Brighter Day [Import]

brighter day [import]

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Product Description
Japanese pressing includes the bonus track 'Sweet Changes' and comes packaged in a paper sleeve. Air. 2005.

Brighter Day,Keith Christmas,Airmail,Rock,Rock/Pop

Brighter Day [Import]
A Brighter Day
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Absolute Smooth Jazz Heaven
  • Can't get it out of my player!
  • Ronny's First CD for Blue Note
  • Nice guitar, Ok singers
  • British sound switches to American sound
 A Brighter Day
Ronny Jordan
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004NJLP
Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

  1. A Brighter Day
  2. Aftermath
  3. Mackin (Featuring DJ Spinna)
  4. Why
  5. Mystic Voyage (Featuring Roy Ayers)
  6. Breauxlude
  7. London Lowdown
  8. Two Worlds
  9. Mambo Inn
  10. Rio
  11. New Delhi
  12. Seeing Is Believing
  13. 5/8 In Flow
  14. A Brighter Day (Remix) Featuring Mos Def

Amazon.com

On his fourth recording--his first for Blue Note Records-- guitarist Ronny Jordan moves in a more mainstream direction. He minimizes the hip-hop and rap elements in his mix to favor a more subdued, straightforward jazz approach that brings to mind one of Jordan's role models, Wes Montgomery. While this may furrow the brows of some acid-jazz fans, the results heard on this 73-minute excursion are largely positive and quietly appealing. The London-born Jordan reveals himself as thoughtful and expressive player, notably on self-composed, Pat Metheny-like, pop-jazz cruisers ("Two Worlds," "Rio," "Seeing Is Believing") and in a more mainstream vein, "5/8 in Flow." For some listeners, A Brighter Day may at times stray uncomfortably close to smooth-jazz innocuousness, but Jordan's prevailing inventiveness makes the overall package a pleasant one. Highlights are the soft-but-sweet grooves found on "Aftermath" and "Mackin'," the animated playing from vibraphonist Roy Ayers on "Mystic Voyage," and the nimble finger work heard on "New Delhi." --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Absolute Smooth Jazz Heaven.......2007-05-14

That very rare CD where EVERY SINGLE TRACK is a winner. My wife's and mine fave music when we want to get intimate. This album just makes you happy to be alive. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful...

5 out of 5 stars Can't get it out of my player!.......2006-02-16

Well I have many, many CD's but never have written a review on Amazon. Since it's been a few years in my library, I though I would offer some feedback. I will just say this, it is cool. If you like jazz, funk, with a little smooth hip-hop flavor mixed in, this is it. The grooves are hypnotic and infectious. It will get you. I just can't seem to get this out of my CD player for any prolonged period! It's a little Wes Montgomery, a little of contemporary Miles, a little hip-hop influence, melodic voice paintings, rhythmic upright Bass, man it just grooves. OK, my first review, just because this CD won't go away from my players, and that is saying something with my collection of CD's.

2 out of 5 stars Ronny's First CD for Blue Note .......2005-02-05

and for me it was a disapointment. The think thats sets Ronny apart from the rest of the field is his street-flavoured, hip hop fusion jazz thing. This album lacks that this ingredient, and if this doesn't bother you, than I think you will love this CD. Only cut I really like is 5/8.

3 out of 5 stars Nice guitar, Ok singers.......2004-07-16

Actually, I like Ronny's music because of his guitar work. Seems that on all of his Cds the vocal content is hit or miss. Some hit, some really miss. This CD was no different. But his guitar continues to get sound better and better.

