Down Low, Vol. 1

Track Listings

1. Intro - DJ Omega

2. Suga Daddy

3. Ride Wit Me - Trick Trick

4. Get the Fu*k Out - DJ Omega

5. Interlude 1 - Snowcone

6. Shake That Thang - DJ Omega

7. I'm Yo Pimp

8. It's Murda - DJ Shortstop

9. Player Haters in Dis House - DJ Godfather

10. Interlude 2 - Snowcone

11. Back Dat! - DJ Omega

12. At the Club XXX - DJ Omega

13. Bounce Shawty, Bounce - DJ Godfather

14. Bustos (Prelude) - DJ Omega,

15. Let's Run Bustos - DJ Shortstop

16. Interlude 3 - Snowcone

17. Getto Fabulous

18. Whatchulookinat??? - Trick Trick

19. Interlude 4 - Snowcone

20. Whatever, Whenever - Trick Trick

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Excellent performer
A unique project
Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival
Definative

Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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George Gershwin: His Life and Work

ASIN: B0001Z2RSC
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

Swanee
Come To the Moon
I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
Nobody But You
Limehouse Nights
Drifting Along With The Tide
Rhapsody In Blue
Oh Lady Be Good!
Fascinating Rhythm
Hang On To Me
I'd Rather Charleston
The Man I Love
The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
So Am I
Kickin' The Clouds Away
Concerto In F

Tracks:

Sweet And Low-Down (I)
That Certain Feeling (I)
Looking For A Boy
When Do We Dance?
Sweet And Low-Down (II)
That Certain Feeling (II)
Irish Waltz
Do, Do, Do
Someone To Watch Over Me
Clap Yo' Hands
Maybe
Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
Meadow Serenade
My One And Only
'S Wonderful/Funny Face
He Loves And She Loves
An American In Paris
Liza
Strike Up The Band
Embraceable You
I Got Rhythm (I)
I Got Rhythm (II)

Tracks:

Of Thee I Sing
Jilted
Second Rhapsody
For You, For Me, For Evermore
Cuban Overture
Isn't It A Pity?
Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Our Love Is Here To Stay

Tracks:

Girl Crazy Overture
French Ballet Class
Dance Of The Waves
Slap That Bass
Walking The Dog
I've Got Beginner's Luck
They All Laughed
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Shall We Dance
By Strauss
I Can't Be Bothered Now
The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
Put Me To The Test
The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
Stiff Upper Lip
A Foggy day (In London Town)
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Things Are Looking Up
I Was Doing All Right
Love Walked In

Customer Reviews:

Excellent performer.......2007-03-09

This plates are wonderful. I was charmed, and when I close my eyes now, I see scenes with American in Paris or Porgy and Bess but my favorite piece of music is Rhapsody in Blue. It's more than excellent is fantastic. Jack Gibbons perfectly feels the unique tone Gershwin's music, the mixture rythms of jazz with influences of impressionists and clear and beauty melodies.
I'm fascinating.

A unique project.......2006-11-23

Gibbons' undertaking is unique: to reconstruct and then execute and record the note-for-note playing of Gershwin as documented on the composers' piano rolls, sound recordings and certain published arrangements. I agree with the reviewer who points out that the result is like a library and not a recital you sit back and listen to (or get up and dance to). In fact Gibbons does some editing of his "library" now and then, and clearly documents it in his liner notes: in some reconstructions he augments accompaniment effects and even the melodic line itself. I don't mind that at all, especially as Gibbons scrupulously accounts for such tampering in his liner notes; but it seems to me that it is in this area of "tampering" that Gibbons the artist is asserting himself...which of course undermines the "library", the "historical archive": you have to search and read a bit to find out when you're hearing only Gershwin and when you're hearing some added Gibbons. I don't mind; Gibbons is a remarkable artist in his own right, not merely an impeccable documentarian. For sheer generosity of production Gibbons' Gershwin must also be unique: 4 cd's, scholar-level liner notes (yes, you need a magnifying glass to read them), and rock-bottom bargain price.

Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12

First: this is 4 high-end produced cd's (in low-end jewel cases) for the price of 2. The liner notes of all 4 cd's are condensed in a booklet of microscopic print, so you may need to spend the savings on a magnifying glass. MONEY WELL SPENT.
Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.

Definative.......2005-07-23

Here's the whole Gershwin catalog at a great price... Five plus hours of bliss. Definately five stars!

Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.

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Down Low, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Databass Reocrds
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000AYEITK
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

Intro - DJ Omega
Suga Daddy
Ride Wit Me - Trick Trick
Get the Fu*k Out - DJ Omega
Interlude 1 - Snowcone
Shake That Thang - DJ Omega
I'm Yo Pimp
It's Murda - DJ Shortstop
Player Haters in Dis House - DJ Godfather
Interlude 2 - Snowcone
Back Dat! - DJ Omega
At the Club XXX - DJ Omega
Bounce Shawty, Bounce - DJ Godfather
Bustos (Prelude) - DJ Omega,
Let's Run Bustos - DJ Shortstop
Interlude 3 - Snowcone
Getto Fabulous
Whatchulookinat??? - Trick Trick
Interlude 4 - Snowcone
Whatever, Whenever - Trick Trick
Money, Money [Remix]
Jit (Prelude)
Get Your Jit On [Remix] - DJ Godfather
Outro - DJ Godfather,

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'Swonderful and Fascinatin'

The Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-3

Manufacturer: White Line
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000I85Q
Release Date: 1995-10-17

Tracks:

Swanee
Come To The Moon
I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
Tee-Oodle-Um-Bum-Bo
Nobody But You
Limehouse Night
Drifting Alone With The Tide
Rhapsody In Blue
Oh Lady Be Good!
Fascinating Rhythm
Hang On To Me
I'd Rather Charleston
The Man I Love
The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
So Am I
Kickin' The Clouds Away
Con in F

Tracks:

Tip-Toes: Sweet And Low-Down (I)
Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling (I)
Tip-Toes: Looking For A Boy (I)
Tip-Toes: When Do We Dance? (II)
Tip-Toes: Sweet Low-Down (II)
Tip-Toes: That Certain Feeling (II)
Irish Waltz (Three-Quarter Blues)
Oh, Kay!: Do,Do,Do
Oh, Kay!: Someone To Watch Over Me
Oh, Kay!: Clap Yo' Hands
Oh, Kay!: Maybe
Three Prlds: No. 1, Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso/No. 2, Andante Con Moto/No. 3, Allegro Ben Ritmato
Strike Up The Band: Meadow Serenade
Funny Face: My One And Only
Funny Face: 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
Funny Face: He Loves And She Loves
An American In Paris
Show Girl: Liza
Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band
Crazy Girl: Embraceable You
Crazy Girl: I Got Rhythm (I)
Crazy Girl: I Got Rhythm (II)

Tracks:

Of Thee I Sing Ov
Jilted
Second Rhapsody
For You, For Me, For Evermore
Cuban Ov
Isn't It A Pity?
Vars On 'I Got Rhythm'
Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): I. Catfish Row: Intro-Jasbo Brown (Complete)...
Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): II. 'I Got Plenty O' Nuthin''...
Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene I
Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): IV. Hurricane: Intro, Act II Scene 3...
Porgy And Bess Ste (Catfish Row): V. Good Morning, Brother...
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Our Love Is Here To Stay

Customer Reviews:

'Swonderful and Fascinatin'.......2001-09-24

A slim volume of Gershwin's own arrangements of his popular songs exists, and has been recorded by many pianists. Unfortunately, these arrangements exist for only a scant few of Gershwin's songs, and they are rather abbreviated and dare I say it? Unsatisfying. Enter Jack Gibbons. Mr. Gibbons has meticulously researched George Gershwin's own playing of these pieces, from old radio shows, movie soundtracks, and other archival sources and he plays them exactly the way the composer did. He kids you not about "authentic". This is about as close as you can get to the source, and the recorded sound is spectacular. Bravo!

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Vol. 1
Down for Low
Manufacturer: DOWN FOR LOW
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAKXQE
Release Date: 2005-09-06

Tracks:

Last Breath
Listen
Never Had to Be
Under
All the Things
Common Mistake
Nothing Hurts
Machines
Beyond the Pain
Adversary

Complete Grammophone Recordings, Vol. 4: The Hayes and London Recordings, 1921-26

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Rare glimpse of Melba unfettered by the acoustic horn.
Fare thee well!

