Blues music reviews

This Philly girl is representing well!! This cd is everything you need on a Saturday night, you don't need a date just this cd,good food and plenty of room to jam. Her vocals are strong and clear..This sista can Blow!!! Need an introduction to r&b?
you need this cd..she brings it well.

Ill be more than glad to make an attempth through this review at answering the question, Who is Jill Scott? Although I've personally never met her, her music depicts her to be a very soul oriented, lyrically motivated and creative artist. The production is definetly soul based, and her lyrics were poetical as usual. Jill differs than the typical singer in that her lyrics aren't the stereotypical "you stole my man heffer, Black men are no good, I want a rider" type theme. She is often supportive of men, and versatile on her first album. I would say the best or my favorite tracks are "Gettin in the Way", "Its Love", "The Way", "Honey Molasses", "A Long Walk", "Love Rain", and "Slowly Surely". I have so many favorites because the whole album is excellent!! I mean great!! I can literally play the whole album staight through. Top notch production, diversity in subject matter, strong singing, and poetry. Definitly classic material! Classic!

Honestly I hate R&B, I just keep it around to set the mood. But Jill Scott, there is somethin' about her. All I gotta say is, if you love R&b, and your lookin for a female with class and personality. You cant go wrong with this. This averages 5 stars for a reason.

Monster drummer.

If you listen closely you'll hear that on this record and Axis: Bold As Love, several of the songs are clearly vehicles for Mitch. Hendrix overshadowed almost everyone he played with but Jimi knew it, Mitch was an innovator, so he made sure he had room to stretch on several of the songs. He also stayed with Mitch for some time after Noel Redding left.

For me 1/2 of the experience was listening to Mitch.

No collection of popular music is complete without this CD; quite simply, it is the definitive rock and roll album. Sergeant Pepper may surpass it for beauty and complexity - but Are You Experienced sets the standard for both guitar virtuosity and sheer influence. Hendrix re-invented the rock idiom, and over the following 39 years no one has come close to matching AYE, indeed, no one has laid a glove on it.

The woods are thick with Hendrix wannabes; his impact has been so great that one forgets there was a time when he did not exist. Are You Experienced was hurled into our consciousness in 1967 like a hand grenade thrown through the window of an Edwardian tea party, it wasn't just new, it was profoundly unknown, like an artifact from space - with a force that was undeniable. As Zappa said, "You don't listen to the music of Jimi Hendrix, it eats you alive."

Charlie Parker has been dead for over half a century, but his technical genius was such that people still argue over how he was able to play with such lightning speed. Hendrix was equally dazzling, transcending technique, thoughts actualized as sounds. Self-taught, left-handed, axe strung upside down, Hendrix didn't play guitar; he lived it. I saw him in a small club in '67 and can vouch that he did indeed pick it with his teeth and play it behind his head and between his legs - there was nothing he couldn't do.

Neophytes are advised that only tracks 1-11 appeared on the original LP. The extras are fun, especially Red House - Hendrix was never better than when he played straight blues, witness Hey Joe and The Wind Cries Mary. Most songs are such cultural touchstones they require little discussion though two are oddly neglected. Are You Experienced rips, bends, and soars - taking you so high you might wonder if you'll ever return. Third Stone From The Sun could be the best track on the CD, there is an episodic, space-jam quality to it you've heard echoed by a legion of derivative, less-talented rockers.

Terrific remix on this one, and very nice booklet with photos, lyrics, and more. Pity poor Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, living in that giant shadow. Both perform admirably, especially Mitchell who has some fast hands and always seems to know where Hendrix wants to go next. Hendrix was only 25 when he recorded this CD. It is a masterpiece in every respect, as satisfying now as the day it was released.

Okay, so maybe THIS is the best debut album ever.... I don't usually like shorter, radio- friendly tracks, BUT Hendrix packed so much psychedelia into each one that if they'd been any longer we would overdose! These songs are all brilliant, with the title track being my favorite even though it wasn't a hit single (surprise, surprise.) Hedrix's use of studio gimmickery was an artform in itself, rivaling the Beatles. Both of these bands were revolutionary in their musical styles and recording technique and changed the face of music forever. I'm STILL trying to figure out some of the noises Jimi made with his guitar. Truly an artist and the rest of the band was awesome, too. Mitch Mitchell was a monster on drums and Noel Redding's bass...You can tell he was a guitar player. Although I enjoy everything Jimi put out, this remains my favorite. "Excuse me while I kiss the sky...." Pure genious!

Monster drummer.

