Dynamic live performance captured.  Great JAZZ music!!
935402
Great Music, by a very talented vocalist.  I loved the retro cover.  I purchased the MP3 version.  Wonderful music, you feel her soul in "I Know Where I've Been".
1609009
Listening to this album, CD, MP3 or what have you, was like watching a really good movie, with great unexpected twist and turns. I thought it was fantastic the arrangements of the way they played together in the style of jazz is not easy to play.  After listening to this album, I listen to others. And I really felt no problem with the albums that I have musically, just a great band. I think if you listen to the album,  call Tatian marks
4772381
This is a slam dunk if you're a Keiko Matsui Lover.
A recent live performance with modern quality sound stage and microphone setups. Each of the selections is a very good recording of the musical content with the energy of live performance on tempo and influencing melodic riffs. I'm pleased to have the opportunity to enjoy the barest whiff of a true live experience on home reproduction equipment or in my headphones. This album didn't disappoint me.
4788745
Outstanding performance, and the Blu-ray recording is very well done too, with excellent audio and video engineering.  Krall's jazz piano improvisations on the songs, along with with riffs by her long-time musical partners on guitar, drums and bass are technically stunning--they make the music appear almost effortless, and yet it is performed at such a high level of maturity and technical precision.  Granted, they must have these "improvisations" down pat (and so these probably should not be called improvisations), but they still toy with them, as if to entertain themselves.  Likewise, Diana's vocals have much of the same feeling of freshness--even though she has performed many of the songs thousands of times, I would imagine.

Nice twist by adding some Latin rhythms and Bossa Nova for some of Krall's prior recordings (I own almost all of her albums).  This recording includes a few new songs not recorded in previous albums at that time. In a playful way, Diana gets the audience to sing along.  Very enjoyable.
318794
The inventive composition now performed live! It's stunning how precise their playing is live... (also, the band said in an interview that there WILL be a Live DVD for Future Sequence... YES! :)
545460
This is piano jazz at it's best! In fact, this album is a must for the jazz afficionado. Stiles' music is crisp, clean and innovative. Her arrangements on each tune are refreshing and creative. Each musician on the recording is tops. I first heard this sextet live at Smoke in NYC and have been listening to the record non-stop. This is one groovy recording!
1939903
elvin jones, drums.  sonny fortune, tenor saxophone, soprano and flute.  ravi john coltrane, tenor and soprano sax.  willie pickens, acoustic piano.  chip jackson, acoustic bass. {excerpt from previous review on original release of this concert}.
...the performance begins with elvin jones counting out the time and then transferring that to one driving cymbal... .. jump to 'doll of the bride', song three. inspired by a japanese folk song, this third and last song is truly the climax of the evening. it opens powerfully and maintains this dynamic energy. such a hip opening melody, it absolutely takes off and goes and goes splendidly into the world of jazz improvisation. beginning with pickens solo prompting us solidly into his ideas. well into the solo, pickens takes us into a driving melodic percussive journey... across the keyboard he does take us. brilliant performance. enters fortune on tenor. all solos on this piece are killers but this journey by sonny fortune is like a history of jazz tenor; it goes so many places... and passion abounds. at one point after part one of his memorable solo the band choruses into a wild flurry and fortune reenters on his sax, exploding into a bending hip screaching upper register journey, which sends the audience into a frenzy. he then explores the lower range, the very bottom with masculine assertion; jumps again from the middle into upper range and beyond... brilliantly executed and for the entire solo he has us captivated like a preacher in heat; he is relentless.
chip jackson follows with bass solo. if you love the bass, you will love this solo. elvin then enters pulls out all stops and performs a long complex and fascinating solo, using cymbals and full kit. the song closes exploratory in nature... with the two tenors together in unison... taking us out... after experiencing a really exciting jazz performance.  mz
1561773
ALIVE is another great album with her trio. Genuinely an incredible mix of jazz with big fusion/rock feel. Perhaps one of the greatest performers and composers of our age. I feel as though this album reaches out to Chick Corea fans and equally to fusion fans. She takes the elegance of jazz and achieves an incredibly diverse sound, from intimate moments to all out  driving inspiration. Ecstatic. In some ways, she is elevating music to another level. Seeing her live is also one of the most electric events one can feel.
768493
This may be a fusion album but it is a great example of how to do it the right way. Played with the passion of some of the best mainstream,classic jazz.
Musicianship is first rate without being overdone. I agree with the other reviewer regarding Buzz Feiten's guitar work - absolutely first rate.
As the Duke once said - There are basically only two kinds of music..Good Music and the other kind.
This is some of the good stuff.
2589009
Listening to this CD was a refreshing and exciting experience.  It seems forever since I have heard a performance of this quality.  And No,.....lots of new thinking going on here.  The saxophonist and rhythm section play off of each other with skills which are a joy for the listener.  DON'T MISS THIS ONE!
4442825
WOW!  What a recording! I Especially like the saxophone work by Gianluigi  Trovesi!
3479519
Wonderful performance!  Very good recording  This is the kind of thing us audiophiles live for!
4038071
"This is one of the enjoyable recordings I've ever made. How refreshing is it to play with these pros." ~ Stan Getz ~

