Sirocco [Import]

Sirocco [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Sirocca, a 50-minute journey into the heart of modern Africa and Middle East with respectful nods to Mediterranean overtones, is a world music album with a modern groove and contemporary production techniques. New World. 2004.

Tracks:

Chilean Dance
Marley's Ghost
Three Dimensions - Wish
Three Dimensions - Into Dark
Three Dimensions - Higher Ground
Sirocco
Freelin'
Introduction to Sunburst / Sunburst
Evening Dance
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major - Prelude
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major - Allemande
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major - Courante
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major - Sarabande
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major - Bourree I
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major - Bourree II
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major - Bourree I recap
Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C major - Gigue

Customer Reviews:

Ignore those naysayers!.......2007-04-08

Just listen... York is a very good composer (would John Williams and so many others record his pieces otherwise?); and yes the Bach piece is great, but the rest are more of what I have come to love of Andrew York.

modern master.......2006-11-10

Andrew is the man. He operates on a different plain than other gutiarists and many of us wish we were there! This is a great batch of tunes with a variety of moods. Most classical guitar discs get momotonous after 5 tracks, but andrew keeps it going till the end. If you're looking for a recording of "sunburst" it's here and worth the price of the disc alone, but check out clips of "marley's ghost" and "evening dance," his other more popular works. a bach cello suite arranged for guitar makes this the perfect cd if you are just looking for a classical guitar cd for your collection.

Windom Hill and Bach.......2006-10-01

The Bach was okay, but I could have done without the Windom Hill Sampler. York is not a composer, and should stick to playing.

Important Bach Performance.......2005-09-29

This is a fine cd, including many of Andrew's original compositions. York studied cello as a youth. His performance of the Bach cello suite is the only one of which I am aware that plays only the notes actually written by Bach rather than supplying bass notes and ornaments. It is a very distinct, concentrated, almost primal version of the piece that is in all likelihood truer to Bach's intentions.

Disappointing follow-up.......2004-07-19

Unfortunately, after a ten year hiatus from solo guitar composing, York copped out with this release which he shamelessly fills with 21 minutes of a Bach cello suite which everyone else has recorded; and, the cello suite, doesn't fit with the rest of the CD.

Check out Denouement to hear how good York used to be.

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More More More
lovely, swinging jazz

In the Now
Bob Sheppard
Manufacturer: Sirocco Jazz Limited
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000060OHN
Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

Bait & Switch
Alone
The Summer Knows
'Round Midnight
Charcoal Blues
Arrythmia
Shorter Story
Everything I Love
Easy Living
Wouldn't You

Customer Reviews:

More More More.......2006-01-31

Great CD! Can't stop listening to it. Bob is the most versatile woodwind player on the scene today. His soprano is impeccable---tone & intonation-- the best of anyone playing today. And he can swing hard (something that other players that also record in the pop idiom can't do well.) His compact-centered, biting but dark tenor tone can be hard or luscious. Easy Living is a good example of a perfect tenor ballad. Not a weak cut on the CD. Bob---it is time for another cd---we need more!!

lovely, swinging jazz.......2003-11-30

i really like the effortless and honest playing. it seems very spontaneous, and not over produced. the playing is very strong, and the tunes are memorable.
great band! hope to hear them live sometime.

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Stunningly good work from Robin Eubanks
Wonderful Interplay

Wake Up Call
Robin Eubanks
Manufacturer: Sirocco Jazz Limited
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Deer Wan

ASIN: B000005CJV
Release Date: 2000-06-23

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Customer Reviews:

Stunningly good work from Robin Eubanks.......2004-05-17

As much as I love his brilliant work on the more world-jazzy disc, Mental Images, Wake Up Call represents, I believe, Robin Eubanks's finest work on record to date.

Why's this one better?

It works out of a more typical jazz context, thus reducing the exotic factor and simultaneously raising the straight-ahead jazz bar. That Eubanks meets this challenge and surpasses the brilliance of Mental images is quite something.