If you listen closely you'll hear that on this record and Axis: Bold As Love, several of the songs are clearly vehicles for Mitch. Hendrix overshadowed almost everyone he played with but Jimi knew it, Mitch was an innovator, so he made sure he had room to stretch on several of the songs. He also stayed with Mitch for some time after Noel Redding left.

For me 1/2 of the experience was listening to Mitch.

No collection of popular music is complete without this CD; quite simply, it is the definitive rock and roll album. Sergeant Pepper may surpass it for beauty and complexity - but Are You Experienced sets the standard for both guitar virtuosity and sheer influence. Hendrix re-invented the rock idiom, and over the following 39 years no one has come close to matching AYE, indeed, no one has laid a glove on it.

The woods are thick with Hendrix wannabes; his impact has been so great that one forgets there was a time when he did not exist. Are You Experienced was hurled into our consciousness in 1967 like a hand grenade thrown through the window of an Edwardian tea party, it wasn't just new, it was profoundly unknown, like an artifact from space - with a force that was undeniable. As Zappa said, "You don't listen to the music of Jimi Hendrix, it eats you alive."

Charlie Parker has been dead for over half a century, but his technical genius was such that people still argue over how he was able to play with such lightning speed. Hendrix was equally dazzling, transcending technique, thoughts actualized as sounds. Self-taught, left-handed, axe strung upside down, Hendrix didn't play guitar; he lived it. I saw him in a small club in '67 and can vouch that he did indeed pick it with his teeth and play it behind his head and between his legs - there was nothing he couldn't do.

Neophytes are advised that only tracks 1-11 appeared on the original LP. The extras are fun, especially Red House - Hendrix was never better than when he played straight blues, witness Hey Joe and The Wind Cries Mary. Most songs are such cultural touchstones they require little discussion though two are oddly neglected. Are You Experienced rips, bends, and soars - taking you so high you might wonder if you'll ever return. Third Stone From The Sun could be the best track on the CD, there is an episodic, space-jam quality to it you've heard echoed by a legion of derivative, less-talented rockers.

Terrific remix on this one, and very nice booklet with photos, lyrics, and more. Pity poor Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, living in that giant shadow. Both perform admirably, especially Mitchell who has some fast hands and always seems to know where Hendrix wants to go next. Hendrix was only 25 when he recorded this CD. It is a masterpiece in every respect, as satisfying now as the day it was released.

Okay, so maybe THIS is the best debut album ever.... I don't usually like shorter, radio- friendly tracks, BUT Hendrix packed so much psychedelia into each one that if they'd been any longer we would overdose! These songs are all brilliant, with the title track being my favorite even though it wasn't a hit single (surprise, surprise.) Hedrix's use of studio gimmickery was an artform in itself, rivaling the Beatles. Both of these bands were revolutionary in their musical styles and recording technique and changed the face of music forever. I'm STILL trying to figure out some of the noises Jimi made with his guitar. Truly an artist and the rest of the band was awesome, too. Mitch Mitchell was a monster on drums and Noel Redding's bass...You can tell he was a guitar player. Although I enjoy everything Jimi put out, this remains my favorite. "Excuse me while I kiss the sky...." Pure genious!

This is for the Ladies and Gentlemen who have outgrown the club, who have outgrown the pimping and gold digging! This is for the grown and sexy and confident loving people of the world. If you are smooth then this album, is required in your collection. Purchase and Enjoy!!!!!

Kem has definitely been added to the list of great music. He's such a great artist with a smooth mesmerizing voice. This young man is definitely talented, and I'm looking forward to many CDs to come.

This CD is supberb!! Absolutely fabulous. I received it timely and have enjoyed listening to it over and over again. All my deslings with Amazon thusfar have been outstanding.

