Greeting From Kartoonistan [Import]

Kaleidoscope | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B0000AFNBQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,839 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jungle Hop

2. Layla, Layla

3. Martians at the Window

4. Gitano Fino

5. African Market Place

6. Talk Talk

7. Wild Man

8. Down in Mexico

9. Klezmer Suite: Doina (Blue Doina)/Hora (Londra from Kartoonistan)/ ...

Editorial Reviews

Full title - Greetings from Kartoonistan...(We Ain't Dead Yet). 2003 remastered reissue of the folk-rock act's 1990 album (Gifthorse Records), that's unavailable domestically, includes updated liner notes. Taxim.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality music, both challenging & fun as is typical for them, February 15, 2010

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Michael J. Melton (Pulaski, Wi United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greeting From Kartoonistan (Audio CD)

Okay, David Lindley is not here, but other than that Darrow & Feldthouse ensure that this is another Kaleidoscope trimuph of world music meeting west coast hippy sensibilities. I don't give 5 stars often, but this album was simply one of those delightful instances where high expectations were met or exceeded. Musicianship is first class as usual in this recording made to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the release of their first album Side Trips back in the sixties as stated in the nice liner notes. "Jungle Hop" starts the recording off with an infectious beat inspired by a Pasadena R&B duo and there is a great Leiber & Stoller tune, "Down In Mexico" and a Duke Ellington number "Wild Man". There is Persian music, "Layla, Layla", Flamenco music "Gitano Fino", African folk "African Marketplace" and a 60's psychedelic classic "Talk, Talk" originally performed by the Music Machine. Whew! Not an album I listen to everyday, but a real treasure to savor when you want to step outside the mainstream.