"This memorable session was Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson's first and only meeting in the recording studio as co-leaders. Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson Trio remains a most satisfying collaboration and is presented here - in its entirety - for the first time."  ~ Nat Hentoff ~

Stan Getz with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis and Ray Brown? Yes, indeed, on this CD! The group will utterly delight you with their outstanding performances. While I tremendously enjoyed this CD in its entirety, the part I love most is the ballad medley, which the group perfectly performed. I believe this medley is the crowning glory of this album. It's so beautiful that I can just put track #3 on a repeat mode and forget the rest of the tracks! What a brilliant idea to do a medley of all these songs so meaningful to me. This medley alone is worth the price of the CD. The songs and its respective soloists are as follow.

"Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" - Stan Getz, tenor sax
"I Don't Know Why, I Just Do" - Herb Ellis, guitar
"How Long Has This Been Going On" - Oscar Peterson, piano
"I Can't Get Started" - Ray Brown, bass
"Polka Dots And Moonbeams" - Stan Getz, tenor sax

Also one of my favorites tunes here is "I'm Glad There Is You." Stan Getz's genius shows in every note of this superb and melodic track, and Herb Ellis plays his guitar in a very creative fashion. This is one of the most sublime and notable instrumental versions of all-time. It starts off artistically with Ellis' guitar then Getz joins in slightly overpowering Ellis' guitar to make the most enchanting mix of sax and guitar simultaneously, then comes that gorgeous "solo showdown" between Getz and Ellis. It's so beautiful! I listened to it with a few repeats.

Stan Getz can swing, too! Just listen closely to "I Want To Be Happy," "Pennies From Heaven," "Three Little Words" and his very own "Blues For Herky" and "Tour's End." He plays his favorite instrument effortlessly with ease, precision and virtuosic flair.

When jazz greats get together for a gig, the result is one great album such as this.

An enjoyable musical journey.
1937938
One of the nicest jazz I've ever heard. There is a slight problem with a recording: At some point there are noises for about a minute which will make you think that your speaker membrane got torn, but it's just that the recording was made that way. Still this is a minor complain to an overally brilliant music.
1586779
"The Concert' that defined modern jazz for 3 generations still sounds great.  A special pleasure is the redo broadcast of 2 days' later hearing the band 'in full cry' but in a smaller venue.  Great Stuff!!
1309219
Gorgeous album! Just listen to some of the samples. Finesse is an understatement when it comes to describing Ikonen's music.
With lots of fire and attention to detail. The minimoog has not been played so well since Benoit Widemann, Stu Goldberg, Jan Hammer or Mats Oberg made their outstanding contributions with the instrument. It's dynamic, melodic-yet-inventive jazz . Highly recommended!
150693
This is a wonderful CD.  I love jazz, and I was introduced to this jazz fusion band by a friend living in Quebec, Canada.  The musicality is exceptional, and each musician and/or guest artist featured plays very well - the solos are up to par...the horns, guitars, piano, keyboards, etc.; let's not forget the drummer: Larnell Lewis, on 'What About Me?' and 'Lingus', the way he responds to Cory Henry's solo and the saxophone solo on 'Outlier'...AMAZING!!  I have been listening to this CD at home and in my car, dancing to each tune or simply sitting back to savour each instrument.  Even my six year-old daughter knows the tunes, from the beginning to the coda; the solos as well.  I can go on and on about how excellent this CD is...what I would like is an opportunity to see this band live.  Keep up the good work...!!