Heart and Soul [Import]

J.P. Cormier | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 15, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Tidemark
• ASIN: B00000JRGA
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #827,985 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Alan's Set

2. Martin's Set

3. Kenny Baker Lives!

4. Christie Married A Fisherman

5. Fleetwood MacInnis

6. Aren't We Feeling 'Jiggy' Today...

7. Paps Goes The Weasel

8. Rawhide

9. Me & Gelas

10. Scotty Meets Rene

11. My Bach Is Worse Than My Bite

12. Tulloch Gorum (AKA Broken Fingers)

13. May I Have This Dance?

14. Here's To You, Scotty!

15. The B Minor Set

16. Banjomusk

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No one should be allowed to have this much talent, March 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Heart and Soul (Audio CD)

I first heard J.P. Cormier on a sampler disc where I was astounded by his guitar playing. I later walked into a store in Nova Scotia and was stopped dead in my tracks by some incredible fiddle playing on the sound system. "Who's that?," I asked. "J.P. Cormier" was the reply. Of course, I had to buy this album. I put it on the player and heard some amazing banjo work. I looked at the credits. Yep, J.P. again. And mandolin. And piano. And bass.

If you buy "Another Morning" you'll also find he's an excellent singer and a fine songwriter as well. He's even a better lyricist than most songwriters who aren't world-class instrumental virtuosos.

But this album's entirely instrumental. It's not, strictly, Cape Breton-style playing, though the influence is obvious and deep. His fiddle work has a warmer, more lyrical tone with more vibrato than heard in the classic Cape Breton style, and the years spent in Nashville had their effect. Listen, for example, to the Chet Atkins-style finger picking on "Fleetwood MacInnis," a reworking of Fleetwood Mac's "Never Going Back Again" with a traditional Scottish tune. Try "Rawhide," where he overdubs himself as an entire bluegrass band. And for sheer, straight-ahead breakneck "I can't believe that can be done with only ten fingers" fiddle playing, check out "Tulloch Gorum."

Wow.