The key, much as I'm reluctant to say it, giving my tepid reaction to most of his solo discs and his role in various Wynton Marsalis bands, is pianist Eric Reed. Here he lays down and establishes the exact right groove for this ambitious music. Whether it's the prickly, energetic vibe of the neglected Wayne Shorter opener, "United," or the sultry swing of Lee Morgan's gorgeous samba, "Ceora," Reed nails the vibe, setting the mood for what is surely Eubanks's strongest soloing on disc. Moreover, he rips off an absolute astounding solo on "Rush Hour." I'm afraid I've sorely underregarded this astounding musician. Or, maybe (as often happens), he's just had difficulty finding his ideal playing context. Whatever. He surely delivers here.

The rest of the band's all over it. I'd have to disagree with the view that there is something wrong with the bassist. Lonnie Plaxico, one of the more versatile and widely recorded jazz bassists, here turns in what I believe is one of his best performances on disc. I do agree that Duane Eubanks has perfectly caught the vibe, and that Antonio Hart, another somewhat neglected player, mightily contributes. Indeed, the ensemble playing is some of the best I've ever heard. And once again, Gene Jackson perfectly defines the percussion palette.

High points include a gorgeous, wistful rendering of Shorter's great vehicle, "Oriental Folk Song"; the extroverted Eubanks original and title cut, "Wake Up Call"; an achingly beautiful reading of the Rogers and Hart tune, "You Are Too Beautiful," a Eubanks/Reed/Plaxico trio, with the leader displaying a previously unheard burnished and romantic side; and "Rush Hour," a tricky post-bop number featuring some great band interaction, esp. between the brothers Eubanks (Robin and Duane).

This, for me, is what makes jazz worth it: fabulous playing, deep grooves, uncanny interaction, and a the deft swagger that comes only from musical companions of the highest accomplishment interacting at the loftiest levels.

Sweet.

Wonderful Interplay.......2001-03-24

Trombonist sometimes have problems in being objective when speaking of their hereos. I believe it fair to say that this is a great effort. This album does not show the depth of skill that Robin is capable of! However, the ensemble's sonic creations at times are glorious. So, I would recommend starting with a different album (if this is to be your introduction).

I have been a fan and student of Robin's music since his duet collaboration with fellow bone player Steve Turre. (Robin, please do a follow up recording!) The weak link here is in the bass playing. The flow is disruptive, never gels quite right. Maybe Dave Holland was unavailable for the gig? The youngest of the Eubanks clan (Duane) performance is laudable. This was his recording debut. The pick of tunes is strong. Check out the swing and chops on Scrapple From The Apple. My favorite tune on this outing definitely is Oriental Folk Song! Antonio Hart is brilliant in his communicative endeavours though out this session. Any album that highlights work from Lee Morgan and Wayne Shorter deserves attention!! Please do not ignore this work. It is worthy of the cost and most importantly your time!

Time and Spaces
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Time and Spaces
Eddie Henderson
Manufacturer: Sirocco Jazz Limited
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002VGRYK
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Tracks:

Water Babies
Spaces
Masqualero
Tender You
Entropoy
Summer Knows [Theme from Summer of '42]
Angola
Directions

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Wonderfully evocative

Dear Life
Joe Locke
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ASIN: B0001CCY10
Release Date: 2004-03-23

Tracks:

Wind In Your Willow
Dear Life
Cut And Paste
Eva
Ennui
For B.B.
Manhattan Rain
Malonius
Verrazano Moon

Customer Reviews:

Wonderfully evocative.......2004-10-30

Joe Locke, long a leading vibes player of his generation, with his last two discs (this one and 4 Walls of Freedom) has become one of the top bandleaders and songwriters on the jazz scene today. Returning with one half of the original 4 Walls of Freedom band (himself and drummer Gary Novak) and adding two new players (bassist Ed Howard replacing James Genus and Tommy Smith coming on board after the passing of Bob Berg), this new group is even stronger than the previous one. Locke and Novak have an uncanny rhythmic sense and Smith, the great but somewhat unsung Scottish tenor sax player, brings a wonderful Celtic folk-jazz sensibility to the proceedings which perfectly fits the vibe.

