Tom's Diner [Import] [CD-single]

Tom's Diner [Import] [CD-single]

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House. Kenny Blake Releases his Interpretation of the Suzanne Vega Classic 'Tom's Diner'.

Tom's Diner,Kenny Blake,Edel Germany,Crossover Jazz,Jazz,Pop,Post-Bop

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Something different for the evening

Classic Waits at his sardonic best

One of the greatest live albums, ever.

Here's the lowdown Brown. This is the scoop Betty Boop.

Ton Waits Nighthawks at the Diner review

Nighthawks at the Diner
Tom Waits
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002GYG
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Opening Intro
Emotional Weather Report
Intro
On A Foggy Night
Intro
Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan ....)
Intro
Better Off Without A Wife
Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)
Intro
Warm Beer And Cold Women
Intro
Putnam County
Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission)
Nobody
Intro
Big Joe And Phantom 309
Spare Parts II And Closing

Amazon.com essential recording

As tour guide on a trip through the midnight-to-dawn streets of Los Angeles that the beautiful people never see through the smoked-glass windows of their limos, Waits details the lives of hipsters, down-and-outers, and lost causes in latter-day beat poetry and small-jazz-combo arrangements. This live album from 1975 almost has the quality of standup comedy, but the routines are richer and more carefully drawn. Check out the vivid detail, low humor, and hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold emotionalism Waits brings to songs such as "Nighthawk Postcards," "Putnam County," and a memorable reading of trucker poet Red Sovine's "Big Joe and Phantom 309." --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

Something different for the evening.......2007-03-19

This is unlike any other Tom Waits album. It was recorded live with a Jazz Quartet backing him, now I can hear you thinking immediately this is going to be dreadful - its not.
In fact its astonishing, there are no long solos, the backing quartet just provide a swinging backdrop for Waits to weave his unusual brand of story telling.
Sometimes very funny, occasionally sad and always lyrically interesting, Waits scats/talks and sings in his distinctive growl.
You might want to hear this first, before purchasing, as I concede it's not going to be everybody's cup of tea.
However it has remained my favourite Tom Waits album for decades now, despite Swordfishtrombones etc.

Classic Waits at his sardonic best.......2007-01-10

Waits's sense of humor shines on this album, delivered almost as a stand-up comedy act (with jazz quartet, of course). His hilarious comentary and recitations provoke some genuine belly-laughs (I doubled over in spots). Yet his lyrics retain the beautiful artistry that he has become known for.

The songs vary from the hilarous ("Better Off Without a Wife") to the mysterious (his rendition of Red Sovine's "Phantom 309") to the beautifully tragic ("Putnam County"). He offers up tributes to love ("Nobody") and tributes to barrooms ("Warm Beer and Cold Women"). Throughout, Waits banters with the crowd, which becomes a staple of his performance on here--his chatter with the audience actually becomes part of the music on the album. The result is a comedy album that isn't comedy, a jazz album that isn't jazz...but whatever it is, it's absolutely brilliant.

One of the greatest live albums, ever........2006-03-25

Who has the guts to release a live album that is composed of songs that don't appear on studio release albums by the artist? I can't think of one though I'm sure they exist.

First, it was a double album. That was a feat by itself.
Second, it's so natural to have this smokey piano lounge set committed to vinyl and now cd, Tom's music fit like a glove as a live release. His between song banter is delightful and has been a hallmark of his live shows throughout his career. The guy's a comedian, intelligent and successfully creates and maintains a character that's interesting, fun and ya can't, I can't, tell if it's him or not, though it's quite likely similar to Woody Allen's screen character that is simply not his real life self, maybe just a cousin.

This is another album that's perfect for night, in fact, late night driving.

'Emotional Weather Report' is so perfectly ended. A real coup. This song takes you someplace and leaves you off somewhere else. A pure pleasure. His word ability shining here.
'On A Foggy Night' another journey he takes us on.
'Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan ....)'. It's funny, as great as he is with language and imagrey, with bringing something into sharp focus by a turn of a phrase, each time, at least on his 70's albums, that he talks about waitresses, it just don't swing. I don't know what it is but his clever word work just gets off the track for that bit of life he tries to convey and leaps back on for each and every one of his other image making phrases. Funny. Odd. Surprising.
'Better Off Without A Wife' is such the coolest song. Should this be played at weddings (probably not) or bachelor parties (probably).
'Warm Beer And Cold Women'. Almost howlin' at the moon time.
'Nobody'. Man, is this a classic or what? I still get misty eyed whenever I hear this song. From the heart. Love song man.
'Big Joe And Phantom 309'. Story telling at its peak. Yes, someone else wrote it he tells us but he sings it like it came right outta him. Beautiful, evokative. Trippy man.

Dont' have this album? And yer lookin' at TOM WAITS CD's on Amazon.com? Get it man. You cannot fail. This will please and delight, yourself and others, virtually everyone who hears it 'cept, uh, I dunno. BARRY MANILOW and JOURNEY fans, I'm pretty sure.

