[.ca] Jazz After Dark

This is an exellent jazz sampler... for late night romance:
Weather you want to relax after a long day at work, and get into your cumfy chair and read, or you want to romance that special someone with great jazz and a roaring fire, and a bottle of pink champaigne, this is the 2 cd set to do it with(sure there are cd's like "John Coltrane+Johnny Hartman" and "Charlie Parker With Strings", but this gives you a variety). This cd is not like msot hophodged cd jazz compilations(which I normally despise), this is not a sampler for your average bozo who doesn't know the difference between Kenny G & Eric Dolphy, this cd gives a difinitive overview of good jazz singers and solosits, and the songs flow and create a beautiful and at times exotic mood. Such great yet obscure singer like Ernestine Anderson and Miss Mary Stallings are featured here as well as great intrumentalists like Joe Pass and Gene Harris, and the newer but great Ken Keplowski. This 2 cd set will introduce you to not only yhe popular singers and soloitst but the greater obscure ones too. A great set of jazz, for any occasion waether in be a sophistocated cocktail party or a romantic date for two, or just you, a great cd, buy one for yourself and get one for a friend... A truly wonderful buy.

Smoooooooth Jazz, with extra oooooo.:
This set deserves 7 out of 5 stars. I really couldn't praise this two disk collection enough. It has been described as a sampler, and that's accurate enough. If you like (lounge) jazz enough to start a collection, but don't know WHO you like, this is an excellent place to start. As a musical genre, jazz is as diverse, if not more, than any other type. It contains Blues, Swing, Dixieland, Lounge, Ragtime, and a throng of others. These disks are primarily what I would call Lounge Jazz - the type you'd hear played on an ebony baby grand piano, from across a dark room, sewn with swirls of grey-blue smoke and perfume, as the redhead in the sparkling rhinestone gown, sitting next to you at the bar, orders a dry martini, and winks at you playfully. Got the picture? The first CD is all instrumental. Deep base, sultry horns / reeds, and a tickling of the ivories. I was almost afraid to put the second CD in, for fear that I'd be disappointed. Number two blew me away. I couldn't believe I liked it better than the first. My favorite track was 13. Solitude - Billie Holiday. I would recommend this set to anyone who wants to start a jazz collection, but doesn't know where to begin.

JAZZ-JUNKIE's delight!!!:
For all you JAZZ-JUNKIES like me,(that doesn't sound so irregular), you will want this cd, especailly for the late night hours with that special someone. Yes all of us jazz junkies, already have this stuff in it's original context, but it's nice to have a variety at your fingertips, and this will introduce the novices to new artists liek Miss Ernestine Anderson(not too many people know about her), so buy this and if you love it, you may be a future "JAZZ JUNKIE", and there's nothing wrong with being a JAZZ-JUNKIE. So buy this cd you'll love it(& I love the "Beach house" humor, whoever wrote that original review must feel dumb). Just get this cd it's AWESOME. And one more thing... Jazz junkie, jazz junkie, jazz junkie, jazz junkie, jazz junkie, jazz junkie, jazz junie J-A-Z-Z J-U-N-K-I-E!!! That's for the guy who wrote never say Jazz junkie(we exhist and you can't shush us up). You wil llvoe this cd, jazz junkie or not.

I keep a dozen of these at each of my Texas beach condos:
Hi I'm erin, the Zillionaire stousee. I gave 20 of these away to all of my lovers, they all loved it. Just give this and an expensive bottle of wine to any jazz lover, or any lover(HAHAHA HAHA HAHAHA !!!!!!, nothing like rich person beach house humor). I love this cd and I have been searching for the perfect jazz CD with everything on it, and this is it! I have one at my beach condo and one at home, and I recommend it highly! Thansk for reading my review. Did i mention I'm a bragging annoying rich person, who has to mention my beach house. Wait a minute did I say beach condo(I'm from Texas?), oh well. Buy the cd you'll love it.

A wonderful romantic and moody album:
This 2 cd set is essential for all hep cats! Normally I skip compilations, however this cd creates a perfect mood for an intimate evening of dinner and who knows what else... This cd combines vintage retro jazz with newer artists, but the music blends well and has high artistic quality thuoghout. This cd is recomended even if you already have these songs on other cd's or by other artists, because they flow so nicely on this exellent and well thought thru two cd set. Hugh Heffner must have personally selected these himself, this cd is worthy of the almight Bunny logo that adorns the cover. Another plus is taht such unknown but great singers liek Mary Stallings, and Ernestine Anderson are included in this great set. This is a cool , hip and swingin' cd, for lovers in a romantic mood, a great addition to anyone's cd collection with any clas or taste at all.

• In The Wee Small Hours Of the Morning - Gene Harris
• Prelude To A Kiss - Duke Ellington
• Everything Happens To Me - Gene Harris
• My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
• Why Was I Born - Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
• The Peacocks - Howard Alden
• Spring Is Here - Stan Getz
• Blue In Green - Bill Evan
• Angel Eyes - Scott Hamilton
• Corcovado (Quiet Nights) - Charlie Byrd & Ken Peplowski
• 'Round Midnight - Thelonius Monk
• How Long Has This Been Going On? - Karrin Allyson
• Our Love Is Here To Stay - Patti Austin
• You Are Too Beautiful - Curtis Stigers
• At Last - Ella Fitzgerald with Joe Pass
• You Go To My Head - Mary Stallings
• Don't Misunderstand - Dennis Rowland
• Body and Soul - Diana Krall
• For All We Know - Susannah McCorkle
• You Must Believe In Spring - Tony Bennett with Bill Evan
• Sweet and Slow - Carol Sloane
• More Than You Know - Mel Torme with the Marty Paich Dek-Tette
• I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You - Carmen McRae with George Shearing
• Solitude - Billie Holiday
• Some Other Time - Ernestine Anderson with George Shearing