Best Cabaret Vocalists
The album also topped many critics' "albums of the year" lists and gathered major music awards in the process, including eight Grammy Awards.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Her voice sounds even better than ever in this format. The combination of her voice and this music, along with the spaciousness of the sound, make for a great SACD."
"I highly recommend this CD if you love female vocalists - jazz, pop, country western - and to be introduced to a singer who will certainly make her mark on the music scene for years to come."
"Very talented, great voice and great songwriting as well."
"This record is perfect for laying on the floor on a warm afternoon with the sun shing through the window."
"A must have SACD for every Jazz collection!"
"Listened to this CD 50 times minimum."
"I love the mix of tunes on this album -- and Nora sings every song from her heart."
"One of my favorite vinyl records."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Good listening music."
"liked but some of it a little bland."
"Great album, unfortunately this is the second time that I have received a warped album from Amazon."
"Great music, beautiful vocals."
"Although she is best known by casual listeners for her debut album, "Come Away With Me," this album is probably my favorite from Norah Jones."
"This is one of those albums I can listen to when I feel happy, when I feel sad, when I want background music or when I want to get lost in the music."
John Coltrane's matchup with singer Johnny Hartman, although quite unexpected, works extremely well.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Allow yourself to be swept away by this mesmerizing music courtesy of one of the finest saxophonists in the jazz scene, John Coltrane, and one of the greatest vocalists, Johnny Hartman. Backing Coltrane and Hartman are McCoy Tyner on piano, Elvin Jones on drums and Jimmy Garrison on bass. John Coltrane, a remarkable composer in his own right, had worked with other jazz greats such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk, among many others."
"Beautiful and an important recording."
"We gave this as a gift to my wife's grandfather."
"This is John Coltrane like you haven't heard him before: very lyrical and beautiful."
"I believe this is one of the very best collaborations between a jazz musician and a singer, ever."
"I already own this CD."
"Excellent - Easy listening at it's best."
"Excellent CD with great songs and sound quality."
Best Acoustic Blues
The album also topped many critics' "albums of the year" lists and gathered major music awards in the process, including eight Grammy Awards.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Her voice sounds even better than ever in this format. The combination of her voice and this music, along with the spaciousness of the sound, make for a great SACD."
"I highly recommend this CD if you love female vocalists - jazz, pop, country western - and to be introduced to a singer who will certainly make her mark on the music scene for years to come."
"Very talented, great voice and great songwriting as well."
"If I feel crappy, I put her on, and she can make me smile just about every time."
"This record is perfect for laying on the floor on a warm afternoon with the sun shing through the window."
"A must have SACD for every Jazz collection!"
"Listened to this CD 50 times minimum."
"I love the mix of tunes on this album -- and Nora sings every song from her heart."
Best Classic Broadway Vocalists
The warm, crooning tones of Perry Como are sure to lend a little extra Christmas cheer to this season's festivities. This collection brings together many of his classic seasonal recordings and some tracks even collectors will be delighted to find, including "Some Children See Him," recorded in 1954 but left off The Perry Como Christmas Album .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These songs reflect all that I remember of Christmas, when Christmas was still Christmas!"
"Nice variety of songs -- in particular, I like Perry's version of "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.""
"Perry is the voice of my childhood singing these Christmas songs."
"Good old Perry Como and his songs ."
"Always liked Perry."
"Perry Como is one of those singers who just captures the magic of Christmas with the traditional songs sung perfectly."
Best Traditional Vocal Pop
It's the most successful musical of all time, the best-selling cast album ever-and now it sounds better than ever!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I was fortunate to see aproduction of the play and was thrilled to do so..Have been in love with it ever since i saw it...I love everything about it.."
"The music of Andrew Lloyd Webber is so soulful and beautiful it is hard to find anything negative about the opera."
"This is the best version of this amazing opera."
"An incomparable performance by Sarah Brightman."
"Although I love the 25th anniversary rendition much better than this original cast performance, that version would not be around without this one."
"If you like Broadway musicals, then Phantom of the Opera is one to see."
"Not much to say, the music speaks for itself."
"Saw it for the First Time Ever Last Saturday It Was Fantastic!!!"
Best Musical Soundtracks & Scores
"Hamilton" - which transferred to Broadway following a sold-out run at The Public Theater in NYC - is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Then avoid this album at ALL COSTS. Soon your family will start experimenting with this album and know Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are more than just a trivia question from the Got Milk commercial from 1993. I'll leave it at this: I enjoyed this album enough to: -sing along with it. -move along with it. -make plans to fly out to Broadway to watch and support this show. -most importantly: find out more about Alexander Hamilton beyond the 1993 Got Milk commercial. I hope you enjoy this album as much as I have."
"This excellent cast album has it all: songs about desire, triumph, love, heartbreak, power, obsession, family, cheating, status, happiness and loss. After an eight year absence from visiting NYC, Hamilton has inspired me to book a plane ticket and a ridiculously expensive hotel room in the Big Apple just to see this show in the Fall."
"It's a brilliant pastiche of musical and poetic styles, all perfectly tailored to each particular character, yet woven into an intricate narrative that will inspire, entertain, and break your heart. I was privileged to see the show the week that it opened, and can't stop telling people about it, so I was beyond thrilled that the production team, including writer/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda and producer Ahmir Khalib Thompson (aka Questlove) chose to produce a full-length soundtrack that skipped nothing from the original show. Now an entire generation of theater-goers will arrive at Hamilton already knowing the music and words, and that's probably a great thing, because it's incredibly complex and fast-paced."
"When else does lively and engaging history get you singing about "when are these colonies gonna rise up?" Lots of hip-hop, rock, a little classical, ballads, and a touch of Motown--wonderful music that make history feel like it is happening right now. As history, you know how it ends, of course, but the feeling is so immediate, I actually found myself holding my breath to see if these colonies would win against the global superpower and cried when they did. There are no weak performances, but I want to give a shout out to Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr.as Aaron Burr, and Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler."