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Jimmy Bruno & Joe Beck
Add Jimmy Bruno and Joe Beck's Polarity to a list of stellar recent jazz guitar duo albums that includes Jim Hall and Pat Metheny's self-titled disc and Sylvain Luc and Bireli Lagrene's Duet, among others. To a large extent, the uniqueness of the sound on Polarity is due to the instrumentation: Bruno plays a custom-built 7-string guitar and Beck emotes through an even more unusual "alto guitar," which extends his low and high ranges and makes him sound at times almost like a piano. The novel guitars aren't the only thing that sets this record apart, though. Bruno and Beck, both enormously accomplished and technically astute, blend here with a chemistry that may be surprising to jazz guitar fans familiar with the difference between their styles. Aside from Beck's beautiful solo rendition of "Tenderly" and some delicate soloing by him on "Estate," the album mainly sets Bruno's dexterous and inventive bebop runs against Beck's lush chordal accompaniment--an arrangement that brings out the best in each player (as on the luminous version of "Eleanor Rigby" and a sizzling take of "Cherokee") without compromising a thing. --Ezra Gale
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Hollywood formula dictates that high school bookworm Casey (Michelle Trachtenberg) must struggle against both her own strong-willed mother (Joan Cusack) as well as her rival's (Kim Cattrall) in her quest to become a champion figure skater. It also inspires this soundtrack to be anchored by a rousing, against-all-odds anthem, "Reach," an infectious modern rocker by Caleigh Peters. Elsewhere, budding teen idol Jesse McCartney offers up the slick, 80's-inflected groove of "Get Your Shine On" while Michele Branch's "You Set Me Free" and "I Fly" by co-star Hayden Panetierre are infused with an inviting, harmony-rich contemporary sheen. Disney's penchant for energetic teeny-pop is showcased via Emma Roberts, Superchick and Natasha Bedingfield. But it's also an album eclectic enough to include the unabashed retro-Broadway charms of Lucy Woodward's "It's Oh So Quiet" and the more modern melodrama of Diana DeGarmo's "Reachin' For Heaven." --Jerry McCulley
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Beck
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Von Trapp Children
Meet the von Trapp children: Melanie, Sofia, Justin and Amanda. They are the descendants of the famous singing family whose story captivated the world in "The Sound of Music." As the great grand children of Captain von Trapp they have inherited the family`s unique musical gift. Their beautifully blended voices bring a fresh, pure sound to a diverse variety of music in this debut recording.
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Artist:
Jeff Beck
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Terry Bozzio
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Tony Hymas
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Beck
(not actual Deluxe Version Artwork) TWO-DISC DELUXE COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF "GUERO" INCLUDES: - Full album plus seven exclusive bonus tracks - An exquisite 52 page booklet of art chosen by Beck - Technologically groundbreaking DVD featuring a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album coupled with interactive video remixes of each track (designed by acclaimed video artists D-Fuse). Over 100 unique visual possibilities -- as directed using the remote control's "angle" button Three years after the critically acclaimed and heartwrenching opus "Sea Change," THREE-TIME GRAMMY WINNER and FIVE-TIME MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD WINNER BECK returns with his most diverse, accomplished and compelling work to date: "GUERO." With the raucous first single "E-Pro" triumphantly "na-na-na"-ing Beck's return with a must-be-seen-to-be believed video by Shynola (Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead), "GUERO" both reunites Beck with classic co-conspirators the Dust Brothers and explores territories uncharted by even this most innovative artist of his generation.
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Beck
Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Includes the Japanese only bonus track, 'Ship in a Bottle'. Universal. 2008.
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Jeff Beck
Japanese pressing. Recorded live at B.B. King Blues, NY on September 10 & 11, 2003. Sony. 2005.
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Artist:
Jeff Beck
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Artist:
Jeff Beck
At an age when fellow ex-Yardbirds guitar gods Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page are polishing their legend and trying to recapture it, respectively, Jeff Beck has produced one of his most challenging and rewarding albums. An edgy, metallic maelstrom with a distinctly postmodern slant (thanks largely to the tense, digitized rhythms of producer Andy Wright and drummer/programmer Aiden Love), You Had It Coming is the kind of album his fraternal fretmeisters might scarcely understand, let alone attempt. Already the guitar's unparalleled master of feedback, distortion, harmonic sorcery, and microtonal manipulation, Beck here pushes the envelope yet again. From the manic thrash-metal of "Earthquake" to the hot-rod sampled "Roy's Toy" and especially "Loose Cannon," Beck's soloing is all haunting howls and jagged corners, a nervy dance along the razor's edge of dissonance and melody. The emotionally charged changes of pace are as surprising as they are compelling: Beck exploring Eastern modalities while showcasing his arsenal of technique in a stunning take on Indian pop musician Nitin Sawhney's "Nadia"; the techno revamp of the blues staple "Rollin' and Tumblin'," fronted by the urgent ...
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