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| | Simply Said [CD on Demand] | | | Music Artist : | | Kenny Garrett | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | © Warner Bros. Records Inc., / WEA International | | Release Date : | | 1999-06-22 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $18.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. G.T.D.S.
2. Charlie Brown Goes to South Africa
3. Delta Bali Blues
4. Conversation With Hutcherson
5. Words Can't Express
6. Back Where You Started
7. Sounds Like Winter
8. Can I Just Hold Your Hand?
9. Organized Colors
10. 3rd Quadrant
11. Simply Said
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Not His Best
Submitted on: 2009-07-12 |
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| After making a couple of really excellent albums (Pursuance and Songbook) that made him sound like a new John Coltrane, Kenny Garrett has made a recording that makes him sound like a new David Sanborn. At first, I was put off by the simplicity of the music on this disk (I guess that's what I get for not taking the CD's title seriously), but once I realized that Garrett seemed to be making a serious effort to put together a more commercial sound without completely selling out, I had to admire the effort that went into this disk. The songs are engaging but never banal, and unlike some pop saxophone releases, Simply Said sounds more interesting upon repeated listening. If you have a friend or relation that you would like to get interested in jazz but are afraid of either scaring them off or dumbing them down, this CD would make the perfect gift--accessible enough to please the ear, but sophisticated enough to engage the imagination. |
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 Simply Wonderful !
Submitted on: 2007-02-16 |
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I Cannot Believe How Many People are complaning about this cd ! , I mean , sure it does not sound like how kenny garrett usually makes a cd , but like the person before me says the way garrett plays with the group is AMAZING espically on songs like " Simply Said " and " Sounds Like Winter "
Also there is amazing Saxophone Playing on " Third Quadirant " and this cd is nothing short of GREAT ! --- The truth is that if coltrane made the same album you would be talking about how great it was ---- This cd is as good as garrett's previous album's -- listen to the musicianship and the WHOLE CD before writing a negative comment . :) |
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Kenny Garret's Masterpiece
Submitted on: 2003-07-29 |
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| The widest range of stylistic and emotional expression of any recent jazz album - beautiful compositions, played masterfully by superb musicians - what's not to love? Furthermore, this is one of those rare recordings that is a composition in itself; the order of the tunes is carefully chosen so that each complements the previous, and leads you to the next. Lots of folks put down this CD for being too "smooth jazzy". Nothing could be further from the truth. As a contemporary musician, how can he not be aware of and influenced by R&B and funk? Kenny Garrett played with Miles Davis in a funk/jazz setting, and has appeared with Marcus Miller both live and on record. The history of jazz is intertwined with the history of popular music. Don't forget that all of the so-called "standards" are just pop tunes from Broadway shows. It's the performance that counts in jazz, and with Kenny Garrett, you will never hear anything but a superlative performance. This is one of those few recordings that stand repeated (and repeated!) listening, each time revealing something new. I have owned 5 copies of this CD, I keep having to buy new ones because I give them away to my friends, "You have GOT to hear this!" I own every one of Kenny Garrett's CDs (and many more upon which he appears). This is his best recorded effort; and that is surely saying something. If I could give it 100 stars, I would. |
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"Simply Said", Simply wonderful.
Submitted on: 2003-06-14 |
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I happened to hear a cut from "Simply Said" on Public Radio, and then only a small sample of the selection. After an inquiry as to who the artist was, I listened to several samples on the "net", and I had to add this CD to my collection.
A must have if you enjoy Jazz. |
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 don't judge on "superficial" sound
Submitted on: 2001-03-24 |
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| Look. It ain't what we're used to hearing from Kenny Garrett. At first, I thought, man, this guy, my favortie sax player by far sold out and made a commercial album. This sucks. However, I spent the summer after my freshman year in college listening to this album almost exclusively. It grew on me slowly. I began to listen beyond to fact that it sounded like smooth jazz. I soon realized that it actually has amazing qualities in several areas. Firstly, the interaction between the members of the group is nothing short of beautiful--this is, in my opinion, the best aspect of the funk/smooth jazz vein. Also, the solos precisely fit the chordal structures. With repeated listenings, I heard the emotion that actually is coming through in this album. Though I have heard a tune or two from this album on some smooth jazz stations, I have no doubt that that was not Kenny's first motivation for making this one. It is the direction that Kenny decided to take for that album and I appreciate it in its own light. Now, I see some of the tracks as being so beautiful that, in the moment, I have a hard time seeing how anybody could not like this album. |
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