Complete Grammophone Recordings, Vol. 4: The Hayes and London Recordings, 1921-26

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0001Z65IK
Release Date: 2004-06-15

Tracks:

Sadko: Les Diamants Chez-Nous Sont Innombrables
Away On The Hills There Runs A Stream - Landon Ronald
Down In The Forest - Landon Ronald
By The Waters Of Minnetonka - Landon Ronald
Annie Laurie
Home, Sweet Home
Act IV: Piangea Cantando (Willow Song)
Act IV: Ave Maria
Entrate...C'e Rodolfo?
Donde Lieta Usci
Addio Dolce Svegliare Alla Mattina
Gavotta, Minuetto
Sono Andati?
Io Musetta...Oh Come E Bello E Morbido
Address by Lord Stanley of Alderley - Lord Stanley of Alderley
Dame Nellie Melba's Farewell Speech - Dame Nellie Melba's
La Traviata: Dita All Giovine
Un Ange Est Venu
Clair De Lune, Op. 83, No. 1
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Customer Reviews:

Rare glimpse of Melba unfettered by the acoustic horn. .......2007-04-15

Several of these selections give modern opera lovers their only clear vocal image of Melba. Collectors of ancient opera recordings are, through years of familiarity, capable of making allowances for the sounds on the acoustic records. However; most listeners cannot: because of this the few electrical recordings on this CD offer the only viable chance for most of us to hear Melba in something like her natural sound. Of special interest is her haunting singing of the Willow Song - Melba's style founded on the Marchesi method of breath support gives a supernatural quality, an eerie and haunting other-worldliness to this most affecting of simple melodies. People claimed Melba was not a great actress but this gives the lie to that. Listen in particular to the non-pareil pianissimo, the beautiful tone projected and sustained without any apparent effort. No one living can sing like this. Moreover, Melba achieves her effects on a listener through a living melody rather than the declamatory or push and pull vocalism we hear today from even our best vocalists. Melba's extraordinary aliveness, kept on leash and which she flaunts like a Goddess snapping off bolts of lightning, suggests an undaunted will and irrepresible energy . She was certainly a true Queen of Opera.
The Naxos issue is the fourth and last in a series, the others are all from acoustic horns, and should be purchased only by knowledgeable collectors. Melba was born the year the American Civil War began - thus these recordings made in the twenties when she was in her sixties offer further proof of just how remarkably well-schooled a singer she was.

Fare thee well!.......2004-07-07

Thanks to splendid reissues such as this, Dame Nellie Melba, once the most celebrated soprano in the world, is still a presence for C21st century listeners.

Collected here, and completing the Naxos series reissuing her EMI recordings, is everything she recorded between 1921 and 1926. As is well known, the opportunity was taken, soon after the introduction of the electrical recording process, to record her farewell appearance at Covent Garden in June 1926. Two acts of "La Boheme"and the last act of "Otello" were performed. Of the many 78 sides made on location that proved to be technically acceptable, Melba would allow only three to be issued in her lifetime - one of which was her farewell speech. Well, they are all assembled here, allowing us to hear her with some of her younger compatriot Australians whose careers she promoted.

Six months later, she initiated a final recording session to help forward the career of one of them, the 26 year old baritone John Brownlee. "It was for her a trying afternoon," wrote producer Fred Gaiberg in his memoirs.

These final four sides are here too, Melba's only studio electrically recorded items, two of them in duet with John Brownlee. I urge all readers, even those who might have written Melba off as a famous singer stunning in performance but luckless in recording studios to go first to Track 17 on this CD. Hear the voice, rock steady, still able to provide dynamic contrasts and with an occasional gleam on it, in perfect ensemble with John Brownlee, and unimpeded by fierce surface hiss. For some reason the other three items from this final recording session are not nearly as vivid.

Restoration engineer Ward Marston, with help from various sources, compiled this invaluable 70 minute CD.

On the Down Low, Vol. 1
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On the Down Low, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Ichiban Old Indie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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1. Intro - DJ Omega
2. Suga Daddy
3. Ride Wit Me - Trick Trick
4. Get the Fu*k Out - DJ Omega
5. Interlude 1 - Snowcone
6. Shake That Thang - DJ Omega
7. I'm Yo Pimp
8. It's Murda - DJ Shortstop
9. Player Haters in Dis House - DJ Godfather
10. Interlude 2 - Snowcone
11. Back Dat! - DJ Omega
12. At the Club XXX - DJ Omega
13. Bounce Shawty, Bounce - DJ Godfather
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18. Whatchulookinat??? - Trick Trick
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20. Whatever, Whenever - Trick Trick
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