2003-11-09

* The first time I heard WINDOW TO THE SEA I was looking at the
ocean waves in Lincoln City, Oregon. The title song perfectly
complimented my visual experience. Every track in this musical collage is art in and of it's self. Each tells it's own story that is worth hearing. I strongly encourage you to read the music pamphlet enclosed in order to obtain a better understanding and appreciation for the artists and the tales that are told. This is in the top 10 favorites of all the music I have owned.

similar to "the waltz king" .....superb.......1998-08-07

if you've not heard this record or "the waltz king" by cafe noir, the two are very similar. I give a slight nod to "the waltz king", but both are fabulous. If you own one, you must have the other. Please see my review of "the waltz king". Very original music by virtuoso players and composers. The finest recorded music I have ever heard, these 2 albums from Cafe Noir!

Vintage Guitar Magazine Review:.......1998-06-13

Café Noir's music is eclecticism at its best... Several songs feature vocals that are over the top, but all in all, this CD is an innovative opera, the pieces flowing--and at times, crashing--into each other. All of Café Noir's releases are immensely creative albums from a talented group of musicians seeking to extend Gypsy jazz--and music in general--to its furthest extremes.

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an amazing trip to a far off place
Melancholy the way it used to be ...
Droopy afternoon coffee music
disappointing follow-up CD to Cafe Noir...
Good but not Live

Waltz King
Cafe Noir
Manufacturer: Carpe Diem
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000NBE
Release Date: 1995-04-25

Tracks:

The Three Daughters of Benito Moni
Helena
L'image
Valse Triste
Lulu Swing
In Love Alone
Andante & Galop
The Great William L.
Lass Maro Tschatschepen
Schmoozin' with Susan
One More Waltz, Mary Rose
Cafe Madrid
The Lonely Man
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Customer Reviews:

an amazing trip to a far off place.......2006-01-02

This album is Cafe Noir's best recording in my opinion. There is song after song of great and memorable music. The guitar work is amazing, and the compositional style is highly refined. There is so much subtle beauty in this album, as well as an infectious flare. I love this album, and I hate that the group seemingly wont be making any more music.

Melancholy the way it used to be ..........2003-04-08

Waltz King is definitely my favourite CD: the melody of the songs, the viruosity of the musicians and above all the melancholic yet happy sounds of the violin... For a moment you will think you are listening to a beautiful Hungarian gypsy song, while on the other, the serene sounds will remind you of Chopin.
An inspiring mixture of gypsy, jazz, classic and folk music!

Droopy afternoon coffee music.......2002-10-26

Ah, I just love Cafe Noir. I remember them from Dallas, way back in the '80s. At any rate, if you are looking for intelligent, European-sounding background music for your next cocktail party, this is it. Even the singing is low-key and melancholy.

disappointing follow-up CD to Cafe Noir..........2002-07-01

Cafe Noir's self-titled first CD is an instrumental modern classic of gypsy 'n' classical musics... BUT this CD is a disappointment to my ears as i do not enjoy the singer or his lyrics or his compositions on this CD & other Cafe Noir CDs... i bought it & quickly sold it at my local used CD store...

Good but not Live.......2000-01-22

The CD is good, but not nearly as good as I was wishing for. It just didn't have the same style as the live performance I bought it at did. While it is still really cool, you have to see this group perform live. They are absolutely fantastic and like nothing I've ever heard before.