Carmel

Joe Sample, Joe Sample Feat.lalah Hathaway | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Thumb
• ASIN: B000003N57
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,977 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #32 in Music > Jazz > Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo
  • #58 in Music > Jazz > Modern Postbebop
  • #63 in Music > Jazz > Jazz Fusion

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "More Beautiful Each Day", March 7, 2005

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Rebecca*rhapsodyinblue* (CA USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Carmel (Audio CD)

"A spectacular greeting of the land and sea
Erupts into one of the definitive parallels
Of human and environmental life
She reflects the joys and tragedies of life
Through her evolving existence

She's a thousand love songs in one
As beautiful as a thousand women
A thousand infants
And a thousand old folks
She's a symphony of life
Here's a song for Carmel
And her sisters throughout the world" ~ Joe Sample ~ "Carmel-By-The-Sea"

Joe Sample is not only a great jazz pianist and composer but also a creative poet. This is my first Joe Sample album that turned me on to his wonderful music way back in the eighties. I upgraded it to a CD in the nineties when it first came out. This is one of his bestselling recordings and a tribute to the city of Carmel. Listening to this CD makes me want to visit Carmel again. Carmel-By-The-Sea is one of the most beautiful places in California. It has a lot to offer for visitors to enjoy--its pristine and virgin Carmel Beach, its lovely cottages, its parks and trails and there's the Sunset Center Theatre, which is the venue of many jazz, classical and cultural performances.

The seven tracks in this recording are all Mr. Sample's original compositions. To me, all the tracks are highlights and they're all magnificently performed by Mr. Sample and his back-up musicians. You'll love the bubbly melodies of "Carmel" and "Sunrise," the tuneful melodies of "Paintings" and "More Beautiful Each Day," the lovely rhythm of "A Rainy Day In Monterey," and the contemporary grooves in "Midnight And Mist," featuring Hubert Laws on solo flute.

A must-have not only to all Joe Sample fans but also to anyone who enjoys mellow jazz at its very best!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sample's Carmel - Still On Top!, March 25, 2000

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Peter Marx "BookMarx Bookstore" (Steubenville, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carmel (Audio CD)

I bought the vinyl in the 80's and fell in love with it... Picked up the CD and was reintroduced to a classic! I hadn't listened to it in almost 10 years (since I put my records in storage) and now feel that I have lost many fine evenings of listening - which I will try to make up for over the next 10 years... enjoy!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is of the best..., April 21, 2003

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Jermaine Hunter (Santa Cruz) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carmel (Audio CD)

This album is of the best ever produced by Joe Sample. I am a big fan of his music and his compositions. This album and "Old Places, Old faces" are Joe Sample at his best. This is a must own.