Thanks, Amazon

Laura Rigo

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, formed in September 1966 under the watchful and savvy eye and ear of ex-Animal Chas Chandler (who had been tipped off to one amazing guitarist tearing up NYC's Cafe Wha? by Keith Richards' girlfriend, after Stones' manager Andrew Oldham shortsightedly passed on the second great opportunity of his life) were musically a magificent outfit, more coherent than Cream, who onstage (not on record) could devolve into three soloists barely aware of each other. The Experience had Noel Redding as the bedrock rhythm player, letting Mitch Mithell and Jimi Hendrix's telepathic explorations take them and the audience through inner and outer space. After the explosive debut ("Are You Experienced?") and "Axis: Bold As Love", the band started to fracture. "Axis" may be Jimi's greatest single album, certainly it is the Experience's tightest, fleetest (13 songs just under 40 minutes), and most exquisite sounding work, and much of the imagination that needed four sprawling sides to express itself on "Eleectric Ladyland" was reigned in (by Chandler and perhaps Hendrix himself) but fully at peak powers on "Axis."
"Ladyland" is, of course, a classic, but with the recording process taking over a year ("Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" came first, July 1967, and they were back in the studio that December, immediatly after the completion of "Axis"), this drawn out process drove Chas Chandler - fed up with hangers on, drugs, and expensive studio hours wasted - to quit his role as producer, and frustrated Redding as well. If "Axis" is the trio at its best, "Ladyland" shows Jimi with a bigger canvas, a bigger budget, leaving the trio format behind as he starts collaborating with other musicians - most successfully, three members of Traffic and Jefferson Airplane's Jack Casady - but also many others who participated in these sessions, from Al Kooper to the Stones' Brian Jones to Electric Flag drummer Buddy Miles. Despite the well documented studio excess, there is little waste on the finished product. Sonically the album is all over the place, sometimes murky and almost muddy, a few minutes later exploding in hallucinatory raging power, and still elsewhere crisp and tight as anything on the first two albums. The original LP was indeed grey and drab sounding, and this review is intended for those who may have been skeptical of yet another cd issue or even (like me) analog devotees. But, with Eddie Kramer and George Marino working FOR THE FIRST TIME from original master tapes, this Hendrix album above all the other reissues ("Band Of Gypsys" would be a close second) benefits greatly from the new (1997) remastering. The sonic veil is lifted, and the album truly explodes from your hopefully halfway decent speakers: just turn the volume up on "Come On" or either Vodoo Chile/d", and you'll hear what I mean. Yes, it is more obvious than ever that many studios and sessions and multiple overdubs were involved, but this is as close to the master tape Jimi and Kramer delivered in September 1968 as we're likely to hear for a long time. And Jimi finally, whatever the frustrations of his compadres, didn't make a musical misstep. He honors Curtis Mayfield on the title track, New Orleans' Earl King on "Come On", even Jimmy Smith and what would be called acid jazz three decades later on the "Rainy Day" tracks.
The downside is this pretty much broke the camaraderie and unified spirit of the Experience. Noel Redding to these ears plays bass on perhaps as few as 4 or 5 tracks, with Jimi playing on many of the others and Casady making a grand cameo on the 15-minute "Voodoo Chile." The next year "Smash Hits" collected four previously unreleased early gems on a disc that was issued the same month the group broke up, and it is a fine retrospective that honors their tremendous accomplishments in two-and-a-half years. The group's last studio sessions left some strong tracks (on the box, "South Saturn Delta," and bits and pieces elsewhere). Band Of Gypsys lasted but a month or two before Jimi called Mitch Mitchell back, and two years after this album's release Jimi was still finishing up a successor, which would likely have come out in 1971 as something very close to "Cry Of Love" or "First Rays."
Be it on 180g vinyl or CD, this is the third great Experience album, sounding better than it did in 1968, and is thus essential.

Van Gogh had Crows On A Wheatfield, Picasso had Guernica, and Hendrix had Electric Ladyland. If you do not own this CD then twelve dollars are standing in between you and the greatest album ever recorded by the greatest rock guitarist ever born. The only way Electric Ladyland could be better is if it were longer.

The brief and brilliant career of The Jimi Hendrix Experience was built, astoundingly, on just three albums. The first, Are You Experienced, is arguably the best debut album ever recorded by anybody - it revolutionized popular music. The second, Axis: Bold As Love, was thrown together and while it contains highlights, is the problem middle-child of the canon. Electric Ladyland, third and last, released as an expansive two-album set, raised the bar so high that subsequent players have not even managed to see it with binoculars.

Episodic, brave, diverse, technically breathtaking, and stunningly intense, Electric Ladyland delivers a payload that knocks listeners into the middle of next week. Where the first two albums stayed close to the radio-friendly short format, Electric Ladyland was truly a concept album with recurrent themes and jams that went on even longer than this sentence - a radical approach mimicked by lesser practitioners through subsequent decades. Ironically, it produced two radio hits, the haunting take on Dylan's All Along The Watchtower and the amusingly metaphorical Crosstown Traffic. The apocalyptic Voodoo Child (Slight Return) became anthemic after the fact and seems to pop up everywhere.

