How My Heart Sings

Bill Cunliffe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 1, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Torii Records
• ASIN: B00014X8GS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,353 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like no other sextet cd, January 31, 2006

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Frank J. Battaglia "Old Rip" (Houston, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How My Heart Sings (Audio CD)

With the exception of Herbie Hancock's Speak Like a Child cd most(but not all)jazz sextets charts are head charts with very little harmonic developement. Not so with Cunliffe's arranging. He can make a sextet sound like a west coast "Holmanish" big band. Of course with players like Bob Sheppard Bobby Shew etc the execution is flawless and the solos demand your attention. But the reason you MUST BUY this CD is Cunliffe's arranging genius--- I can't stop listening to it. He needs to do another one SOON

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great playing from Bobby, Joe, Bob, and Bill! WOW!!, October 30, 2010

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T. Cohen "ExPat Jazzer" (Down Under Somewhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How My Heart Sings (Audio CD)

This disc is fantastic. Would expect this from such a great lineup. But what makes the whole thing swing is the top arranging of wonderful music from Earl Zindars creative writing chops. The title track sure; Elsa, of course, especially in the hands of Bobby Shew. But dig the other less familiar tunes from EZ: Silverado Trail, Mother of Earl, City Tune and Return to Love, especially. Would that Bill Evans had his turn at these with, say, Tom Harrell, Larry Schneider, and say Marc Johnson as on We Will Meet Again. This disc is THAT good. Melodic, touching, cerebral and melancholic at once. And don't leave out fine bass work from Jeff D'Angelo and Cunliffe's harmonies enhanced with the trombone of Bruce Paulson. Both players are alumni of the Doc Severinsen band. All very sweet stuff. My favorite being Bill's fine dissonant chord treatment of Elsa with Bobby's flugelhorn on top.