Mardi Gras (Hybr) [Hybrid SACD]

mardi gras (hybr) [hybrid sacd]

Track Listings

1. Lookin' for a Reason

2. Take It Like a Friend

3. Need Someone to Hold

4. Tearin' Up the Country

5. Someday Never Comes

6. What Are You Gonna Do?

7. Sail Away

8. Hello Mary Lou

9. Door to Door

10. Sweet Hitch-Hiker

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Mardi Gras (Hybr) [Hybrid SACD]

The Best of Cajun: The Traditional Songs

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Great CD
Great recording- super renditions-I wish I could find more CDs like this
Ou-ce Que Te Parti
Acadienne At Its Finest!
This collection of Cajun music is just too cool for words!!!

The Best of Cajun: The Traditional Songs
Waylon Thibodeaux
Manufacturer: Mardi Gras Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000005XFX
Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

Je Veux Me Marier
Grand Mamou
Chou-Pique Two Step
Bayou Teche
Paradin Two Step
Grande Texas
Madame Sosthene
Ou-Ce Que T'es Parti
Jolie Blonde
Lake Charles Two Step
Big Mamou

Customer Reviews:

Great CD.......2005-12-22

I just love this CD, especially song #8! I'd say this is the best Cajun CD I've heard yet. Would highly recommend it to anyone. It's at the top of my list!!

Great recording- super renditions-I wish I could find more CDs like this.......2005-10-14

This CD is simply a wonderful find.

Excellent recording, excellent renditions of traditional songs.

Like listening to E Power Biggs play Bach, Waylon Thibodeaux has captured something very special with this recording.

I'd love to see suggestions for similar albums- I've looked for a while but I keep coming back to this one.

Ou-ce Que Te Parti.......2005-10-07

This a song that is needed by the Westwego Senior Citizens. A small group visits the shut in and they requested this particular song. I would like to have a copy both in french and english?

Acadienne At Its Finest!.......2002-05-05

The songs on this album with the exception of Big Mamou are old beautiful traditional Cajun songs. Waylon does an excellent job at playing these songs and keeping them fairly authentic sounding. Waylon should be given a medal for preserving these old songs and giving them a modern-quality recording. Waylon does not exclude modern zydeco either in Big Mamou. This song will make you want to jump up and do the fais-do-do. If you dig Cajun music at all, this album is a must have.

This collection of Cajun music is just too cool for words!!!.......1999-07-14

Okay, okay, you haven't encountered much of Cajun music? Here's the place to start. Twelve catchy numbers, most with lyrics in Cajun French, brighten this fine record by Waylon Thibodeaux. They're lively, enjoyable, and make you want to dance or at least enjoy more whatever you might be doing while listening. Thibodeaux does the definitive "Jolie Blonde" in this CD, and has several great ones such as "Grand Texas," "Grand Mamou," "Je Veux le Marier," and "Paradis Two-step."

Tracks:

Jolie Blonde - Balfa Brothers
Two Step De Lacassine - Balfa Brothers
La Valse De Deux Families - Dewey Balfa
Hommage Aux Freres Balfa - Beausoleil
Pot-Pourri Cadjin - Beausoleil
Jambalaya - Douh Kershaw
Buck's Nouvelle Jole Blon - Buckwheat Zydeco
Zydeco Sont Pas Sale - Clifton Chenier
Two Steppin The Two Step - Rockin Sidney
Zydeco Gris Gris - Beausoleil
Joe Pitre - Zachary Richard
Jambalaya - Zachary Richard

Customer Reviews:

great collection.......2006-06-29

So glad I bought this! Great music, fun to listen to and exercise with.

Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite/Mississippi Suite

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Favorite then and now!!!
Grand Canyon Suite Review
Makes you feel like you are there!
Musical interpretation
Great Kostelanetz, awful Bernstein

Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite/Mississippi Suite

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000025PE
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Grand Canyon Suite: I - Sunrise
Grand Canyon Suite: II - Painted Desert
Grand Canyon Suite: III - On The Trail
Grand Canyon Suite: IV - Sunset
Grand Canyon Suite: V - Cloudburst
Mississippi Suite: I - Father Of The Waters
Mississippi Suite: II - Huckleberry Finn
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Mississippi Suite: IV - Mardi Gras

Customer Reviews:

Favorite then and now!!!.......2007-06-11

When these recordings first came out I was too young to
have it on record, but later I had it on tape, and now
on CD. This is the best recording by far of these two works.
This recording I really love it. I remember as a teen in
the late 80's and early 90's comming home from school, how
I loved to listen to the "Grand Canyon Suite", how much
I like the "special effects" such as the "thunder storm" in the
last movement, and the "donkey" or "horse" steps as it would walk
through the desert. Grofe used such "special effects" I guess
to help us imagine better what he was trying to describe in his
music. The Mississippi Suite has always been a favorite too, with
its "Mardi Gras" finale, which depicts a carnival parade, so pupular
in the south as in many parts of the world. Kostalanetz, Bernstein
and the New Yorkers really put a "good show".

