Facets

Doc Severinsen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 15, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 11, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: AMHERST RECORDS
• ASIN: B000001O91
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Elegant and Excellent CD, February 24, 2002

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M. Archuleta (DENVER, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Facets (Audio CD)

Doc Severinsen and Jeff Tyzik (himself a trumpeter), collaborated on this wonderful and soon to be classic Jazz release. It is apparent that Tyzic had the synergy and forethought to account for the talents of Doc in compiling this CD. In my extensive CD collection this compact disc is atop the listening pile.

My favorite cuts on this CD are the selections written by Mr. Tyzik himself. Cuts as, "City Lights, Siciliano, and Crystal Garden" are phenomenal: This is Jazz at its harmonious best. Jeff Tyzik is a master arranger because he charted many of the other contained selections: He produced the compact disc as well.

Several years ago Jazziz Magazine (as if this matters), listed this CD as one of the decades best CDs. Their music critics have been wrong on many other CDs but not on this particular choice.

On the date of this scribe I saw that there were four used CDs to be found at Amazons website. This should not be so...I mean why would anyone in their right mind want to sell this very fine release? Are they that hard up for money? Buy this fantastic release; I reiterate, in later years it will be considered a Jazz classic.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant modern arranemnts of classic jazz tunes., February 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Facets (Audio CD)

Doc sounds wonderful on this recording. The arrangements (and production) by Jeff Tyzik of these classic jazz standards are stunning. The players include Earnie Watts, Lee Ritenour and Peter Erskine. The mix is very clear allowing all players to be appreciated to thier fullest.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not the "Tonight Show" Doc!, July 6, 2004

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IDODRUM (Central Coast, Calif.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Facets (Audio CD)

The only time I had ever heard Doc Severensen were the cheesy 10 second cut-away and cut-back music on "The Tonight Show" years ago, and who can forget Doc's equally cheesy ties.

But when a friend let me listen to this CD I was blown away at what this veteran trumpeteer blows out! Every track is a piece of sonic candy to the ears. Doc's modern arrangements of jazz standards are wonderfully done complementing Doc's smooth playing, and when mixed with the "round table" of the studio musician scene makes "Facets" an awesome collection of music that will never reside as a dust collector in your music library.