Alone & Together

Dave Black | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 2000)
• Original Release Date: August 10, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wildstone Audio
• ASIN: B00004WLR1
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #975,698 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ain't Misbehavin'

2. Isn't She Lovely

3. Solar

4. Georgia On My Mind

5. Can't Find My Way Home

6. This Masquerade

7. Alone Together

8. See Ya At Five

9. On Green Dolphin Street

10. Don't Think Twice

11. Summertime

12. St. Louis Blues

13. Bye Bye Blackbird

14. Here, There & Everywhere

15. Somewhere Over The Rainbow

16. Cheek To Cheek

17. In Your Eyes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understated, soulful, skillful solo guitar, August 25, 2000

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Stephen W. Carson (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alone & Together (Audio CD)

Imagine that you're going to an intimate cafe with a friend. As you sit down to chat, you notice that gentle, melodious sounds are coming from a man finger-picking a guitar in the corner. Hunched over the guitar, he seems to almost be playing for himself. Your conversation with your friend pauses for a moment and you both notice that he's playing a melody you recognize (perhaps "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder or a jazz standard like "Summertime" by George Gershwin). As you start to really pay attention to his playing, you realize that the player is skillfully slipping between different genres and musical references not just between songs but within a song. Not only that, but his intricate playing sometimes seems to drift from the song altogether into a sort of musical meditation or journey. Soon you and your friend have stopped talking altogether and are just listening to the guitar player who occasionally breaks out of his reverie and looks up to acknowledge someone's applause. On the way out of the cafe later in the evening, you overhear someone say that other musicians in the area just call him "the incredible Dave Black".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz guitar - alive & well in St. Louis, September 23, 2002

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This review is from: Alone & Together (Audio CD)

I stumbled across Mr. Black at the St. Louis Art Show in September and was duly inpressed - yes sir, duly impressed! I probmptly went out and got the CD. His jazz is smooth, his fingerings are subtle and slick, and the rhythms are funky. Most of the tracks are solo but the few joint ventures are good too. This Masquerade has some nice vocals and the harmonica in Summertime howls like a hound dog. And if you like blues, check out St. Louis Blues, it's a classic. Most guys who like guitar are hackers themselves and I'm no exception but I can appreciate when someone rises above the crowd. Give this disc a whirl - you won't be dissapointed.