This Is How I Feel [Import]
This Is How I Feel [Import]
Track Listings
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1. Apres Ski
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2. Sun Comes Filtering Thru
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3. I Love Her More In The Summertime
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4. What's Your Name?
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5. Freetown
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6. Lucky Blue
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7. Headphone Music
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8. You & Me
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9. My Movie Is Like Life
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10. I Love Her More In The Summertime (Part 3)
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11. When Night Becomes Day
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12. Boy With The Gun
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Flf's 2002 Album is a Downtempo, Jazzish Delight. "Apres Ski", the First Single, is Deeply Atmospheric with Samba-esque Rhythms and a Hypnotic Bassline Underpin Vocodered Vocals by Chiqi . The Album Explores the Grooves Mark Barrott AKA Future Loop Foundation Has Developed Since Moving to Berlin in 2000, When He Began to Move Away from the Frantic Drive of D&b Into a More Relaxed, Eclectic Sound, Inspired by the Music He Heard in the Clubs and Cafés of the German Capital.
This Is How I Feel,Future Loop Foundation,Intergroove,Dance
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The Essential Leontyne Price: Spirituals, Hymns & Sacred Songs
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ASIN: B000003FWE
Release Date: 1997-01-14 |
Tracks:
- Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
- Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees - Various Artists
- His Name So Sweet - Various Artists
- 'Roun' About The Mountain - Various Artists
- Swing Low , Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
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- Were You There - Various Artists
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Tracks:
- Holy, Holy, Holy - Leontyne Price
- Lead, Kindly Light - Leontyne Price
- Blessed Assurance - Leontyne Price
- Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus - Leontyne Price
- Amazing Grace - Leontyne Price
- The Lord's Prayer - Leontyne Price
- Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior - Leontyne Price
- The Church's One Foundation - Leontyne Price
- Bless This House - Leontyne Price
- I Need Thee Every Hour - Leontyne Price
- Schlesische Volkslieder: Fairest Lord Jesus - Leontyne Price
- I Wonder As I Wander - Leontyne Price
- Ave Maria - Leontyne Price
- Porgy And Bess: Summertime - Leontyne Price
- America The Beautiful - Leontyne Price
- Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing - Leontyne Price
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Leontyne Price
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic - Leontyne Price
Customer Reviews:
The Price Club.......2005-04-28
"I am here," said Leontyne Price when interviewed as she opened the new Metropolitan Opera with Samuel Barber's underrated ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, "and you will know that I am the best and will hear me. The color of my skin or the kink of my hair or the spread of my mouth has nothing to do with what you are listening to." Back in the 1960s Price was one of the greatest divas in all of opera, and it wasn't just her voice but her magnificent stage presence, combined with her social activism. All of the above come into play in this collection of secular songs and ditties, some of them traditional plantation chanties and others, art songs and a scattering of pop music. And some of them, like Gershwin's "Summertime," cross the ever-permeable boundaries between Broadway and classical. These recordings were made at different times in Price's career, and her voice, while always angelic, has different shadings and reaches a different range of timbre in each separate recording date, but there is no question that, as time goes by, she is able to impart a richness of life experience noticeably absent from some of her earlier work.
"Ave Maria" sounds heavenly no matter which way you slice it, and as for "I Wonder As I Wander," it brings tears to your eyes. If you have a heart that's beating you will be moved by this rendition. "Ein feste Burg" is pretty strong, but Price seems more comfortable with the traditional spirituals, though perhaps it is the slightly off-kilter sounds of the Ambrosian Singers (what a name) who back her up on many of these tracks, that detract slightly from the experience. Compare "Lead Kindly Light" for a clear sense of what constitutes authority vs. what is a wee bit overproduced. If you had this compilation, and perhaps one of Leontyne Price's Christmas albums, you could attain nirvana any time you wanted to, just flip a switch and close your eyes, let her lift you up on wings of song.
A living legend.......2005-03-10
Leontyne Price (still alive) and already passing into immortality amongst vocal artists, both classical and popular. Leontyne Price stands at the pinnacle of her classical art, but those who only know her work in La Forza del destino or the Verdi Requiem are in for a heart rending treat with this album where Leontyne Price goes home to her roots in Mississippi and gives an unabashed account of the classic spirituals she sang as a young woman. Like John Mc Cormacks rendering of Irish songs there is a personal longing and devotion expressed here that reveals a side of the artist not known in the bulk of their "classical" repetoire. A sense of going home like Citizen Kane's rosebud, or as Dorothy Gale observes at the end of the Wizard of Oz "everything I could ever have wanted was right in my own backyard "
not your daddy's old timey spiritual.......2004-06-23
Agreed this is a good cd for a beautiful voice, but this is not, repeat not, for someone who wants to hear that old-timey religious fervor that you think of when you've been to a Black Baptist hand-clapping, standing, swaying, and singing service.
Immaculate Vocals of Leontyne Price.......2003-12-31
IMMACULATE, SUPERB vocal range and style! There's no other words that can complement Miss Leontyne Price's vocal arrangements. Miss Price's voice is strong, and shrills very nicely to the instruments played on many songs listed on this double CD which is a joy to treasure; every song listed are songs I was raised to hearing and singing. Miss Price is the reason why many of these songs remain in popularity and presently used. Miss Leontyne Price has been incredible in many of her past performances. This is my fourth CD of Miss Price and I am glad to own this particular CD forever and ever. Many thanks to the executors who found this remarkable album and upgraded it to a CD format! **Angi**
Great Gospel Stuff.......2001-04-12
This is a great CD. The only problem I have with it is that on some of the selections there is a boy's choir screaming in the background, and this takes away (a bit) from her performance. That said, her best selections are those that are either unaccompanied or those where her voice is not buried. Songs that strike me are - His Name So Sweet, He's Got The Whole World, Were You There, I Wonder as I Wander, Lift Every Voice and Sing, and my all time favourite Summertime. Enough said.
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- A very good album!
- It's beautiful...simply beautiful....
- This is the most beautiful CD ever; that's how I feel!
- Powerful lyrics, Powerful music
- Awesome!
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This Is How I Feel
Nouveaux
Manufacturer: Benson Records
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ASIN: B00000388N
Release Date: 1996-06-02 |
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A very good album!.......2006-08-01
OK, after hearing Nouveaux's first album for the 1000th time, I thought it was time to indulge myself by buying thier second album. After reading the reviews etc I knew it was going to be a good one, but mainly because their first album had blown me away so much, my expectation's were high. I'm sorry to say that when the album arrived and I gave it a good listen, I was rather dissapointed. The first thing I noticed was that there was no fancy guitar melodies, chunky riffs, squeeling guitar solo's and the soul and power of Alans Vocals. This wasn't the Nouveaux I expected and wanted. The reason I had liked Nouveaux so much was because of their originality. They were one of about 5 Christian bands to make it in the AOR hard rock genre, and with their passionate lyrics combined with the intricacies of their musical geneous a fine album was produced. But it seems as though they have sold themselves out to conforming into the exact same style of music as every other Christian band in the world - easy listening acoustic rock! "Such talent wasted!" was my first reaction to the album. Why would such a great band want to sound like everyone else! So your probably wandering why I gave it five stars? Well, after a few more listens I realised that despite the fact that they had moved away from what they seemed to do best, they had moved on to something else that they seemed to do just as well. The songs on this album are incredibly catchy, and with the light acoustic rythems and funky heavy snared drums as well as Paul Alans more mature but slightly less expressive voice. Its almost as if Nouveaux was trying to show that they could do anything they wanted to and they have. They still showed raw tellent and a little more mature approach to the music. Sure I missed the feel of the driving rock and the incredibly cheesy background vocals but when all comparrissons are taken away this album has the power to inspire, infuse emotion, uplift and encourage. Most importantly it delves deaper into the more peronsal aspects of our own faith. Overall a very good album, one of the best I've heard in a long time, so buy it!
It's beautiful...simply beautiful...........2006-05-16
I remember hearing "Maybe Tomorrow" for the first time about three years after Nouveaux broke up, and I was taken with it. It's actually what helped me to decide to wait for my perfect someone that God has for me. And it still remains to this day, except this time I now have their album and I absolutely love it. It's very poetic in its lyrics, strong in its message, and the music carries you into a state of praise and appreciation. This is a beautifully done album that I'd highly recommend any music lover to check out, especially if you like bands like Jars of Clay and Casting Crowns.
This is the most beautiful CD ever; that's how I feel!.......2006-05-08
I found this CD during the Jars of Clay frenzy back in 1997. I told my friends that I'd heard a band better than Jars of Clay and nobody believed me. Then they heard the music and we all enjoyed the enchantment of this awesome album together! We butchered the melodies, wailing our hearts out and feeling the passion of the songs. It's too bad this was the last album Nouveaux put out, but it adds to the allure surrounding their music. These guys are so talented; they blend their heartfelt vocals and rocking guitars to a perfect pitch...one that carries you away to "The Other Side of Forever." I recommend it for any alternative rock fan, Christian or not!
Powerful lyrics, Powerful music.......2005-10-14
By far, this is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. I've let many people listen to my copy of this and I have not found anyone that does not love it. Whether it be the lyrics, the music, or just the pure thoughts relayed - there is something for everyone (and in most cases, all of it is for everyone). There are few albums that are this encouraging to people and, to me, I feel that finding this CD is a complete blessing. It has kept me going when I have been down. Truly, this is an inspired work by our Creator.
Awesome!.......2004-01-09
This album was my favorite all through highschool. I memorized every word to every song. Some of the songs are so beautiful...."You Breathe" and "Maybe Tomorrow" are amazing. This album is proof that there is some WONDERFUL Christian Alternative music out there! Wish they were still making music together!!!
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- how I feel about Quincy
- Phil Woods late in his career . . .
- Fine and Mellow
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This Is How I Feel About Quincy
Phil Woods
Manufacturer: Jazzed Media
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ASIN: B000305944
Release Date: 2004-10-05 |
Tracks:
- Stockholm Sweetnin'
- The Quintessence
- Meet Benny Bailey
- For Lena And Lennie
- The Pawnbroker
- Hard Sock Dance
- The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
- Q's Delight
- Evening In Paris
- Jessica's Day
- Birth Of A Band
- Lullabye For Jolie
- Belly Roll
Album Description
This session recorded in 2004 features alto sax great Phil Woods and his Little Big Band performing memorable jazz songs written by legendary composer/arranger Quincy Jones. Phil is joined by 8 other jazz musicians including Bill Charlap on piano and Brian Lynch on trumpet.