Grand Canyon Suite Review.......2007-01-13

While driving through the Painted Desert in Arizona on my way to NAU in Flagstaff I was listening to this CD and it just made the Painted Desert come alive. I could just picture each area of the Grand Canyon as the music came on. It was one of the most plesant drives I've taken in years. Also I was replacing a CD that had gotten stolen and I missed this mucic, so I ordered a replacement. I'm glad that I did. I danced to this mucis years ago at a ballet recital and the music had always remained with me. I really recommend playing this music as you pass through the Grand Canyon area but it's just as beautiful if you're sitting in your own living room or parlor listening to it.

Makes you feel like you are there!.......2007-01-10

I first had the Grand Canyon Suite conducted by Berstein as a vinyl recording. I missed it very much when I could no longer play it. I have two other conductors and orchestras doing Grand Canyon, but they are both lacking the expression in which this performance excels. I was thrilled to get this CD!! Berstein definitely understands the power of this great composition.

Kostelanetz does a great job with the Mississippi Suite. I have it on one other CD and, though that one is good, Kostelanetz brings a flavor to it that makes me think I am actually on the river. I was born in Memphis and go back to visit relatives frequently. The music and the flow and the majesty of the river is wonderfully depicted.

Musical interpretation.......2006-02-19

The Utah Orchestra plays with depth and interpretation of Grofe's music images of the Grand Canyon. Having hiked the Canyon myself as well as experienced the many moods, this recording evokes them very well

Great Kostelanetz, awful Bernstein.......2004-07-10

Given the fact that The Grand Canyon suite is a concert pops piece, it should be a piece of cake for Lenny to pull this off. Well, he can't, and it's terrible. The most famous movement, On The Trail, is lacking the excitement and spirit that this needs. His celeste solo is so over blown with extra accents and mannered phrasing, you realize just how self indulgent Bernstein is. Compare this to Stanley Black. His Grand Canyon is terrific. With Phase 4 engineering, great strings and plenty of spirit, he captures the mood of the piece with great verve. Skip the Bernstein tracks and just listen to Kostelanetz. The string sound he gets from the NYP is much better than Bernstein. It's hard to believe that it's the same orchestra. Even though this work is much shorter, Kostelanetz gives it his all. Daybreak is uplifting and majestic. Since this piece is rarely played, it's nice to have it on cd. Kostelanetz is the only version you'll need. Skip Bernstein and listen to Kostelanetz.

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Almost perfect
so true
Lawdy This Is Good Music!
Excellent introduction to Dixieland Jazz Funeral.
You want an album of NoLa Funeral? This is the one!

Authentic New Orleans Jazz Funeral
Magnificent Seventh's Brass Band
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Release Date: 1994-11-05

Tracks:

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What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Down By The Riverside
As I Lay My Burden Down
Introductory Narration
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Customer Reviews:

Almost perfect.......2006-08-28

The music is beautiful and very impressive.
The lack of a consequent booklet is therefore even more damageable.
This is why the fifth star falls down.

so true.......2002-09-13

next best thing to standing on a street corner as they pass by

Lawdy This Is Good Music!.......2002-05-13

What can match the experience of sitting down at the Cafe du Monde to a plate of beingets lightly dusted with white powdered sugar and a cup of black, black coffee made with chicory?

New Orleans is a state of mind. And, part of that experience is honest to goodness, get down Dixie Land jazz.

This is a wonderful cd that brings a bit of New Orleans along with it.

There is only one small criticism. Between songs there is a narrator who explains the different parts of a jazz funeral. The description would have been better written on the cover.

But that is a minimal criticism. The music is wonderful. It makes feet tap. It plants tunes in the brain that the listner will hum for many days.

The Dixie Land jazz on this cd is loaded higher than a muffelleta. And the music isn't fattening!

Excellent introduction to Dixieland Jazz Funeral........1999-12-31

The soulful narration of Milton Batiste combines with the unique style of the Magnificent Seventh's Brass Band to provide the listener with a very enjoyable first-hand account of a typical New Orleans jazz funeral. While a couple of the songs drag on a little longer than perhaps they should, this 70+ minute CD ended before I was ready for it to. It contains an excellent rendition of Just a Closer Walk With Thee in a funeral-dirge style. I would highly recommend this CD to any fan of dixieland music!

You want an album of NoLa Funeral? This is the one!.......1998-09-04

Of all the brass bands, even the old ones by the "original cats", this collection compares favorably. This is one of the rare occasions where you say the band is both loose and tight. (That is a good thing, my friend).