What's it like when you still dig an album 30 years later? A testament to an artist who can create a work that is not crippled by the passing of time, whose work continues to please and amaze and calm and delight, long after the first introduction. Long after baby. chrisbct@hotmail.com

Here's the lowdown Brown. This is the scoop Betty Boop........2006-01-22

This is it. Bebop poetry at its best. Early Waits in all his resplendent glory, rapping on everything from "green gabardines" to "dangerous veal cutlets" and "a yellow biscuit of a buttery cue ball moon rollin' maverick across an obsidian sky." This is a mind boggling live performance from 1975, featuring Waits in top form, channeling Ferlinghetti, Lenny Bruce, the Beats, Lord Buckley, and filtering it through a salacious, strepy voice. Waits may not be a singer, but he's a master of rhythmic diatribe, often utilizing Ken Nordine-style word-jazz and scat phrasing. As a result, most of his "tunes" sound like poetic breath control exercises. What Waits' voice does to words is unbelievable. It slices and dices them, syllable by syllable, garbles their vowels, sucks them down to the bare consonant, molds them into a bolus of half-human sound, and spits them out like pieces of teeth from the mouth of a broken prize fighter. His lyrics linger in the listener's memory like the brown haze of an urban smog ignited by approaching twilight. Let's face it, the dude is a genius.

"Nighthawks at the Diner," while not Waits' best album, is at least a great early representation of his stage act. It is as important to understanding his roots as Randy Newman's live 1971 album is to that singer's history. It veers from hilarious and profound to maudlin and dull, then back again. The intro and outro are the highlights of the evening. In the middle it gets boozy. And the less he "sings," the better the performances are. This is closer to a comedy album with jazz backing than a straight musical album. I guarantee you've never heard anything like it. And once you've heard it, you'll never hear anything like it again.

And now, as Waits himself puts it, "It's time to make like a hockey player and get the puck out of here....Time to make like a bakery truck and haul buns."

Ton Waits Nighthawks at the Diner review.......2005-09-28

Tom Waits' best! Jazzy edge with witty beat poetry feel. Beautiful and raunchy and real. This CD captured a great live performance in this planet's music history. Ranks among the best in my collection.

Frederica von Stade sings Dorumsgaard, Mahler, Ives, Poulenc and others

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Dorumsgaard; who knew?
Recitals should always be as thoughtful as this one
Absolutely priceless early Von Stade not available elsewhere

Frederica von Stade sings Dorumsgaard, Mahler, Ives, Poulenc and others
Arne Dorumsgaard , Jules Massenet , Jacques Offenbach , Francis Poulenc , Benjamin Britten , Charles Ives , Gustav Mahler , Mario Bernardi , Frederica von Stade , and Martin Isepp
Manufacturer: Gala
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2000-06-06

Customer Reviews:

Dorumsgaard; who knew?.......2006-07-18

This is a great CD. I bought this CD specifically because I am a fan of Flicka. The CD opened a whole new world of music to me.
Dorumsgaard is an amazing composer who has, I've come to find out, over 20 volumes of beautiful music written for the voice and piano.

This has led me to other singers who have recorded his music.

This CD, however, stands alone as a great recital from top to bottom by Frederica von Stade.

Recitals should always be as thoughtful as this one.......2002-07-26

This is a great find, recorded live in Edinburgh in 1976. Hearing this outstanding concert, it is easy to understand why Von Stade has a reputation for intimate rapport with an audience; she has a beautiful instrument coupled with unusually sensitive interpretive skills, plus a sense of humor. The program is wide-ranging and includes two of her best-known encores, as well as a bonus track from Massenet's "Cendrillon," with full orchestra conducted by Mario Bernardi.

The Ives set, with its contrasts in color and mood, could be a microcosm for the entire recital. "Memories," with its two contrasting parts, seems to be the audience favorite, judging from the laughter and spontaneous applause. And "Tom Sails Away" quietly quotes a familiar George M. Cohan song with gentle poignancy. The Mahler set is gorgeously done, as well as a colorful Poulenc group. And Benjamin Britten's haunting chord changes put a set of British folk songs in a fresh new context.

The two encores could not be more different: a sly rendition of the "Tipsy Song" from Offenbach's La Périchole, followed by Carol Hall's touching "Jenny Rebecca," which von Stade apparently learned after she heard it sung by Barbra Streisand.

Two small quibbles that keep this from being a five-star recommendation: the piano sound is a bit metallic, in the way that some live recordings can be. This should not deter anyone from purchasing the disc, and is no reflection whatsoever on Martin Isepp, whose outstanding playing and instincts are crucial to this recital's success. Also, the booklet notes are a bit sloppily edited. The track numbers begin with 1 through 7, then skip to 9 - i.e., track 9 should be no. 8, track 10 is no. 9, and so on. And the last paragraph just ends, with an incomplete sentence dangling in the air. But this is minor; just take a nice pen and make the changes in the booklet yourself.

An unusually varied recital by one of the most poised and intelligent singers of our time.

Absolutely priceless early Von Stade not available elsewhere.......1999-08-28

What a wonderful concert! The material is varied and well-executed. Only three years into her international career, Miss Von Stade shows here exactly why she became an ovenight sensation in Europe. Most of the material in this concert has not previously been available on record. For Von Stade fans, this is an absolute MUST. For others, who obviously have never heard her, this is a glorious introduction to one of the world's finest singers.

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A dance hit!!!

Tom's Diner
Kenny Blake
Manufacturer: Edel Germany
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Details

House. Kenny Blake Releases his Interpretation of the Suzanne Vega Classic 'Tom's Diner'.

Customer Reviews:

A dance hit!!!.......2001-04-16

The first time I heard the radio edit of this song , I was stunned! The groove makes you wanna dance. I usually prefer radio mixes to club mixes. I rated this track a five because it was produced by an artist of a different genre. Exceptional. A must for dance and club addicts.