Kiss & Tell

Martin Taylor | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 30, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00004TH81
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,887 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Kiss and Tell

2. You've Changed

3. The Odd Couple

4. Garden of Dreams

5. What a Friend We Have in Jesus

6. Midnight at the Oasis

7. Mona Lisa

8. Five-O

9. Sunstep

10. Ginger

11. Midnight Voyage

12. The Nearness of You

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Didn't like it at first, but now?, July 19, 2001

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bryan j. stern (Cardiff, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kiss & Tell (Audio CD)

The smooth jazz elements didn't grab me at first but I kept on listening because I have admired Martin in the past. I'm sure glad I did. This is a wonderful album with great playing. This guy blows me away.

I thought The Odd Couple and Five O would be hokey. Wrong. Both include some awesome solos and really fulfill.

Each song on further listening reveals great treasures. Some of it is a little commercial for me. But the package as a whole is special. Enjoy

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars mass appeal = $, April 11, 2005

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S. Guernsey "sguernsey" (North Yarmouth, ME USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kiss & Tell (Audio CD)

This is a fine smooth-jazz type recording. Taylor is a brilliant artist and anything he does is beautiful. BUT - my heart lies with his amazing solo, chord-melody work. In particular, the 1992 recording "Artistry" (produced by Steve Howe of Yes fame). "Artistry" is astonishing, often sounding like two great jazzers playing together. You can't blame him for looking to make some bucks off the American smooth jazz fan base, but for my money, give me the one man with the ten fingers that sound like twenty. He's arguably the best there is.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Testing the water?, April 17, 2001

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N. Harris (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kiss & Tell (Audio CD)

When I saw the lineup and noticed the change of label, warning bells rang. Though I suspected this would be a different take on the Taylor I knew from Linn Records, I put the CD on with an open mind. If you can put prejudices aside and jugde this album on its own merits, you could not help but enjoy it. The players are top drawer and, while it is not quite as obvious a showcase for Taylor's phenomenal technique, he proves that smooth jazz is a hat that fits as comfortably as mainstream.

Notable contributions include Jay Ashby's superb vocal doublings ('Garden of Dreams' and 'Sunstep'), Whalum's distictive sax, George Garzone's too-brief appearance, tasteful and so-in-tune, (as well as some subtly added strings), on 'You've Changed'. And there's a bonus track to boot! Who could ask for anything more? While I'm certain that some purists would be dismayed at Taylor's change in direction, I don't blame him for testing the smooth jazz water. Just so long as he doesn't forget he still has a mainstream fanclub.