Every track has merit but, as Orwell said, "Some are more equal than others." Come On is possibly the quintessential 12-bar house party dance jam; you can almost hear the guitar melting. 1983 ... (A Merman I Should Turn To Be), has an ethereal, trippy quality - a gentle space voyage with a safe landing. But the track that will forever secure this album's place in recording history is the 15-minute Voodoo Child jamaganza. Not only does it showcase Hendrix at his bluesy best, he is joined by pop music royalty - Steve Winwood on organ and Jack Casady on bass (on loan from the Jefferson Airplane).

If only they sold it with the original U.K. cover!

This is just what I was hoping for. Re-Mastered and the sound is excellent. It is as good as the 1st time I heard it on vinyl,

I love Regina Belle, but comparing Lazy Afternoon (#3), Believe In Me (#2), Stay With Me (#4), All By Myself (#5), Reaching Back (#1) and Passion (#6) to this CD, it would have to rank Believe in Me (#7) last on the list. Her vocals are strong but the material are predictable boring R&B tunes. This is the only one of her CDs that is not on heavy rotation on my CD player or computer.

I am such a huge fan of Regina and I cannot wait for the followup to Lazy Afternoon.

Regina Belle is one of my all time favourite female R&B singers. She's so talented and it shows through this cd. It's beautiful. I really do love all of these songs although four really stand out. I love Don't Wanna Go Home, Let Me Hold You, Take My Time and What If. This is a cd that you can listen to over and over again without tiring of it. She's got a voice like an angel and if you are an R&B fan, you should get this for your collection because it's fantastic and very soulful. I love it.

Super vocal diva Regina Belle brings back the long forgotten essense of Soul/Jazz with 'This Is Regina',a collection of soul-spiked grooves that touch some hefty jazzy hooks and return to mainstream.
Partnering with legendary songwriter/producer Barry Eastmond - who crafted some of thes new jazzy-lounge nocturnes specially to showcase Regina's unparalleled vocal skills - Regina Belle swaggers with a smouldering,slow-burning passion and intensity.
'Oooh Boy' and 'Johnny's Back'alone are reasons enough why this CD should be a part of your pocket even if you're a few quarters short after the splurge....
'Take Your Time' and "Someone Who Neeeds Me" are two other articulate , stylized tracks,which sit comfortably
in the sheer range and expression of this album's tonal gradations.
Regina's 'This Is Regina',to summarize,is an original and much needed punch in the fluffy omelette of good pop.
Highly recommended !!

Whoa. Mr. Le Bob's vocal phrasing and delivery on the acoustic numbers is truly moving, weird, mystifying, and gives these songs more (new, emphasized, different)meaning from the album versions. I love it. The electric side is just an onslaught. The bridge to "Thin Man" is spine-tingling, and "Rolling Stone" runs me over like a Mack truck.

I recently bought this after months of delay, for whatever reason. The concert certainly lives up to previous reviews expectations and it was nice to hear these songs played live. However, the second set is the most intriguing for me. At least three of the songs date from his acoustic folk days (I dont believe you, Baby let me follow you down, and One to many mornings), while 3 more are from the Highway 61 revisited album (Like a rolling stone, Ballad of a thin man, and Just like tom thumbs blues), one song that cannot be found anywhere else (Tell me mama)and one song from Blonde on Blonde (Leopard skin pill box hat). So what is so odd about this? Well the unrealesed song for one, and the fact that, apart from Like a rolling stone, no hits. Maggies Farm and Tombstone Blues are missing from Highway 61 revisited, while only 1 song is featured from Blonde on Blonde, and the hit single Positivly 4th street is missing. So I wonder is Dylan making a point and being ironic? He plays three songs from his folk days as electric songs, perhaps as a message to the audience that the folk days are numbered and to accept the electric material. Further opening up with an unrealesed song seems like an odd choice. Finally his lack of playing any hits save Like a rolling stone, seems odd. It would seem then that Dylan was playing what he wanted, rather than bowing to the hits, something to be admired. All said a good album and worth getting.