"As this marvelous record so eloquently bears out, Phil Woods today is at the very top of his formand that, my friends, is a claim based on nearly fifty years (help!) of listening to this extraordinary artist, live and on record. Here Phil pays homage to another dear friend, happily very much alive, and Phil's junior by about 16 months, the one and only Quincy Jones. The title is derived from a l956 LPQuincy's first as a leadercalled "This Is How I Feel About Jazz". This is not the place for even a brief resume of Q.'s amazing career; suffice it to say that by then he had already developed an original voice as an arranger and composer and paid his dues as a member of Lionel Hampton's trumpet section, sitting next to Clifford Brown and Art Farmer. (Digression: It is a tribute to Phil as a person as well as a musician that he has been able to maintain his own regularly constituted group for lo, these many years; Steve Gilmore and Bill Goodwin were on board when the quartet started in 1974; it became a quintet nine years later. Pianists and horns have also shown staying power; Brian's been on board since 1992, and Bill Charlap joined in `95; he's on his own now as one of the best and brightest, and he and Brian just recently joined forces on a fine CD.) Quincy is bound to love it. As will you, dear listener, and not just for a spin. This is the real thing." Dan Morgenstern- Director, Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University
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how I feel about Quincy.......2005-09-14
I have been a Phil Woods fan for a long time. the man is a brilliant composer, arranger, and sax player. His work on this CD is certainly on par with his best work. I highly recommend this CD.
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Phil Woods late in his career . . ........2004-12-12
. . . has mellowed like fine Belgium beer. What he may have lost in fire he's more than made up for in sheerly gorgeous phrasing, as well as a kind of savvy penetration to the heart of his increasingly well-chosen material; his recent disc with Herbie Mann--and even more this one--proves it beyond a doubt.
This record, a salute to Quincy Jones, whose bands Woods played in extensively in the mid-sixties, finds the alto master at the absolute top of his game. Pianist Bill Charlap, especially, seems to have caught the deep-swinging vibe of these proceedings as he consistently sets the perfect rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic table for the other bandmembers. But all the band members, from the core quintet to the additional four filling out the little big band, are totally locked into the classic jazz sensibility laid down here.
Jones richly deserves such a retrospective, constantly proving to be an unending fount of tuneful creativity equally adept at writing swing, blues, bop burners, or ballads. Even though straight-ahead jazz of this sort isn't generally my cup of tea, I'm entirely takes by this warm and wonderful disc.
Fine and Mellow.......2004-11-20
"This is How I Feel About Quincy" is, as far as I know, Phil's third Cd with his Little Big Band. The band consists of his quintet augmented by two additional reed players and two low brass players. One of those earlier CD's "Evolution" on Concord may well be my favorite Phil recording. The other, "Real Life" on Chesky is a winner, as well.
This CD is up to the same standard musically as those, but the feel is a bit different. Those CD's emphasized hard blowing, whereas "Quincy" is more mellow and laid back. The tunes with one exception are by Quincy Jones, who in the late '50's and early '60's was involved in real jazz and often employed Woods in his orchestras. Many of the tunes will be familiar to fans of Quincy's music from that era, and they are all expertly arranged by either Woods or Brian Lynch. There is a nice variety here with up tempo numbers like "Meet Benny Bailey"; "Hard Sock Dance" and the rollicking "Belly Roll"; ballads such as "Quintessence" and "The Midnight Sun Will Never Set", and medium tempo groovers such as "Jessica's Day," and the relaxed "For Lena and Lennie." Jones certainly had a gift for writing memorable melodiies. Phil adds his own attractive tribute, "Q's Delight."
The sound of the Little Big Band is most agreeable. The French horn and trombone (euphonium in several cases) add considerable depth and color to the ensemble. The soloists are in good form as well, with Woods, pianist Bill Charlap, and trumpeter Lynch getting the most space. Lynch is especially outstanding, and for my money takes solo honours on this CD. Phil, as always, plays with depth and verve, and Charlap is an understated but very effective soloist. Reed players Nelson Hill, Tom Hamilton and French hornist Bobby Routch also get several solo spots, with Routch being especially effective on "Belly Roll".
But what one most remembers from listening to this CD is the overall sound of the band, warm and mature. There's no major fireworks here and no one is aiming for the fences. But everyone is having a good time, just like long-time friends getting together and having a good conversation about subjects of mutual interest. It is our privilege to listen in.
Congratulations to Phil, the Band, and Graham Carter of Jazzed Media for this beautifully recorded, well-rounded 68 minute CD. This Cd is one of the treasures of 2004 and warmly recommended to Phil fans and to all who enjoy mature, melodic jazz.
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This Is How I Feel
Future Loop Foundation
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ASIN: B00007BGZ6 |
Tracks:
- Apres Ski
- Sun Comes Filtering Thru
- I Love Her More In The Summertime
- What's Your Name?
- Freetown
- Lucky Blue
- Headphone Music
- You & Me
- My Movie Is Like Life
- I Love Her More In The Summertime (Part 3)
- When Night Becomes Day
- Boy With The Gun
Album Details
Flf's 2002 Album is a Downtempo, Jazzish Delight. "Apres Ski", the First Single, is Deeply Atmospheric with Samba-esque Rhythms and a Hypnotic Bassline Underpin Vocodered Vocals by Chiqi . The Album Explores the Grooves Mark Barrott AKA Future Loop Foundation Has Developed Since Moving to Berlin in 2000, When He Began to Move Away from the Frantic Drive of D&b Into a More Relaxed, Eclectic Sound, Inspired by the Music He Heard in the Clubs and Cafés of the German Capital.
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Great Musicals
Manufacturer: Rajon
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ASIN: B000682FF4
Release Date: 2004-11-15 |
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- Oklahoma Suite: Oklahoma!/Oh, What a Beautiful Morning/The Surrey With
- My Fair Lady Suite: Ascot Gavotte/Wouldn't It Be Loverly?/With a ...
- Annie Get Your Gun Suite: Doin' What Comes Natur'lly/You Can't Get ...
- King and I Suite: The March of Siamese Children/I Whistle a Happy Tune
- Sound of Music Suite: The Sound of Music/My Favourite Things/Do-Re-Mi
- West Side Story: The Jet Song/America/Tonight/Something's Coming/Maria
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- Porgy and Bess Suite: Summertime/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'/I Loves ...
- South Pacific Suite: Bali Ha'i/A Cockeyed Optimist/Some Enchanted ...
- Guys and Dolls Suite: Luck Be a Lady/Fugue for Tinhorns/Follow the ...
- Carousel Suite: The Carousel Waltz/Mister Snow/June Is Bustin' Out All
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- Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will ...
- Evita: Don't Cry for Me Argentina/Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- Jesus Christ Superstar: Jesus Christ Superstar/I Don't Know How to ...
- Cats: Memory/Macavity the Mystery Cat/Mister Misoffeles
- Phantom of the Opera: Phantom of the Opera/All I Ask of You/Angel ...
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Australian exclusive 3-CD set from the Rajon label's 'Great Series'. 2004.
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Quincy Jones
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ASIN: B000JVSWMS
Release Date: 2006-11-27 |
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- Stockhoilm Sweetnin'
- Evening in Paris
- Sermonette
- Sleepin' Bee
- Boo's Blues
- Dancin' Pants
- Blues Day
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Album Description
Two albums on one CD by Quincy Jones featuring musical assistance from Art Farmer, Harry Edison, Jimmy Cleveland, Phil Woods, Zoot Sims, Hanks Jones and Carl Perkins. This outstanding edition contains two of Quincy Jones' first LPs (in their complete form) as a leader, presented here together for the first time ever on one CD. His previous recordings were mostly as a trumpeter, arranger and/or conductor for other musicians' orchestras, such as Lionel Hampton, George Wallington and Dizzy Gillespie. This is How I Feel About Jazz was originally released in 1956, followed by Go West, Man one year later.
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This Outstanding Edition Contains Two of Quincy Jones' First LPs (In their Complete Form) as a Leader, Presented Here Together for the First Time Ever on One CD. His Previous Recordings were Mostly as a Trumpeter, Arranger And/Or Conductor for Other Musicians' Orchestras, Such as Lionel Hampton, George Wallington and Dizzy Gillespie. Although his Reputation Continued to Grow after his Recording Debut in 1951, Only a Few Selections Previous to his First Album, "this is How I Feel About Jazz", Had Been Issued under his Own Name. "go West, Man", was in Fact his Third LP, Recorded after a Jazz Arrangement of Tunes from "my Fair Lady".
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- A Long Time Coming...
- Her Best Album
- Price At Her Peak
- of course world class
- the greatest american soprano of the 20th century
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ASIN: B000003FWD
Release Date: 1996-08-13 |
Tracks:
- Aida: Act I: Ritorna vincitor!
- Aida: Act I: E l'amor mio?
- Aida: Act I: I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante
- Aida: Act III: Qui Radames verra!
- Aida: Act III: O patria mia
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: (Prelude)
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ecco l'orrido campo
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: A tal colpa e nulla il pianto
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: Morro, ma prima in grazia
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Che piu t'arresti?
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Tacea la notte placida
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Di tale amor che dirsi
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Siam giunti
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee
- Ernani: Act I: Surta e la notte
- Ernani: Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami
- Ernani: Act I: Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani
- La forza del destino: Act II: Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!
- La forza del destino: Act II: Madre, madre, pietosa Vergine
- La forza del destino: Act II: La Vergine degli angeli
- La forza del destino: Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio
Tracks:
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Come scoglio immoto resta
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Piangi? Perche?; Un bel di vedremo
- Madama Butterfly: Act III: Tu? tu? piccolo Iddio!
- TOSCA: Act II: Vissi d'arte
- Manon Lescaut: Act II: In quelle trine morbide
- Manon Lescaut: Act IV: Sola, perduta, abbandonata
- Dialogues des Carmelites: Act III: Mes filles, voila que s'acheve
- Don Giovanni: Act I: Don Ottavio, son morta!
- Don Giovanni: Act I: Or sai chi l'onore
- Don Giovanni: Act II: Crudele? Ah, no, mio bene!
- Don Giovanni: Act II: Non mi dir
- Turandot: Act I: Signore, ascolta!
- Turandot: Act III: Tu che di gel sei cinta
- Ariadne auf Naxos: Es gibt ein Reich
- Antony And Cleopatra: Act III: Give me my robe
Tracks:
- Otello: Era piu calmo?
- Otello: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)
- Otello: Ave Maria
- Fidelio: Act I: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?
- Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!
- Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
- La Traviata: Act I: E strano, e strano !
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah, fors' e lui
- La Traviata: Act I: Sempre libera
- Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: E Susanna non vien!
- Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: Dove sono
- Die Agyptische Helena: Act II: Awakening Scene
- La rondine: Ore dolci e divine
- Salome: Finale
Tracks:
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Puskai pogibnu ya
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Ya k vam pishu
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Net, nikomu na svete
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: No tak i byt'!
- La rondine: Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
- VANESSA: Act I: He Has Come, He Has Come!
- VANESSA: Act I: Do Not Utter A Word
- Carmen: Act I: Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla)
- Manon: Act II: Allons! il le faut!
- Manon: Act II: Adieu, notre petite table
- Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Vegliammo invan due notti
- Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Una macchia e qui tuttora
- La Boheme: Act IIII: Addio. Donde lieta usci (Mimi's Addio)
- Die Frau ohne Schatten: Act II: Empress's Awakening Scene
- Dido and Aeneas: Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda!
- Dido and Aeneas: Act III: When I Am Laid In Earth
- Don Carlo: Act V: Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo
Tracks:
- Otello: Act I: Gia nella notte
- Otello: Act I: Quando narravi
- Otello: Act I: Venga la morte!
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Ah, guarda, sorella
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba, bimba, non piangere
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba dagli occhi
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Vogliatemi bene
- Requiem: Recordare
- Porgy And Bess: Act II: Bess, You Is My Woman
- Norma: Act III: Me chiami, o Norma
- Norma: Act III: Mira, o Norma
- Ernani: Act II: Tu, perfida!
- Ernani: Act II: Ah, morir, potessi adesso
- Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Sorella, cosa dici?
- Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Prendero quel brunettino
- Aida: Act IV: La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse
- Aida: Act IV: Presago il core della tua condanna
- Aida: Act IV: Vedi? Di morte l'angelo
- Aida: Act IV: O terra, addio
Tracks:
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Teco io sto!
- Aida: Act III: Ciel! mio padre!
- Aida: Act III: Rivedrai le forest imbalsamate
- Aida: Act III: In armi ora si desta il popol nostro
- Aida: Act III: Padre! a costoro schiava non sono
- Requiem: Angus Dei
- Manon Lescaut: Act I: Oh, saro la piu bella!; Tu, tu, amore?
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Soave sia il vento
- Porgy And Bess: Act II: I Loves You, Porgy
- Aida: Act II: Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza
- Aida: Act II: Fu la sorte dell'armi
- Aida: Act II: Pieta ti prenda del mio dolor
- Aida: Act II: Alla prompa che s'appresta
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Udiste?
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Mira, di acerbe lagrime
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Vivra! Contende il giubilo
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Flower Duet)
- Carmen: Act IV: C'est toi! - C'est moi!
- Carmen: Act IV: Ou vas-tu? - Laisse-moi!
Tracks:
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Villanelle
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Le spectre de la rose
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Sur les lagunes
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Absence
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Au cimetiere (Clair de lune)
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: L'ile inconnue
- Four Last Songs: Fruhling
- Four Last Songs: September
- Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen
- Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot
- Clair de lune, Op.46, No.2: Clair de lune
- Notre amour, Op.23, No.2: Notre amour
- Au cimetiere, Op.51, No.2: Au cimetiere
- Au bord de l'eau, Op.8, No.1: Au bord de l'eau
- No.1, Cinq melodies de Venise, Op.58: Mandoline
- Main dominee par le coeur
- Miroirs brulants No.2: Je nommerai ton front
- Miroirs brulants No.1: Tu vois le feu du soir
- Ce doux petit visage
Tracks:
- Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op.24: Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Ich kann's nicht fassen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Du Ring an meinem Finger
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Susser Freund, du blickest
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
- Widmung (No.1, Myrthen, Op.25): Widmung
- Mignon (No.28, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Mignon
- Volksliedchen, Op.51, No.2: Volksliedchen
- Schone Wiege meiner Leiden (No.5, Liederkreis, Op.24): Schone Wiege meiner Leiden
- Er ist's (No.23, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Er ist's
- Heiss mich nicht reden (No.5, Lieder und Gesand aus Wilhelm Meister)
- Lust der Sturmnacht, Op.35, No.1: Lust der Sturmnacht
- Allerseelen, Op.10, No.8: Allerseelen
- Schlagende Herzen
- Freundliche Vision, Op.48, No.1: Freundliche Vision
- Wie sollten wir geheim, Op.19, No.4: Wie sollten wir geheim
- Der Gartner (Morike-Lieder No.17)
- Lebe wohl (Morike-Lieder No.36)
- Morgentau (From An Old Songbook)
- Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt (Spanisches Liederbuch No.34)
Tracks:
- Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
- Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees - Various Artists
- His Name So Sweet - Various Artists
- 'Roun' About De Mountain - Various Artists
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
- Sit Down, Servant - Various Artists
- Were You There - Various Artists
- He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Various Artists
- Deep River - Various Artists
- Honor! Honor! - Various Artists
- My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord - Various Artists
- On Ma Journey - Various Artists
- A City Called Heaven - Various Artists
- Ride On, King Jesus - Various Artists
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Various Artists
- Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass - Various Artists
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Various Artists
- There Is A Balm In Gilead - Various Artists
- Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler - Various Artists
- Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
- My Way Is Cloudy - Various Artists
- Nobody Knows The Touble I've Seen - Various Artists
- I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - Various Artists
Tracks:
- Holy, Holy, Holy
- Lead, Kindly Light
- Blessed Assurance
- Ave Maria
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Amazing Grace
- The Lord's Prayer
- Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
- The Church's One Foundation
- Bless This House
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- Fairest Lord Jesus
- I Wonder As I Wander
- Ave Maria
- Porgy And Bess: Summertime
- America The Beautiful
- Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Tracks:
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: He Zigeuner
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Hochgeturmte Rimaflut
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Lieber Gott, du weisst
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Brauner Bursche
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Roselein dreie in der Reihe
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Rote Abendwolken
- Adriana Lecouvreur: Act I: Io son l'umile ancella
- This Little Light O'Mine
- Interview With Leontyne Price By John Pfeiffer
Amazon.com
This 11-CD set, one might say jokingly, contains all the music ever written for the soprano voice and a bit for mezzo as well. And indeed, it's a staggering collection: In addition to her great Verdi heroines (the two Leonoras, Aida, Amelia, and Elvira in Ernani), Price is heard in her Puccini roles--Manon Lescaut, Butterfly, Tosca--and at least two dozen other roles, most of which she never sang on stage. Here are her heroic, secure Leonore in Fidelio, Strauss's high-flying Egyptian Helen, Purcell's Dido, Barber's Cleopatra, Bellini's Norma, Ariadne, Verdi's Violetta and Desdemona, Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Countess, and Fiordiligi. Some are, naturally, more successful than others; almost none are embarrassing (Carmen comes close). In addition, she sings songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Strauss--none of them as well as say, Janet Baker or Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Barber's Knoxville, etc.--quite beautifully. Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été is not very good, but a group of spirituals is. In all, however, this is an amazing display by one of the century's greatest sopranos. There may be no new depths plumbed here, but the singing is a knockout. --Robert Levine
Customer Reviews:
A Long Time Coming..........2006-03-30
This compilation of Ms. Price's career is almost as complete as anything I've ever come across!!
An American Icon....I will forever be a loyal fan and admirer!!
Her Best Album.......2006-01-01
Along with the equally extensive "Prima Donna Collection" this is Leontyne Price's best album. Anyone who wants to become familiarized with her vocal technique and her art on record should own this album. It features her best work ever recorded. A lot of these arias and their respective soprano roles were not roles she sang on stage. Leontyne Price was not only a consummate artist, but a cautious one. The reason these arias, Lieder, Gospel and spirituals sound so beautiful and technically brilliant is because Leontyne was smart enough to sing them infrequently and in concert form. She did not take on new roles other than her repetitive Aidas, Leonoras, Butterfly, Toscas and Madame Lidoins, etc, because she was afraid of ruining her glorious voice too soon as many of her contemporary sopranos. Like soprano Zinka Milanov, Leontyne Price preserved the freshness and vitality of her voice through "operatic abstinence". Thus, the Norma, Salome, Manon, Lady Macbeth and even Traviata we hear on this album are well-rendered because she did NOT sing them on stage. She would have worn out her beautiful voice if she sung so many roles.
This collection is overwhelming. Leontyne Price proves herself to be a masterful artist of diverse repertoire. Pity she didn't really sing these on stage because she would have put Maria Callas and all the reigning divas before and after her to shame. Listen to her remarkable, unsurpassed Mozart repertoire. This she did sing in opera houses, probably because Mozart does not require a true lyrico-spinto heavyness and smaller opera houses can accomodate Mozartian voices that do not often rise above the staff/orchestra. She sang exquisite Fiordiligis at the Met. The arias from Cosi Fan Tutte here - Soave sia il vento, O Guarda Sorelle and the fiendishly difficult vocal showcase "Come Scoglio" with its vertiginious scales are all fine samples of Miss Price's artistry. She sang Susanna and Donna Anna with beauty and bravura. The Salome excerpt is quite thrilling. She would have made a terrific Salome but the role is quite difficult and it would have surely killed her voice. Leontyne Price was the number one Verdi soprano. Every opera cognoscente will tell you that. When you hear the excerpts from Verdi operas here - Lady Macbeth's Sleepwalking Scene, Aida's arias, Leonora's arias from Trovatore and Leonora's arias from Forza Del Destino, particularly La Virgine Del Angeli and the ravishing Pace Pace Mio Dio- are the best renditions of Verdi soprano singing. Anyone who wants to study how to sing in the letter-to-letter Verdi lyrico spinto style should hear these arias. A voice like Leontyne cannot be easily imitated. Maria Callas's own voice can be imitated as Romanian diva Angela Gheorghiu has proven. Leontyne was in a class of her own, a voice that is both dramatic and beautiful to hear. However, most people find fault in her lack of dramatic interpretation. I say they're not hearing hard enough. Yes, there is excessive beauty in her singing but she understood that the opera heroines should sound beautiful because they are beautiful and though I never saw her on stage, from the recordings I hear she sounds dramatic and character-driven enough for me to be satisfied. For a devoted fan of Leontyne Price, this album is the Holy Grail. She sings the most beautiful Norma, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida, Violetta, Madame Lidoin, Suor Angelica, Susanna, Dona Ana, Gilda, Fiordiligi, Desdemona and countless other heroines. The last cd is a collection of Gospel, spirituals and patriotic songs. These "American", non-opera selections find her in beautiful voice and she is actually paying tribute to her roots. She was not only African-American, but a Southerner from Mississippi. Her voice must have been heavenly to hear in Church! This is the album that made me love Leontyne.