4 out of 5 stars British sound switches to American sound.......2004-02-17

Ronny Jordan is mainly a jazz musician, an excellent guitar player with a mature, tastily language, a personal sound that distinguishes himself from other guitarists of the contemporary jazz scene. He can play soft, acid, bluesy, using Wes- Montgomery style,... he is always himself, pertinent... this is not easy!. I noted his talent from the first album "The antidote" (1992), what impressed me was the contrast between the hip -hop, electronic loops he used and his smooth sound, his simply themes and his groovy solos... this is the acid-jazz form I prefer. What I appreciate is that he's coming directly from the contemporary influences (soul, hip-hop, black, funky, rap....), with a strong jazz-classic base. Like every good artist, his in evolution, in search of new situations and atmospheres, although this may disappoint someone, I think this is positive. To my opinion this album mainly marks RJ's turn to a music which is formally better than the one of his previous records: good arrangements, good musicians, good choice of the tracks....all songs of the CD are ok! Ronny switches to a more smoothed, American sound, but not loosing his "British" roots!! My favourite tunes: "New Delhi" has an involving, exotic atmosphere and is a tribute to great British musician/composer Victor Feldman, "Rio" has an amazing theme, "Mackin" is acid and groovy. This CD is substantially a good work, I suggest to listen to it many times, when relaxing at home.
A Brighter Day
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		A Brighter Day
    Albert Washington
    Manufacturer: Iris
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000001UJ0
    Release Date: 1996-01-24

    Tracks:

    1. a brighter day
    2. I just can't stay away from you
    3. the day before we were married
    4. rolling along
    5. your gonna lose the best man you ever had
    6. standing here all alone
    7. he's my brother
    8. I walked a long way
    9. travelin'
    10. don't drink and drive
    11. keep on singing the blues
    12. coming home tomorrow
    Looking for a Brighter Day
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Looking for a Brighter Day
      Ken Tucker
      Manufacturer: Jomar Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Children's Music | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000OYCJQK
      Release Date: 2007-06-12

      Tracks:

      1. Looking For A Brighter Day
      2. Call Me Up
      3. The Sun Is Always Shinin'
      4. Where Are You Tonight?
      5. Walkin' Cane
      6. Tin Cup Blues
      7. Guitar Man
      8. Lord You're All I Need
      9. Why Do You Hurt Me?
      10. Cold Rain Comin'
      11. Hang My Head
      12. The King Is Coming
      13. Wayfaring Stranger
      Brighter Day
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Brighter Day
        Gaeleri
        Manufacturer: Kick Music
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B00008CR4A
        Release Date: 2003-08-05

        Tracks:

        1. Blue Town
        2. Navigate Me
        3. Brighter Day
        4. Stand Aside
        5. If You Leave
        6. Lady Luck
        7. Trapped in a Maze
        8. Don't Go
        9. 60 Days
        10. Life as a Friend
        11. Don't You
        Brighter Day
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          		Brighter Day
          Keith Christmas
          Manufacturer: Voiceprint UK
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00009P92G
          Release Date: 2005-05-31

          Tracks:

          1. Brighter Day
          2. Foothills
          3. Country Farm
          4. The Bargees
          5. Lovers Cabaret
          6. Robin Head
          7. Getting Religion
          8. Could Do Better
          9. Song of A Drifter
          10. Sweet Changes (bonus)

          Product Description

          1. Brighter Day
          2. Foothills
          3. Country Farm
          4. The Bargees
          5. Lovers Cabaret
          6. Robin Head
          7. Getting Religion
          8. Could Do Better
          9. Song of A Drifter
          10. Sweet Changes


          Format: CD
          Brighter Day
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Brighter Day
            TWO EMPTY CHAIRS
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD
            ASIN: B000QY6SB0

            Product Description

            01. Brighter Day 02. There You Go 03. Breakaway 04. Lifelight 05. Forevermore 06. Maybe Next Time 07. In Your Hands 08. Out of Nowhere 09. Hanging On 10. Glory 11. Tears Could Talk 12. Two Days Left
            Fond Affection - Works of Ernst Bacon
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              		Fond Affection - Works of Ernst Bacon
              Bacon , Brown , Burtis , Sharp , Musta , and Burton
              Manufacturer: Composers Recordings
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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              ASIN: B0000646U4
              Release Date: 2002-03-01

              Tracks:

              1. Is There Such A Thing As Day?
              2. My River Runs To Thee
              3. When Roses Cease To Bloom, Dear
              4. Schilflied
              5. The Red Rose
              6. Gentle Greeting
              7. Fond Affection
              8. The Commonplace
              9. Grand Is the Seen
              10. Lingering Last Drops
              11. The Last Invocation
              12. The Divine Ship
              13. Omaha
              14. Its ComingThe Postponeless Creature
              15. How Still The Bells
              16. Farewell To A Name And A Number
              17. Brady

              Album Description

              Ernst Bacon was one of that pioneering generation of composers, along with Thomson, Copland, Harris and others, who found a voice for American music. Born in Chicago on May 26, 1898, his Austrian mother gave him a love of song and an early start on the piano. Although his varied career included appearances as pianist and conductor, along with teaching and directing positions, his deepest preoccupation was always composing. His musical awards included a Pulitzer Fellowship in 1932 for his Symphony in D Minor and three Guggenheim Fellowships.