This is a brilliant concert, but perhaps needs some historical context to be fully appreciated. For those who need some history, this 2 cd set includes a beautifully written booklet describing Dylan's '65-'66 transformation from folk troubadour to electrified rock sensation, and the vilification this change inspired in some of his folk fans. This presumes, of course, that people know how to read. Otherwise listeners may be perplexed at hearing some audience members booing and heckling during the electric set (the second disk of the set).
Some of the folk fans were particularly irked at hearing some of their Dylan folk favorites electrified and rocking (Baby Let me Follow You Down), and some of his rock songs sung with only guitar and harmonica during the acoustic set (Desolation Row). The acoustic performances are beautiful, passionate and haunting, and the electic performances, with bristling backup from The Band, are blistering and furious. It is evident throughout that Dylan is wasted (both in terms of exhaustion and drug use). I suppose this might bother some listeners; to me it just adds to the poignancy of the music, and makes the brilliance of the performances even more amazing. The acoustic version here of "Visions of Johanna", one of my favorite Dylan songs,I now prefer to the studio recording on "Blonde on Blonde".
This is a historic recording that circulated on bootlegs for many years. Consult the booklet, and watch Martin Scorcese's "No Direction Home" to get a sense of the kind of pressure that Dylan was under during this watershed period of his career.
Hearing Dylan do battle with the naysayers in his audience is part of the excitement of the performance. That gutsiness in sticking to his artistic vision is one of Dylan's most admirable qualities, but this might be lost on some listeners. Newcomers to Dylan's music, or those who have trouble with performances that sound different from the studio recordings, or those expecting the smoothed out and heavily produced sound of many current recordings, may have some trouble with this one.
Well, I agree with Van. I truly pity anyone who can't appreciate Dylan's music. For those who dismiss it as "old folk's music", that's their loss. Someday they'll be old. How well will the stuff they listen to now hold up years from now, compared to Dylan's music?

This is Absolute genius , the violence inflicted on his strat is mindblowing ,this album was slated when it first came out by reviewers.It is one of the best live albums of all time ,pity no decent video footage exists.If you're a guitarist buy this album , you ll love it ,and if you don't you ll take ideas from the myriad of licks in the music . Its a essentially soul album with great basslines etc. This record has a essential lesson to all in the music industry ,be careful what pieces of paper u sign he got swindled by a record company for a one dollar contract when he was unknown .

There have been plenty of reviews here about the songs and musicians, but what gives me the goosebumps every time I hear it is Jimi's sound... It is the best live guitar sound I have ever heard, I can't even imagine what it was like in person.

Jimi was ahead of his time then and is ahead of our time now. How long will we have to wait for someone to fill his shoes?

Of all the albums that I have owned or listened to in my life, this is by far, the best performance by a musicician that I could ever imagine. Hendrix' heart just pours out of his guitar, in fact it is overwhelming at times. Buddy Miles and Billy Cox are up to the task, and if I may boldly say, this is the greatest rock album of all time. I bought the fillmore cd and the dvd and I still go back to the original. Hendrix' guitar talks to me like I've never been spoken to since. I bought this LP for a dollar in a cut out bin, when I was about 12.. Who knew at the time, what an effect it would have on me. I strictly play my acoustic guitar because when I pretend that I could play an electric guitar, I listen to this and cry about how life just isn't fair for us mere mortals. I could go on and on forever, but I won't. I hope that I live to the day that somebody plays the guitar like this, but I would not wager on it. A thousand stars just isn't enough.

What? They aren't the best rock band in the world. The only rock songs that rock are Start Me Up and Shattered. What's the point?
They used to play punk back in the 60's. They were never the best
rock band in the world. Or maybe they are, they are a great band but they are way better than the Who. The Beatles suck.

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BEATLES ARE JUNK!!!!!

ONLY AN IDIOT WILL DISAGREE THAT THE ROLLING STONES ARE AMONGST THE GREATEST.THEY HAVE PRODUCED NUMEROUS EXCELLENT ALBUMS INCLUDING THIS ONE.SO DONT BE A LOSER LIKE THE PREVIOUS REVIEWER.JUST BUY IT.

charlie say this good album.. charlie like sound and sunny vibe, make charlie feel good and carefree like charlie used to feel. charlie say, don't do drugs, get album, maybe you like album too. charlie think life is gamble, take chances in life but don't be stupid....

What? They aren't the best rock band in the world. The only rock songs that rock are Start Me Up and Shattered. What's the point?
They used to play punk back in the 60's. They were never the best
rock band in the world. Or maybe they are, they are a great band but they are way better than the Who. The Beatles suck.

the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck the beatles suck.







BEATLES ARE JUNK!!!!!

ONLY AN IDIOT WILL DISAGREE THAT THE ROLLING STONES ARE AMONGST THE GREATEST.THEY HAVE PRODUCED NUMEROUS EXCELLENT ALBUMS INCLUDING THIS ONE.SO DONT BE A LOSER LIKE THE PREVIOUS REVIEWER.JUST BUY IT.

charlie say this good album.. charlie like sound and sunny vibe, make charlie feel good and carefree like charlie used to feel. charlie say, don't do drugs, get album, maybe you like album too. charlie think life is gamble, take chances in life but don't be stupid....