It has three parts, "Wake Service (Gospel)", "Funeral Procession (Dirge)", and "Joyous Send Off (Second Line)".

Tracks:

(I Feel Like) Busting Loose
Do Whatcha Wanna
New Orleans Music
Carnival Time
Feel Like Funkin' It Up
Let's Do It Again
Cassanova
All Blues
I Ate Up The Apple Tree
Just The Two Of Us
Tornado Special/Ooh Nah Nay
Shotgun Joe
Let Me Do My Thing

Customer Reviews:

"I Feel Like Bustin Loose"...Go-go fans, meet your cousins.......2007-03-12

This CD is near and dear to my heart as a DC native who has a grandfather who hails from New Orleans. He took me to see Rebirth in New Orleans, and I've been a brass band junkie ever since. I'm a big fan of old school Dirty Dozen and Rebirth Brass Band. This compilation is a good way for those looking for an introduction to Rebirth to find out whether they prefer the jazz influenced, hip-hop, or trad sound of Rebirth.

I feel that Rebirth has three phases. First, they were kids from Treme trying to be like their heroes in bands like the Dirty Dozen. Early Rebirth is not really represented on this compilation and you're better off checking out the album "Here to Stay" if you want to hear that stuff. That's before they were with Rounder Records so I'm not suprised that it's not on the compilation. Second, they were the kings of New Orleans with Phil Frazier rocking the bottom on the tuba and Kermit Ruffins on the frontlines with a fat trumpet sound. "Do Whatcha Wanna" was a regional hit and it's on this compilation. Finally, Rebirth is kind of the old school hip-hop equivalent of the brass band movement. Tracks like "New Orleans Music" and the final track with "My Thing" represent Rebirth originals that have some hip-hop style chants in them.

Fans will like some of the cover tunes represented here. "Let's Do It Again" by the Staple Singers show their old school soul leanings and "Ate Up the Apple Tree" show New Orleans traditional sound. There's also excerpts from their monster 24 minute medley on their Live At the Maple Leaf LP. That's an album you need to hear in its entirety, though. For folks in the DC area, that's frequently available at the local library if you want to check out what they've been up to.

I'm really pleased to hear that Kermit Ruffins and the Rebirth linked up again on a new CD. Kermit left Rebirth a few years back to pursue more of a Louis Armstrong traditional sound. Hopefully, this new project means that the parting was amicable and Rebirth and Kermit can link up from time to time for positive projects.

Rebirth has done so much for New Orleans music, black music, jazz music, funk music, and just about any other kind of good music you can think of. It's a shame these brothers are underground.

For those who are Rebirth heads and already have a lot of their stuff, the cover of Bustin' Loose that opens the compilation is slammin'! I've always said that "Feel Like Funkin' It Up" is basically "Bustin' Loose" and they probably ought to give Chuck Brown from DC composer credit. Well, here they give the Godfather of Go-go his props and cover his tune straight up.

New Orleans brass bands and DC go-go need to get together now more than ever before with the way that DC gives New Orleans a raw shake on the Katrina stuff.

Please support this music and check this out....

4.5 stars

--SD

tightness.......2006-08-30

top-notch groove music. i had the pleasure of meeting them and seeing them live, cool guys and a great group that works as a unit.

Kickin' it live!.......2005-09-08

The Rebirth Brass Band has been funkin' it up for 20 years now, still looking young and still full of energy, turning every place they go into Mardi Gras for one night. This is a fresh new set of tracks recorded live in concert, which is the only way to hear Rebirth. Enjoy!

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Ultimate Southern Soul
Various Artists
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2003-10-21

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Slow Roll It - The Love Doctor
Friday - Sir Charles Jones
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Tribute to Paul Simon: Take Me to the Mardi Gras

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Tribute to Paul Simon: Take Me to the Mardi Gras
Various Artists
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Release Date: 2007-04-23

Tracks:

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Recorded Live Summer 2006 at the Montreal Int'l Jazz Festival, this CD Offers Paul Simon's Most Beautiful Songs. His Many Classics from Simon and Garfunkel and Solo Days Are Revisited and Reenergized by Top Canadian and International Artists. The Show was Seen Live by 150,000 People in the Heart of Downtown, and by Hundreds of Thousands More Across Canada on National TV Later that Fall.

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Ultimate Mariachi
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big al carson
Brilliant up-tempo modern blues from a true performer
fun stuff with a bad lead-in

Take Your Drunken Ass Home
Big Al Carson
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Release Date: 2002-03-19

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Customer Reviews:

big al carson.......2006-07-30

to know is to love him, big al and the band do their thing, and we all win

Brilliant up-tempo modern blues from a true performer.......2003-09-30

Big Al Carson leads a band called the Blues Masters, who play six nights a week at the Funky Pirate on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. I've been to N.O. about half a dozen time in the last two years, and I catch at least one of Big Al's sets every trip.

