Heatwave

Gregg Karukas | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Encoded Music
• ASIN: B00006JNDJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,218 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Uptown Rendezvous

2. Your Sweet Smile

3. Riverside Drive

4. Too Cool (To be Hot)

5. Healing Song

6. Heatwave

7. Penthouse View

8. Brooklyn Nights

9. Home to You

10. Last Train

11. Remember When

12. I Meant What I Said

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 8-OCT-2002

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heatwave..A Must-Have For Contemporary Jazz Lovers!, April 30, 2003

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Porsha Rector (Newton, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heatwave (Audio CD)

I just purchased Steve Cole's "NY LA" and this CD was added to my list of Amazon.com recommendations. After reading the reviews of Gregg Karukas' "Heatwave", I couldn't wait to listen to it. While I have a tendency to favor the saxophone (i.e Boney James, Richard Elliot, Steve Cole), I also like jazz pianists and have several of Brian Culbertson, Joe Sample and Alex Bugnon's CDs. So after listening to the smooth grooves of "Heatwave", I will be adding "Nightshift" and anything else by Gregg Karukas to my collection because I am hooked("Your Sweet Smile", "Healing Song" and "Home To You" are my favorites)!! This CD is wonderful from start to finish and I strongly recommend it to anyone that is interested in expanding their contemporary jazz horizons....

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The typical Amazon Jazz Review, April 24, 2003

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[e-mail] (T dot-O dot, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heatwave (Audio CD)

Goes a little something like this: "Great to listen to with your favorite glass of wine" or the famous, "great sounds for driving" or especially the profound "HE'S BACK!!!" Then absolutely no specifics are divulged regarding the selections on the cd. Well, Heatwave is probably the most perfect definition of the smooth jazz genre I've ever enjoyed. From the soulful handclapping cresendo of Uptown Rendevous to the uptempo chord progressions of Riverside Drive-Karukas clearly places the piano in the forefront, but does not hesitate to share the spotlight with Kirk Whalum, Dave Koz and Paul Jackson Jr.-who contribute superior musicianship throughout. The Healing Song is a very spiritual selection and Heatwave sounds like a veiled rendition of the O'Jays "Backstabbers" melody. Penthouse View sounds very cool in a "Playboy After Dark" kind of way. My favorite tracks just happen to be at the end; Brooklyn Nights, the funky smooth Home to You and the Perry Mason theme while eating a slab of bbq ribs sounding I Meant What I Said, rounds out an excellent set. So to summarize, with Heatwave, Gregg Karukas is BACK! with a fine CD for BOTH drinking AND driving, not necessarily in any particular order or at the same time....

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, December 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Heatwave (Audio CD)

I don't pick up as many CD's by keyboard players as I do guitar and sax, but I'm so glad I picked up this one. It is first class all the way. Every track is very enjoyable. No covers and no vocals -- which is how I prefer most of my smooth and/or contemporary jazz cds.

This one is smooth enough but it is definitely NOT boring, uncreative, background music kind of "smooth".
I can't imagine anyone not loving it.