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Larry Carlton Sleepwalk Jazz Music CD Review

Posted by admin on March 11th, 2010 No Comments



Sleepwalk is the latest release from Jazz Sensation Larry Carlton, and is another winner from this talented musician.

It’s a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in the bunch. I’m more than happy to announce that’s exactly what I must say about this one. There simply isn’t a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all, with each song standing tall on it’s own.

Sleepwalk is a pleasantly varied, mix of 8 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly outstanding artist. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can only imagine are him own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions like love, heartbreak, pain, failed relationships and unattainable romance. They’re all here.

Listen to this CD and I believe you’ll find there’s not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired, the production is simply outstanding, and Larry Carlton is clearly in top form. So much so that if you’re even mildly into Jazz music you’ll enjoy this album.

While this entire album is outstanding the truly standout tunes are track 3 – Song For Kate, track 4 – Frenchman’s Flat, and track 8 – You Gotta Get It While You Can.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 7 – 10:00 P.M.. This is a great track!

Sleepwalk Release Notes:

Larry Carlton originally released Sleepwalk on October 25, 1990 on the MCA Jazz label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Last Nite

2. Blues Bird

3. Song For Katie

4. Frenchman’s Flat

5. Sleepwalk

6. Upper Kern

7. 10:00 P. M.

8. You Gotta Get It While You Can

By: Clyde Lee Dennis

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Immerse yourself in Jazz – Let it Seep in to the Soul

Posted by admin on December 12th, 2009 No Comments

Read, write, discuss and debate over Jazz. In simple words, love Jazz. Perhaps it is the best way to learn and play Jazz better. Never limit your experimentation during the phase of learning. The more you would experiment, the more you would be exposed to different styles and techniques of jazz. The more you’d be exposed to the styles and techniques, the brighter are the chances of attaining mastery over Jazz.

But while delving over the emotion of Jazz, keep in mind the fact that emotion is intrinsic in nature and no book can teach you to capture it. Your belongingness and affinity enables to master the emotion and help a lot to learn to play Jazz faster. This article comprises some necessary tips on mastering Jazz.

First step of Jazz learning is assessing your self potential. As a beginner you are advised to listen to as many Jazz tracks as you can. Maintain a judicious balance between the all time hits and the current trends. Try to understand the basics and implement it to lay the foundation of Jazz learning. After it learn and try to have proficiency in all 12 major scales. Your exposure and expertise in all the scales helps a lot in future.

In the next step you can buy a Jazz book published by any reputed publisher to make your learning easier. While buying a book, go for that where chord symbols or guitar tabs are written above the melody line. Then master major 7th, minor 7th, and dominant 7th, half diminished and diminished chord of every key. Once you master these, stop taking the help of the book and start playing on your own. With passage of time and experience, learn chord inversions, playing CM7, pentatonic scale, 3, 6, 2, 5, 1 progression, chromatic and diatonic harmony to add to your skill and expertise.



By: Akhila Choudhary

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Weather Report Heavy Weather Jazz Music CD Review

Posted by admin on September 6th, 2009 No Comments

The exceptionally talented Jazz group Weather Report have released their CD entitled Heavy Weather. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Weather Report fans, and Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Heavy Weather their artistic excellence is on full display as they have once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be their best work to date.

I wish it weren’t the case but, it’s not everyday that I get a CD for review that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Heavy Weather. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

Heavy Weather is a nicely varied, mix of 8 tracks that are very well written and brilliantly performed songs by these clearly superb musicians. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are their own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, heartbreak, pain, failed relationships and unattainable romance. They’re all here.

Listen to this CD and I believe you’ll find there’s not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired, the production is simply outstanding, and this is clearly the work of a group of musicians in top form. So much so that if you’re even mildly into Jazz music you’ll enjoy this CD.

While the entire CD is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 2 – A Remark You Made, track 5 – Rumba Mama, and track 8 – Havona.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 – Birdland. This is a great track!

Heavy Weather Release Notes:

Weather Report originally released Heavy Weather on September 23, 1997 on the Legacy Recordings label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Birdland 2. A Remark You Made 3. Teen Town 4. Harlequin 5. Rumba Mama 6. Palladium 7. Juggler, The 8. Havona

Weather Report: Joe Zawinul (vocals, piano, synthesizer, melodica); Jaco Pastorius (vocals, fretless bass, mando-cello, drums, steel drums); Manolo Bandrena (vocals, percussion); Wayne Shorter (soprano & tenor saxophones); Alex Acuna (drums, percussion).

Recorded at Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by John Ephland.

By: Clyde Lee Dennis

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