Price At Her Peak.......2005-05-02
Originally a Gospel singer, Leontyne Price rose to the heights of operatic superstardom in the 60's and 70's. She enjoyed the same success Maria Callas did in the 50's. Although Callas will forever be most people's idea of the greatest soprano of the 20th century, Leontyne Price was not a force to be reckoned with. In my opinion, and this is just me, she outshone Callas and was the greater singer as far as techinicality and musicianship. Leontyne Price's best work is recorded in this album. It is her best album, together with the Prima Donna Collection. The price is expensive but it's worth every penny. Prepare to be riveted and blown away by the dynamic strength and passion of her voice as it blasts through yours stereo. While many often point out that Leontyne Price was not much of an actress, from a purely operatic/vocal level, her voice was faultless and virtuosic, powerful, passionate, beautiful, lyrical, soulful. Never have I heard a soprano so richly endowed with strong chest register- she could sing the low octaves that are found in the roles of mezzo-soprano voices or contralto voices. But she was a dramatic soprano and that's dramatic with a capital D- all the high C's were there, perfectly in place, and she was a thrilling singer when reaching for the stratosphere with her voice.
This album contains arias from operas that I didn't even know she performed- La Traviata (yes, Leontyne Price as Violetta is a moving and powerful interpretation, executed with sublime beauty. She finds herself the equal to Callas in the role- for Callas had a big voice for a role that calls for the "dying" effect. Thus, Price, like Callas, could sing roles that call for beauty and not just dramatic vigor. It's unfortunate that unlike the stars that were rising in her time- Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills and Montserrat Caballe- Price never mastered the bel canto repertoire - Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini (although she sang a sensational Norma, excerpts are found in this recording). But her strongest suit was Verdi. She had the voice Verdi was looking for in a soprano- rich, dramatic, beautiful, able to fill up the lines with smoky and velvety hues and a gleaming high top. Check out her Amelia in Un Ballo In Maschera, her Leonora in Trovatore, her Leonora in La Forza Del Destino. Of course, her greatest role, her signature role, and one which she connected with on a personal/ancestral level was that of Aida. The first selections in this recording are from that masterpiece. As Aida, she was at her best. It was easy for her somehow, when most other sopranos tackle the role with difficulty. She conveys grace, nobility, passion and spirituality in the role of the tragic Ethiopian princess.
Further roles she excelled in that are on this recording is Desdemona in Otello, which she sung opposite Placido Domingo. Their masterful voices blend together harmonically and gloriously in the Act 1 Love Duet. She's quite the ground-breaking artist. Most Violettas in Traviata or Desdemona in Otello are Caucasian lyric soprano (Desdemona was white, Otello was black, that was Shakespeare's intention) but in opera, race does not matter and Leontyne Price's voice made her a star in a time when it was incredibly difficult for a black woman to sing opera. From the start of the century, opera was always associated with white Europeans and later on Americans. But Leontyne Price followed the inspirational example of the gutsy contralto Marian Anderson, who suffered a lot of rejection in opera due to skin color in pre-Civil Rights Movement 30's, 40's and 50's. Finally in the late 50's, Anderson, after a lifetime of singing only in private concerts and recitals, debuted at the Met as Ulrica in Un Ballo. Leontyne Price immediately picked up where she left- singing all the soprano diva roles typically associated with white singers - especially Tosca. Her Tosca is second to her Aida. As Tosca, she encompasses the diva who dies for love in the most thrilling way.
Other than Tosca, Puccini heroines were just as magnificent vehicles for her voice. She sang Madame Butterfly to great acclaim. I dont know how she did it but she suddenly ceased to be herself and became the frail, naive, lovesick Japanese Geisha. Softness and fragility is also mixed with the maturity of a woman in love, with passion and dramatic vocal color. She sang La Rondine with equal success, though this role is more along the lines of Violetta/Traviata. She sang Suor Angelica, she sang in modern works such as Barber's Antony and Cleopatra- in that infamous Zefferelli production- she sang Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, she sang in Dialoge of the Carmelites. All these are on here, along with her Baroque specialties- Dido in Dido and Aeneas. Her Mozart voice is also the best I've heard, really, even with a more dramatic and beautiful charm than other singers I've heard. She sang the acrobatic role of Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte, both Dona Ana and Donva Elvira in Don Giovanni. I prefer her as Dona Ana, she is all fire, despair, intensity and repressed desire, but she sings a hysterical and lovesick Elvira with a passion as well. She even sang the Countess in Le Nozze Di Figaro. But the sky was the limit to Price. She even sang, in a Jessie Norman way, the Wagner role of Isolde. Her "Liebestod" is the greatest I've heard since Birgit Nilsson, with a passion that stemmed from her religious Gospel heart.
