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Midnight on Cloud 69
  

Midnight on Cloud 69

Shearing/Norvo, George Shearing, Red NorvoAudio CD
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  • Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
  • Label: Savoy Jazz
  • ASIN: B000007Q8D
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,349,186 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

 

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Short CD with a Misleading Title, February 7, 2004
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Timothy Allen "t_t_allen" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Midnight on Cloud 69 (Audio CD)
The Amazon site lists this album "Midnight on Cloud 69: Shearing/Norvo." But don't expect to get Shearing and Norvo together; this is about 24 minutes of a Shearing quintet, and an altogether separate 12 minutes of Norvo's first trio. The Shearing group, featuring the obscure Marjorie Hyams on vibes, is his original quintet, recorded in 1949. The group works smoothly together, though the music settles into a compromise between improvisatory freedom and commercial-sounding melody that seems dated now. The four Norvo selections are 1950 recordings, widely released on other albums, with Tal Farlow and Charles Mingus. Red was never bad, and Mingus has a great drive, but these early trio arrangements are choppy and awkward. By the 1953-1955 recordings (reissued on Prestige), Norvo and his bandmates had developed ways to make this difficult musical combination much more successful. Some might disagree with my assessment of the musical quality of this album, but it would be hard to dispute that the limited quantity of music--twelve 3-minute cuts--makes this album a poor value. The recording of Hyams may be of interest to die-hard vibes music collectors, since she was rarely recorded and retired from music in 1949. But there are many, many better Shearing and Norvo albums.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Just enjoy, February 4, 2008
This review is from: Midnight on Cloud 69 (Audio CD)
I am happy the original title stayed. I hate when companies rename albums. I used to have this on vinyl - anyone remember what vinyl was? Yes, there are better recordings from Shearing, but for me, this had a certain personality to it, a certain feeling, and yes, I used to always listen to it on and/or after midnight. Something about it just seemed to fit.
I think it's a nice recording. Just pop it in and enjoy...
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