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		List Price: $16.98		Publisher: Compost Salesrank: 236198 Released: 2000-06-26
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Tracklisting:
1. Whenever
2. All Of Me
3. La Vie Des Anges
4. Love To Be
5. L’Homme Mysterieux
6. Document A (CD Edit)
7. Don’t Waste My Love
8. Chasin’ The Double Six
9. Afternoon At Rossi’s
10. See The Sun
11. Samba Para Dr. B
12. Love Ultd.
13. Chiffre

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Very Good Album
It’s funny but when I first picked this up some 5 years ago, it was actually on accident and out of ignorance as I was looking for Les Hommes yet Les Gammas was a familiar name to me. The mistake was honest - I had heard Les Gammas on an early edition of the Break & Bossa series on Schema Records and I’d heard Les Hommes, who is an artist on the Schema label, on a different compilation. But in the end thank heavens I did get this album! Les Gammas are a Compost label artists, which means at the time of this album they were labelmates with Rainer Truby/Truby Trio, A Forest Mighty Black, Beanfield, Michael Reinboth, Jazzanova, Faze Action and loads of others. And, looking at the relationship between Schema and Compost (you’ll see artists participate on different works, and even Nicola Conte wrote the linear note for Rainer Truby’s Glucklich V) it’s easy to make the mistake.

Still, I didn’t give the album a fair shot when I first heard it. But over time it definitely grew on me and I appreciated the creativity in the sound. It’s loaded with electronic touches and bits of nu-jazz. It’s very well done! The CD starts out with “Whenever”, a track that changes pace and tempo after a pure Brasil inspired intro. “All of Me” follows up nicely, great instrumentation with a soulful feel. “Love to Be” is nice but they did just a bit of overkill with distorted voiceovers. “L’Homme Mysterieux” has excellent piano work to it and a nice build. “Don’t Waste My Love” adds more of an R&B ambiance to the music. Other tunes that I enoyed were “See the Sun” although the vocals took away from the cut IMO. “Samba Para Dr. B” and “Chiffre” were also solid tunes.

I did enjoy this album but not all of the songs got me - sometimes with Les gammas, I think that they used the same sample or line a bit too much… a little redundant. One example was on one of the versions of a song they have titled “Outra Vida”. I think it should be noted that probably their biggest ever hit, “Outra Vida”, which includes Smoke City’s Nina Miranda, is NOT included but in the first version of that song that I heard, “Do you live your life like you believe in” was used ad nausem. I think that track was released after the album but I’m not sure - it might’ve been included on a Japanese import version of this. But I still did enjoy this album - good samples, nice musicianship and it’s a unique piece in my collection. If you like this, you may also like Wei Chi’s album, work by Amon Tobin, Tosca, Jazzanova’s “In Between” and Minus 8’s “Elysian Fields” and “Minuit”.

New genre uprising
Like Saint-Germain, Les Gammas combine soul, funk and jazz with a drum&bass like sound. They use samples from George Duke amongst others. See the Sun features a voice with the strength of Talk Talk’s ‘Life’s what you make it’. Really worth your while.

Innovative and Entertaining
Exercises de Styles is not without tracks that you don’t want to listen to, but it has at least 3 songs that you’ll want to hear a billion times. All around the album is pretty great. If you’re into this type of music, or you have really broad tastes in the Electronic and Lounge genres, buy this album now.

Following in the tradition of Nuyorican Soul, Air, and Jimi Tenor, Les Gammas’ Exercises de Styles varies between a study of seemingly trite music styles and ground-breaking genre-bending pop-music like you’ve never heard before. None of the songs degenerate into kitsch, but fuse lounge sensibility, Latin rhythms, a disco feel, and french-pop melodies, often into an overwhelming and enveloping symphonic sound.

More than just “excercises”, the album brings incredible creativity to the styles explored, resulting in something new and unique. The use of electronic instruments to complement (rather than dominate) the acoustic feel creates such subtle sophistication that you melt.

