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Alison Krauss (vocals), Antonio Agri (violin), Bobby McFerrin (vocals), César Camargo Mariano (piano), Claude Bolling (piano), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Daniel Humair (drums), Edgar Meyer (bass), Emanuel Ax (piano), Gaby Casadesus (piano)
Unlike the recent Classic Yo-Yo, really a single-disc sampler of the recorded work of our true superstar cellist, The Essential Yo-Yo Ma purports to be something more -- the Yo-Yo Ma album to own if you're going to own just one. Where Classic Yo-Yo more or less alternated track by track between Ma's straight classical and crossover music, The ...
A calming, diverse collection of lullabies from the world over. Assembly of the compilation is by violinist Tracy Silverman (Turtle Island String Quartet), a father of two. Silverman succeeded in capturing most lullabies performed by families. A smorgasbord of cultures is represented: Japan, Indonesia, Brazil, Ghana, Iceland, Israel, Russia, and ...
The universality of lullabies is celebrated with this collection of melodies from around the world. Appropriately soothing and sweet, this collection of Celtic, Swedish, American, Canadian, American Indian, Japanese, Spanish, and African-American lullabies are performed by some of the world's most respected performers, all of whom are perfectly ...
Windham Hill: The First Ten Years is a retrospective celebrating the artists and artistry of the pioneering new age label's first full decade. And while the label's compilation release schedule is brisk to say the least, this two-disc set features at least one track from anyone who's ever recorded for the imprint's main new age division. It's ...
This CD will always be remembered for including Bobby McFerrin's surprise hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy." Actually, overall, this album is not quite up to the level of his previous two, for instead of taking unaccompanied vocals, the remarkable singer overdubbed his voice many times, which reduces the miraculous nature of his talents. However, ...
Creative vocalist Bobby McFerrin's return to Blue Note after a nearly ten-year absence indicates a possible desire for a return to improvised jazz, and in a way distancing himself from the classical works he had become increasingly associated with. Working again with pianist Chick Corea and producer Linda Goldstein, his 2002 album, Beyond Words, ...
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André Previn (piano), Anthony Falanga (double bass), Bobby McFerrin (vocals), Charlotte Church (soprano), Frederica Von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Gumpoldskirchner Kinderchor, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, James Saporito (drums), John Williams (guitar)
Sony's 2007 holiday offering The Ultimate Classical Christmas presents a highly varied program of traditional carols and modern seasonal songs that serves equally well as a sampler of the label's biggest stars, including soprano Kathleen Battle, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, tenors Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras, ...
Back in the late 1980s, Bobby McFerrin unveiled his sensational a cappella vocal group Voicestra, but the peripatetic singer/composer (and now conductor) waited nearly a decade before putting anything out in that concept -- and on a classical label yet! Taking the lead, the rubber-voiced McFerrin sets up revolving wordless vocal patterns, and he ...
The Best Blue Note Album in the World Ever may boast a silly title, but it's hard to argue with what's on this double-disc sampler. Not all of the label's greatest artists are here, but everything is representative, showing how hard bop like John Coltrane's "Blue Train" and Lee Morgan's "The Sidewinder" coexisted with soul-jazz from Grant Green ( ...
The highlights of vocal acrobat Bobby McFerrin's eclectic career are featured on this collection, which includes samples of his work with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Chick Corea, the Yellowjackets, Manhattan Transfer, and Jon Hendricks. Among the selections are "Spain," "Blue Bossa," and the cloying hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy." ~ Jason Ankeny, ...
If there's anything the Billboard Top Hits compilations documenting 1985 through 1989 indicate, it's that the period covered wasn't exactly pop music's most glorious era. Not only was there a lot of rock music being made that aged almost instantly; the mainstream had yet to fully embrace rap music, and a lot of the production qualities ...
This volume of Martha Stewart Living is, not surprisingly, about putting children to bed, so the music is devoted to quiet NPR lullabies, balancing songs by new acoustic merchants like Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss, Tuck & Patti, and David Wilcox with adult alt-rock favorites like Barenaked Ladies, Lucinda Williams, and Everything but the Girl, plus ...
Despite its straightforward title, Modern A Capella is a surprisingly clever mix of songs by contemporary a cappella artists and pop groups exploring a cappella territory. From Bobby McFerrin's "I Feel Good" to Ladysmith Black Mambazo's "Unomathemba" to Todd Rundgren's "Mighty Love," the album blends jazz, pop, rock, world, and folk a cappella ...
A Child's Celebration of Classical Music is an interesting mix of silly songs and storytelling sessions with classical music providing background and characterization. The best of these is David Bowie's "Peter and the Wolf" (though, at 27 minutes, some children might not keep interest); the worst is Carol Channing's unbearably perky "Gerald ...
For the casual pop music fan, Bobby McFerrin is the one-hit wonder who snapped, popped, and sang himself to 15 minutes of fame with 1986's "Don't Worry, Be Happy." For jazz aficionados, he is a gifted composer and vocal virtuoso, capable of precocious vocal transitions and gorgeous intonations. Don't Worry, Be Happy, a 1988 EMI release, is an ...
Volume 19 in Madacy's year-by-year overview of the biggest hits of the '70s and '80s is the best of the series' late-period collections -- smashes like the Church's "Under the Milky Way," Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers' "Tomorrow People" and INXS' "New Sensation" still pack a punch that many other hits of the era fail to deliver. ~ Chuck Donkers ...
A curious compilation of lite-jazz and quiet storm favorites, Smooth Sounds is all over the musical map -- alongside more predictable inclusions like George Benson's "Breezin'" and Vanessa Williams' "Save the Best for Last" are oddball selections like the themes to Seinfeld and St. Elsewhere. A real grab bag. ~ Raymond McKinney, All Music Guide
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