              As a composer, Bacon belonged to no “school” and followed no fads. He was largely self-taught in composition, except for two years study with Karl Weigl in Vienna in the early '20s. While there, he experienced the depression of post-war Europe first hand and concluded that the European avant-garde movement, reflecting the pessimism of that era and region, was not appropriate to America. Returning to Chicago, he set out to write music that expressed the vitality and affirmation of our own country.

              At the age of nineteen, while majoring in mathematics at Northwestern University, Bacon wrote a complex treatise exploring all possible harmonies, which was published by The Open Court Publishing Company (“Our Musical Idiom,” The Monist, October 1917). However, when he began to compose music in his twenties, he rejected a cerebral approach, taking the position that music is an art, not a science. He felt that its source should be intuitive and imaginative, rather than abstract and analytical.

              From his first job as opera coach at the Eastman School in the mid '20s, he went on to receive a master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and to teach at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under Ernest Bloch. During

              the '30s he was director of the WPA Federal Music Project and Orchestra in San Francisco and was a founder of the Carmel Bach Festival. From 1938 to 1945 he headed the School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where he established the New Spartanburg Music Festival. At Syracuse University, he was director of the School of Music from 1945 to 1947 and composer-in-residence and professor of piano until his retirement in 1963.

              In 1964 he returned to the West, settling in the small town of Orinda, California, east of the Berkeley hills. Here, as everywhere else, he drew his greatest inspiration from nature, jotting down notes as he explored local trails. His fertile imagination and constant creative efforts left little time for self-promotion, and although nearly blind in old age, he continued to compose until the very end of his ninety-one years.

              Throughout his long career, Ernst Bacon's chief aim as a composer was to express the spirit of America in music as Whitman, Emerson, Melville and others had done in literature. He was deeply immersed in our country's history and folklore, as well as its indigenous music; and was inspired by the poetry, folk songs, jazz rhythms and geography of America as well as the landscape itself—which he hiked, climbed and also painted. All of these elements found their way into his music.

              Those who influenced Bacon included Carl Sandburg, Thornton Wilder and Roland Hayes. Bacon's music expresses the common touch and humor of Sandburg; the profound simplicity of Wilder; and the melodic beauty that Roland Hayes expressed so movingly in his singing. As with Schubert, a large body of more than 250 art songs is the heart of an oeuvre that also includes numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works, as well as descriptive pieces for piano.

              In 1998 numerous vocal-chamber concerts of Bacon's music were held in honor of his centennial. These events took place at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City; the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress; the Free Library of Philadelphia; Syracuse, New York; Evanston and Chicago, Illinois; also in Berkeley and Waln
              Brighter Day
              Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
              • what happened?
              • so so
              • Yep, Its a Sizzla Album. . .
              		 Brighter Day
              Sizzla
              Manufacturer: Kingston Records
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              Dance HallDance Hall | Reggae | International | Styles | Music
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              ASIN: B00079RNH2
              Release Date: 2005-03-08

              Tracks:

              1. Murderer - Sizzla,
              2. One Day
              3. Different Side to Sizzle
              4. Brighter Day - Kadia Gritton, Sizzla
              5. Jah Knows
              6. Burn It Down
              7. Rastafari Teaching
              8. Free Up the Prisoners - Sizzla,
              9. Love and Respect
              10. Don't Be Ashamed
              11. Sexual Appeal
              12. Dig It Out !
              13. Nuff Girls
              14. Dangerous
              15. Live Up - Sizzla, Vybz Kartel

              Customer Reviews:

              3 out of 5 stars what happened?.......2005-12-08

              To me this seems like the complete opposite of the conscious sizzla everyone loves. Just because he sometimes has a harsh delivery doesnt' mean he has to go into detail about such harsh topics. there are a few okay tracks on it but most of is below his usual standard. When I first heard the song Murderer, i thought there could be no way Sizzla is singing with a guy rapping about "POP- POP".