Indeed, this is another in a long line of simply fabulous world jazz offerings of the past two years. The folk music here comes not from Hispanic culture, as it so often does, but from the British Isles and Appalachia. These musics, culturally and geographically disparate as they may be, nevertheless share a similar deep feeling--one of melancholic joy, that is, sadness shot through with flashes of glory. Call it elegiac, euchatastrophic, whatever; it most accurately captures the truth of the human situation--one in which although we are made in the image of God, we are marred by imperfection, loss, and faded glory. But that, thankfully, is not the end of the story. Grace perfects nature, and though we can never live up to our high calling, there is One who has by his life, passion, death, and resurrection, and who gives His life to us if we are willing to receive it.

That is what I mean by euchatastrophy (a word coined by J.R.R. Tolkien), and that is what shines through this marvelous music, most gloriously and transparently in "Wind in the Willow," at just over 11 minutes the longest number on the album, and the title cut, the second longest number, but, really, all throughout the entire disc. There's also a deep mysteriousness pervading these proceedings, almost a kind of legerdemainic alchemy, although of a Christian not occult type (if that is possible)--the white magic that C.S. Lewis references in his space trilogy, not the black magic of paganism.

As if you can't tell, I'm completely blown away by this mesmeric music, some of the finest ever produced in a genre that is perhaps my very favorite. If any proof were needed of the greatness of this music, one need only listen to the achingly beautiful last track, "Verrazano Moon," with its Danny Boyish vibe, its pure elegiacism, its deep longing, its heavenly gloriousness.

Pure magic.

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Dave Heath: Sirocco

Manufacturer: Black Box Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000088NTK
Release Date: 2003-03-25

Tracks:

First Movement - John Anderson
Second Movement - John Anderson
Third Movement - John Anderson
First Movement: Ceilidh - Ittai Shapira
Second Movement: Lament For Collessie - Ittai Shapira
Third Movement: The Cooper Of Clapham - Ittai Shapira
Home From The Storm For Flute And Chamber Orchestra - William Bennett
The Sapphire For Oboe And Chamber Orchestra - John Anderson
Did Anyone See What Happened? - David Thomas
He Chose Me - David Thomas
Ich Hatt Einen Herzallerliebsten... - David Thomas
Lochalsh For Solo Violin - Ittai Shapira

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Hey there hot stuff....
A fitting finale
Brilliant

4 Walls of Freedom
Joe Locke
Manufacturer: Sirocco Jazz Limited
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ASIN: B00008V629
Release Date: 2003-05-27

Tracks:

4 Walls Of Freedom Suite: Movement #1 - Surfacing
4 Walls Of Freedom Suite: Movement #2 - Prayer
4 Walls Of Freedom Suite: Movement #3 - Searching
4 Walls Of Freedom Suite: Movement #4 - Ballet Of The Storni
4 Walls Of Freedom Suite: Movement #5 - Helping Hands
4 Walls Of Freedom Suite: Movement #6 - Look To This Day
Cresent Street
Suite Di Morfeo: Movement #1 - Now I Lay Me Down
Suite Di Morfeo: Movement #2 - Now In Darkness I Dream
Suite Di Morfeo: Movement #3 - Waking Now, I Wonder

Customer Reviews:

Hey there hot stuff...........2007-07-08

This band is on fire! Joe Locke (vibes), Gary Novak (drums), James Genus (bass) and the great Bob Berg (tenor sax) burn white hot through 62 minutes of Locke's intricate, tuneful compositions. Gerard Presencer (flugelhorn) guests on three tracks. If intense, high-energy jazz is your thing, this CD will put you in hog heaven. Small quibble: I wish the bass were higher in the mix. Bob Berg R.I.P.

A fitting finale.......2003-07-10

This is a really fine disc made all the more poignant because it's Bob Berg's last appearance on record. Tragically, the brilliant tenor saxophonist died in a car crash shortly after this disc was made. The fact that it's Joe Lock's session doesn't really matter: Berg is a monster presence throughout these proceedings. Indeed, ironically, it may be his best and most persuasive performance in his long and distinguished career.