This is a great album and I recommend it to any fan of Price and any fan of opera in general. If you have never heard Price and want to start somewhere, start with this one. This one or the Prima Donna Collection.
of course world class.......2000-08-14
Price is amazing. I will have to also mention that Joan Sutherland in the 1960 is even more incredible, if that's possible. Check Dame Joan out, you will not be sorry. But Price is a D flawless diamond set by Cartier, in my opinion.
the greatest american soprano of the 20th century.......1999-12-12
This collection of arias, art songs, and spirituals is truly amazing for the sheer breadth and depth of this soprano's artistry. It is hard to imagine any Verdi soprano after Ms. Price who could offer us the smoky richness of her vocal color, and there are so many wonderful selections, many of them being roles she did not perform on stage. Among my personal favorites are her scene from Dialogues of the Carmelites, the Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin, and the drama of her Lady Macbeth. For those of us who heard Ms. Price over the years in opera and concert, this collection brings back wonderful memories...It is truly a must-have for any serious opera lover.
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Die Zauberflöte [Highlights]
Manufacturer: Gala
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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ASIN: B000006O27
Release Date: 2000-06-06 |
Tracks:
- Act I. Intro: 'Help! Help, Or I Am Lost' - Fritz Wunderlich/Corry Van Beckum/Cora Canne-Meijer/Annie Delorie
- Act I: 'Where Am I?' - Fritz Wunderlich
- Act I: 'The Birdcatcher, That's Me' - Jan Derksen
- Act I: 'Hey There!...What's That?' - Fritz Wunderlich/Jan Derksen/Corry Van Beckum/Cora Canne-Meijer/Annie Delorie
- Act I. Aria: 'This Portrait Is Enchantingly Beautiful' - Fritz Wunderlich
- Act I. Qnt: 'Hm, hm, hm...!' - Jan Derksen/Fritz Wunderlich/Corry Van Beckum/Cora Canne-Meijer/Annie Delorie
- Act I. Duet: 'In Men Who Feel Love' - Maria Van Dongen/Jan Derksen
- Act I. Finale: 'This Path Leads To Your Goal' - Fritz Wunderlich
- Act I: 'Let These Boys' Words Of Wisdom' - Fritz Wunderlich
- Act I: 'Bold Stranger, Where Do You Wish To Go?' - Albert Van Haasteren/Fritz Wunderlich
- Act I: 'How Powerful Your Magic Sound Is' - Fritz Wunderlich
- Act II. Qnt: 'What? What? What?' - Corry Van Beckum/Cora Canne-Meijer/Annie Delorie/Jan Derksen/Fritz Wunderlich
- Act II. Trio: 'Am I To See You No More, My Dear One?' - Maria Van Dongen/Albert Van Haasteren/Fritz Wunderlich
- Act II: 'Tamino! Tamino! Will You Then Utterly Abandon Me?' - Jan Derksen/Jan Waaijer
- Act II. Aria: 'A Girl Or A Little Wife' - Jan Derksen
- Act II. Finale: 'Whoever Walks Along This Path So Full Of Troubles' - Fritz Wunderlich/Maria Van Dongen
- Act II. 'We Have Walked Through Flames' - Maria Van Dongen/Fritz Wunderlich
- Act II. 'Papagena, Papagena, Papagena!' - Jan Derksen
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- A Pretty Darn Good Lohengrin
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
All Works by Wagner
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ASIN: B0000025UN
Release Date: 1990-05-17 |
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A Pretty Darn Good Lohengrin.......2005-04-14
I got this Lohengrin from the local library, and I tried to get a taste of what I was in for by looking it up here on Amazon.com. But to my dismay there were no reviews. And later, to even greater dismay on my part, I found that there is no reason for such a lack of reviews! For this is a solid Lohengrin. While Peter Hofmann is not the most vocally resplendent Lohengrin (he isn't a Konya or a Domingo), he turns is a good performance, and Karen Armstrong is a passionate Elsa who plays the part admirably. The rest of the cast is strong on the whole. But the real splendors of this set spring from the pit - Woldemar Nelsson (of whom I had never heard until I discovered this recording) leads the Beyreuth Festival orchestra in a burning account. They are a truly Wagnerian orchestra (it would be a shame if they weren't), and Nelsson brings out all the Master's colors. The energy of a live performance just pours out. Never have I heard the preludes and prominent sections played with such an intense timbre. It's amazing to hear.
Therefore, though this set doesn't match Kempe, Solti, or Leinsdorf overall, it is a strong alternate set that should not be ignored.
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This Is How I Feel About Jazz
Quincy Jones
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
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ASIN: B00008DYVH
Release Date: 2003-03-04 |
Tracks:
- Walkin'
- Sleepin' Bee
- Sermonette
- Stockholm Sweetnin'
- Evening in Paris
- Boo's Bloos
Album Description
Japanese exclusive 2 CD collection for the music icon, spanning 1956-81 with material released under the A&M, Mercury, Verve, Impulse!, & ABC labels. Universal. 2003.
Music:
- Throbbing Pouch
- Trip Hop Nation, Vol. 2
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- Tunnel Trance Force, Vol. 17 [Import]
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- You're My Heart You're My
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- 1981 [EP]
- Acid Jazz: Collection 1
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