              3 out of 5 stars so so.......2005-03-19

              I have mixed feelings about this album. If you like the louder more explicit side of Sizzla this is a good one. If, like me, you admire the more spiritual and sensitive side of Sizzla, this album falls short. There are some positive aspects but criticisms come first.
              The first track 'murderer' is ironically humurous when one thinks of his songs such as 'explain to almighty' and 'love is all'. The lead track always sets a certain tone for an album, and this one does not suit an irie mood. The title of this cd is somewhat misleading - 'brighter day' is not the first thing I think of when listening to rude boy songs about killing and rough sex.
              With that off my chest, there are a few exceptional tracks. 'Jah Knows' is my favorite track on this album because of its originality and melody. 'Dig it out' is artistic and uses the same rhythm as the previous mentioned track. 'Live up' and the title track 'brigher day' are both worth taking your time to listen to. The rest of the cd is mediocre at best.

              4 out of 5 stars Yep, Its a Sizzla Album. . ........2005-03-09

              I don't think I should necessarily go into a big discussion about how the year is only 65 days old and Sizzla has one album now on the shelves and another set to be released in a few weeks. I don't think I should necessarily go into a big discussion about how he finished last year with an album in November, 2 summer albums a greatest hits album and an early fall album. I don't think I should necessarily go into a big discussion about how disturbingly prolific the artist is, so I won't.

              Instead, I'll just talk about the music. The musical highlights here are without a doubt the combinations. Free Up the Prisoners is the long awaited track between Kalonji and prodige' Turbulence, pretty good message on the track and pretty much what one might expect from two high level artists, although I might have preferred them riding an Xterminator riddim instead. The other, perhaps even more interesting combination here features Sizzla with Vybz Kartel on Live Up. Live Up is more of a Kartel sounding gun toating tune than a Sizzla cut, but it's interesting to hear the 2 together and to hear Kartel on a simple one drop for a change. In terms of the best tune here completely, without a doubt, it's One Drop, a somewhat agressive knowledge tune that just gets better each time you listen to it. I'd also recommend the title track, Burn it Down and the crazy sounding Jah Knows.

              Overall, Brighter Day is a fun album. It never seems to take itself too serious which is a problem Sizzla records have suffered from in the past, and I can imagine the artist probably wrote it, recorded it and doubled it in an afternoon (there are some pretty good shots in the liner notes). Its pretty good, not as good as its more spiritual predeccessor, Speak of Jah, but good dancehall nevertheless. I don't think I should necessarily talk about how a year from now I'll probably be writing a review for the 3rd Kingston Records album which is about a 99.99998% chance for 2006, so I won't, instead I'll just recommend Brighter Day as a decent Sizzla album.
              Brighter Day
              Average customer rating: Not rated
                		Brighter Day

                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
                Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
                ASIN: B00004WJIM
                Release Date: 2002-04-30
                Brighter Day
                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                • Great C.D.
                		 Brighter Day
                Above the Clouds
                Manufacturer: Fahrenheit
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
                Smooth JazzSmooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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                ASIN: B00009ZYD2
                Release Date: 2002-11-05

                Tracks:

                1. Melon Cover
                2. Crusade
                3. If I Ever Lose This Heaven
                4. New Beginning
                5. Invitation
                6. Easy Now
                7. Brighter Day
                8. Groovin' with Vinny
                9. Sierra in Winter
                10. Loreto Sunset
                11. My All-Star

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars Great C.D........2003-11-03

                This a Great C.D. reminicent of Jazz from the late 70's. early 80's. In particular the cut "Sierra In Winter" is a standout.
                What a beautiful tune. The Writer on this song is absolutely brilliant. I'd love to find an entire C.D. with songs written by him.
                I believe his name is Mario Rossi. Look for good things to come from this talented composer.

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