But let's not dwell on that. Instead, let's celebrate this absolutely marvelous, even stunning, music. Oddly, this disc bears a distinct resemblance to Milagro, that brilliant Southwestern-flavored jazz disc by the great jazz pianist, Alan Pasqua. For starters, there's the Southwest packaging, with the giveaway being the turquoise wood molding on the back of the CD insert. A closer look reveals that it's not turquoise at all, but more baby blue, even periwinkle: thus Mediterranean, not Southwest. But you know what? It doesn't matter. More than mere packaging, there's a deep Four Corners-type feeling about this music. As I live in Monument, CO, one of the four states whose corners join to form the only contiguous point of four states in the US, I feel the deep Southwest vibe in this music. In reality, it may well be that this isn't a Southwestern vibe at all. After all, one of the cuts is called "Ballad of the Storni," and the reference is to birds that winter in Rome. Southwest, southern Italy, whatever. There's a definite warm-climate vibe here, and if I choose to identify it as Southwestern, who's to argue?

In any case, whatever the exact climactic/geographic referent, all four of these dudes are on the same musical page. And that page is one of my favorites-an elegiac, celebratory, ecstatic page: mystical, earthy, and transcendent.

The addition of Gerard Presencer, the monster British flugelhorn player, on a couple of cuts only enhances the glorious vibe happening here.

This continues the overwhelming feeling that 2003 is going to go down in the annuls of jazz history as one of the very finest years ever.

Brilliant.......2003-07-10

Bob Berg was a genius. He will be missed. This one's a keeper.

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Joe Locke and Frank Kimbrough . . .
Where did this guy come from?

Beauty Burning
Joe Locke
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ASIN: B00004T201
Release Date: 2000-06-13

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Quiet as It's Kept
Where Is Love?
I-95
Rasputainian Dance

Customer Reviews:

Joe Locke and Frank Kimbrough . . . .......2007-03-04

. . . a marriage made in heaven?

I'm beginning to think so. There's such an uncanny simpatico, such spectacular empathy, going down whenever these two get together, that one wonders why they don't form their own band together. Kimbrough and Locke--perhaps the two foremost contemporary jazz practioners of their particular instruments (piano and vibes) of the new millennium--never fail to produce music of the absolute highest standard. One thinks, for example, of their brilliant disc, The Willow (featuring spectacular percussion by the inimitable Jeff Ballard), as well as Saturn Cycle, another formidable outing. Add monster players Ray Drummond (bass) and Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums) and you have the makings of an absolute monster session. The inclusion of Paul Bollenback on guitar on three numbers only gooses the proceedings into even higher levels of felicitation.

Having listened to literally scores of Locke recordings, I can't understand why he isn't a major star of contemporary jazz. Certainly (with Steve Nelson, Stefon Harris, and Christos Rafalides) among the most creative of the post-Bobby Hutcherson generation of vibists, Locke has long since merited prime consideration as the inheritor of the Lionel Hampton vibraphone legacy.

This disc certainly does nothing to dispel that notion. One thing Locke accomplishes that few other vibists have been able to do is to situate his playing alongside a piano, an instrument of similar percussive and tonal dimensions, and still achieve enough timbral diversity and variety as to make the proceedings consistently interesting. Yes, the great Modern Jazz Quartet, featuring Lionel Hampton and John Lewis, assayed similar territory, but Locke/Kimbrough update and trump that venerable outfit, at least in my humble opinion.

A hugely significant though largely neglected disc. I urge you to do your part and "lock" onto this glorious music.

Where did this guy come from?.......2001-05-03

Where did this guy come from? Just when I thought I knew all of the vibes players (including myself), a friend plays this album for me! Wow! All of the lyricism of Milt Jackson and the fire and "Avante Guardeness" of Bobby Hutcherson! An excellent album with something for everybody.

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Watershed
Henry Hey Trio
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ASIN: B0000AUHR4
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Motion View
Sandscape
Get Your Goat On
Glenmore Story
Nem un Talvez
Cobalt
Knurl
Laurito
Not in So Many Words

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Sirocco
Christophe Goze
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ASIN: B0000AM74Q
Release Date: 2004-05-25

Album Description

Sirocca, a 50-minute journey into the heart of modern Africa and Middle East with respectful nods to Mediterranean overtones, is a world music album with a modern groove and contemporary production techniques. New World. 2004.

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