It reminds me so much of Jimi Tenor’s album Organism and Nuyorican Soul’s single Black Gold of the Sun but at the same time it is entirely something new and different.

Buy this album.

Organica and Electronic Fused with Soul: Exercises in Style
Everyone’s ears are listening for something different on the first run of a new music purchase. You are probably reading this review to see if I heard something in this CD worth spending hard earned cyber-dollars on. Most of the reviews on amazon are ambiguously favorable, which can leave you like “Damn, does this guy like what I like.” So I will say this about this debut from Les Gammas — I loved it. If you like Jazzanova, 4-hero, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Calm, Silent Poets, Lewis Taylor, Homecookin, and Omar, you will probably dig this. This group is on the label Compost with Rainer Truby, Truby Trio, Kyoto Jazz massive, and Jazzanova (via collaboration on Jazzanova-Compost Records).

The Soul, Drum N’ Bass, Dance Jazz, Bossa, and Downtempo genre’s are all well represented here; yet, this album defies the myopic boundaries that segregate modern music into sub-genre after sub-genre. Whether your in a chillout mood, driving over the speed limit, reading a book, or sweating on the dance floor, Exercices Des Styles has a groove for any mood. What kind of music is this? Music for the Soul.

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		List Price: $19.98		Publisher: Compendia Salesrank: 192499 Released: 1994-06-07
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Tracklisting:
1. The Nutcracker Ste: Miniature Ov - London Festival Orch
2. The Nutcracker Ste: March - London Festival Orch
3. The Nutcracker Ste: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy - London Festival Orch
4. The Nutcracker Ste: Russian Dance: Trepak - London Festival Orch
5. The Nutcracker Ste: Arabian Dance - London Festival Orch
6. The Nutcracker Ste: Chinese Dance - London Festival Orch
7. The Nutcracker Ste: Dance Of The Mirlitons - London Festival Orch
8. The Nutcracker Ste: Walts Of The Flowers - London Festival Orch
9. Carol Of The Bells - London Festival Orch
10. Sleighride - Rochester Pops Orch
11. Ov To Hansel And Gretel - London Festival Orch
12. Three German Dances: Sleighride - Rochester Pops Orch
13. Angels We Have Heard On High: Vars - Lyn Larsen
14. Snowdrops Waltz - Rochester Pops
15. Babes In Toyland: March - Rochester Pops
16. A Scottish Carol - Lyn Larsen
17. Mount Of Olives: ‘Hallelujah!’ - Carlo Curley/Chm Chr Of Grand Rapids
18. Thais: Meditation - Lyn Larsen/Carlo Curley
19. Choral, Sym No.9 in d: Finale - Chor

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Perfect for the Season
I purchased this years ago and the enjoyment has grown every Christmas. Handel’s Messiah is beautiful, The Nutcracker is a classic and the arrangement of hymns conveys the true wonders of the season. While there is a place for pop carols, these classics should be in every Christian’s music library. I loved this so much, I actually purchased a complete replacement set when I lost one of the discs. Certainly an excellent value that any music lover would treasure.

FOR WHISTLING OR SINGING ALONG
The gifted Richard Hayman (Boston Pops arranger for more than 30 years) offers an interesting collection of holiday favourites. The back cover says "Orchestra and Chorus" - beware, there is no chorus. The sub-title "Philharmomic Symphony Orchestra" is rather pedantic. Why not simply "Richard Hayman and His Orchestra"? The opening and closing numbers are sing-along medleys… the liner notes offer the words. Two Leroy Anderson numbers receive a fair treatment: SLEIGH RIDE and SONG OF THE BELLS, the latter being played rrather slowly. There is a beautiful rendition of MUSIC BOX DANCER, the only version I know that uses the music box. The counter-melody is too loud and takes away the charm of the main theme. A few compositions by the conductor himself. A great collection for tree-trimming, whistling or singing along.

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		List Price: $19.95		Publisher: Information Television Network Salesrank: 109503 Released: 2007-04-05
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A Serious Problem in My Community
This work says either 58,000 or 85,000 Americans go blind each year. Glaucoma can be controlled if it is detected early. Many diabetics may want to see this as it ties the two illnesses together.

Often, this health series dances around racial issues. Here, however, they state that glaucoma especially affects African Americans from the jump. All the patients and many of the experts interviewed here are African American. I really hope this learned experts persuade many African American college students to consider a career in optometry. The work ties glaucoma to the high rates of hypertension and diabetes in Black communities.

The anchor for this show said “my patients” for the first time. Perhaps he is an eye doctor. Because eyes are such small body parts, it’s easy for me to assume that it consists of few components. This work goes into depths about problems in the front and the back of the eyes. It demonstrates that a lot can go wrong with the many pieces of the eyeball. This body part is for more than just a bunch of rods and cones.

By the way, they never mention a famous, older singer who said she took a certain sumthin-sumthin’ to fight her glaucoma.

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		List Price: $7.98		Publisher: Disney Salesrank: 947433 Released: 1996-10-01
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Tracklisting:
1. Messiah Majesty
2. What Child Is This?/March of the Toy Soldiers
3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
4. Russian Dance
5. Medley: Hark, the Herald Angels Sing/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/Joy
6. Jingle Bells - Christmas All Stars
7. Gloria in Excelsis Deo
8. What Child Is This? - Don Scaletta Trio
9. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Don Scaletta Trio
10. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Don Scaletta Trio
11. Away in a Manger - Disney Dickens Christmas Carolers
12. O Come All Ye Faithful - Disney Dickens Christmas Carolers
13. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Disney Dickens Christmas Carolers
14. Good King Wenceslas - Christmas Carollers
15. Little Drummer Boy - Christmas All Stars
16. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Christmas All Stars
17. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Christmas Carollers
18. Bring a Torch - Disney Dickens Christmas Carolers
19. Carol of the Bells - Disney Dickens Christmas Carolers
20. Winter Wonderland - Disney Dickens Christmas Carolers
21. Up on the Housetop - Don Scaletta Trio
22. Jolly Old St. Nicholas - Don Scaletta Trio
23. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Don Scaletta Trio
24. O Holy Night
25. Let There Be Peace on Earth

Customer Reviews:
Acapella Christmas Carols by the Dickens Carolers!
The five tracks on this album performed by the Dickens Carolers are pure heaven! You can hear each part distinctly, yet they all blend well. The choral direction adds just the right touch to each song. On "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!" you will think a pipe organ has learned how to speak words. Likewise, in "Carol of the Bells" you will think the humans are the bells. I wish they would record more of the songs in their repertoire, as this is the only album I am aware of that contains acapella Christmas carols. Pure Heaven!

Great Big Band Holiday Music
The Christmas Brass charts are extremely well done. If you’re a fan of big band/ high brass music this cd is a no brainer! "Jingle Bells" and "Rudolph" are amazing! The acapella selections, especially "Carol of the Bells" are nice editions to this cd along with the more traditional arrangements performed by the orchestra. This cd is hard to find, but Amazon has the import to order, if you’re willing to wait 3 weeks.. Don’t hesitate to purchase this cd!

Awesome Big Band Holiday Music
The Christmas Brass charts are extremely well done. If you’re a fan of big band/ high brass music this cd is a no brainer! “Jingle Bells” and “Rudolph” are amazing! The acapella selections, especially “Carol of the Bells” are nice editions to this cd along with the more traditional arrangements performed by the orchestra. This cd is hard to find, but Amazon has the import to order, if you’re willing to wait 3 weeks… don’t hesitate to purchase this cd!

A must buy…Dont think twice about it.
If you are looking for an upbeat collection of Christmas music, look no more. This is the kind of Christmas music I love to turn up real loud and share with the neighbors. The brass line used in many of the songs is unreal. I have never heard anything like it. I would recomend this CD to anyone looking for a festive holiday.