Big Al is a powerful singer with an expansive voice that ranges from an Aaron Neville falsetto to a Barry White growl. He has a great rapport with the crowd, alternately using humor and his commanding presence to keep everyone engaged, entertained and in line. The Blues Masters are a tight trio who provide a solid backdrop for Big Al, who's clearly the focal point of the band. I'm not sure if the musicians on the CD are the same ones who usually play at the Funky Pirate, but the live band exhibits an easy camaraderie that makes it seem like they've all been playing a long time (or maybe that just comes from doing 20+ sets a week.)

"Take Your Drunken Ass Home" does a perfect job of capturing the feel of a Big Al show, with a good blend of up-tempo modern blues, a few soulful ballads, and a handful of lewd and very funny novelties mixed in. It's well-produced, with a good mix that keeps the vocals up front without losing track of the music. If you've ever seen Big Al Carson, you have to own this record. And if you haven't seen Big Al Carson, you better get to New Orleans ASAP.

fun stuff with a bad lead-in.......2003-02-11

yes, that's the same "because i got high" that afroman made into a novelty hit...and this version doesn't really work.

Tracks:

Lookin' For a Reason
Take It Like A Friend
Need Someone To Hold
Tearin' Up The Country
Someday Never Comes
What Are You Gonna Do
Sail Away
Hello Mary Lou
Door to Door
Sweet Hitch-Hiker

Customer Reviews:

Fogerty.......2007-06-10

Great value. If you are into the 60s' and 70s' you will love this one.

Creedence's horrible death.......2007-06-03

After Tom Fogerty left, John decided for some reason to make CCR seem like a "band effort" (come on, everyone knows John's the main force behind Creedence!), so he let remaining members Cosmo Clifford and Stu Cook take a few compositions. Oops. Stu Cook's "tragic trilogy" of Take It Like a Friend, Sail Away and Door to Door are despicable, and who needs another crappy song called Sail Away? I have yet to hear a song I LIKE called Sail Away. Now, Cosmo's tunes aren't that bad (other than Tearin' Up the Country, which I think may be worse than even Sail Away), but we gotta bust out the theory of relativity here. And when they put their heads together to write Need Someone To Hold, they come off like two-thirds of the Three Stooges. They also cover a Gene Pitney composition (originally done by Ricky Nelson or thereabouts), Hello Mary Lou. Draw your own conclusions.
So it's up to John to save the day, and he ALMOST does! Two of his three songs are quite hard to beat - the ballad Someday Never Comes is full of feeling and meaning, and Sweet Hitchiker is another roots-rock classic. I say two of his three because Lookin' for a Reason is bad as the rest.
Stay far away from this... Creedence has good albums, but this ain't one.

Tearin up the Country With a Song, I like this album!.......2007-02-26

Fogerty's revenge? the end of an era? whatever it is, there are many diamonds in the rough here and enough to make it a five star album...
I guess the big question is...is it John on lead guitar o ris it Stu Cook 's plating on the non-Fogerty penned tracks. I say it is John, no one can play like John and it sounds like John to me. Or it is an uncredited Nashville cat?
Need Someone To Hold - Great ballad by Clifford
Tearin' Up The Country - Great rocker by Clifford, this guy can write too!
Someday Never Comes - John's best song ever!
Sail Away - Stu's bitter song is anti-John, "the captain of the ship"
Hello Mary Lou - Fogerty does the James Burton guitar solo to the t
Sweet Hitch-Hiker - John's best rocker

A band that went on a little too long.......2006-10-17

One of the worst albums from a big name band. Cook and Clifford had no business writing and singing; well at least in public. You're better off getting Bayou Country, Green River, Willy and the Poor Boys, Cosmos Factory and Pendulum instead.

CCR OPD.......2006-10-02

This is one bad album from a once great band. Well, as a quartet CCR never made a bad 33 1/3, but as a trio they stunk. The trios live album "Live In Europe" was a fake (read my review) and their one studio work was a bad joke. I bet Tom Fogerty was laughing at this release. By 1972, Creedence was officially pronounced dead!

01. Lookin' for a Reason - 4/10
02. Take It Like a Friend - 1/10
03. Need Someone to Hold - 3/10
04. Tearin' Up the Country - 4/10
05. Someday Never Comes - 10/10
06. What Are You Gonna Do? - 3/10
07. Sail Away - 1/10
08. Hello Mary Lou - 5/10
09. Door to Door - 5/10
10. Sweet Hitch Hiker - 10/10

The best songs are available on Chronicles 1 & 2. Sweet Hitch Hiker and Someday Never Comes are on Volume one. While Hello Mary Lou and Lookin' For A Reason are unexplainably on Volume two.

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