On Ice

Penguin Jazz Quartet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 17, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Orchard
• ASIN: B00002DDRP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,000,666 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whoa, DUDE!!!!!!!, April 21, 2003

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Bill B. Dedman (Conway, AR, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Ice (Audio CD)

This CD is one of the most enjoyable listening experiences in memory! The players are enthusiastic, talented and driven! You'd have to look long and hard to find a more cohesive sound (than this group has), and Pat Smith's guitar playing is awesome... as is the playing of the other Penguins.

FIVE STARS.... because they don't offer a rating of SIX!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite jazz CD so far!, July 4, 2003

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DAVID DARLING (Sunnyvale, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Ice (Audio CD)

I've been watching Penguin Jazz live for quite a few years now in various SF Bay Area locations. I have come to love their mixture of traditional favorites and their own compositions.

Russ St. John's drums and Sumit Das' bass work provide a solid foundation for Bill Walker's keyboards and Pat Smith's guitar play. The result is a good mix of instruments, with the guitar and keyboard definitely out front but neither one truly dominating. The group obviously has a strong grounding in many musical styles, and you can hear small quotes from other genres sprinkled throughout their play.

I like this band enough that I have sent "On Ice" to friends as far away from the Bay Area as London.

There's a lot of talent, and no little amount of polish, evident on this disc.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, April 25, 2003

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kf (Cedar Rapids, IA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Ice (Audio CD)

This is an awesome CD. The selections combine are a great blend of jazz styles and guitarist Pat Smith is fantastic. The Penquin players have a great sound. If you love jazz, you need this CD in your collection.