Moonburn

Jon Cleary | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: POINTBLANK
• ASIN: B00000IL1V
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,487 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The American debut from highly respected sideman and bandleader Jon Cleary is a welcome treat. Though the pianist hails from the United Kingdom, he's spent considerable time in New Orleans, and it shows; Moonburn is packed full of Big Easy blues with a healthy seasoning of jazz and soul. There's enough smoke in Cleary's vocals to mark him as a veteran, as if his impressive list of side projects (he's recorded with Johnny Adams, Taj Mahal, Maria Muldaur, Junior Wells, and B.B. King, among others) weren't enough, and his piano playing has that quality of easy smoothness that takes years to achieve. Whether he's rocking out with "Unnecessarily Mercenary" or the wildly uptempo "Gettin' Crazy Up in Here" or slowing things down with "Heavy Under Pressure" or "Port Street Blues," Cleary is firmly in control. One hopes that we'll hear more solo work from this impressive pianist. --Genevieve Williams

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Moonburn by Jon Cleary

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy time, September 6, 2002

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Hugh Laurie (London, England United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moonburn (Audio CD)

I've never been moved to write a review before, but this.... this is the thing. Not a duff track, not a duff note. The piano playing alone will make you choke it's so beautiful. And the band, and Cleary's voice, and the production, oh just buy it for heaven's sake

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Happy time, September 6, 2002

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Hugh Laurie (London, England United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moonburn (Audio CD)

I've never been moved to write a review before, but this.... this is the thing. Not a duff track, not a duff note. The piano playing alone will make you choke it's so beautiful. And the band, and Cleary's voice, and the production, oh just buy it for heaven's sake

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Left Hand Like God?, September 14, 2000

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Silence Dogood (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moonburn (Audio CD)

In late August, I was walking past the Ambos Mundo hotel in old town Havana when I did a complete 360 and ran into the hotel -- pouring out of the open windows and doors was the most low down, funky, driving version of "Rockin' Pneumonia" that I have ever heard. The lobby of the hotel was jammed with listeners, and more people kept pouring in as Jon Cleary played an impromptu set of about 5 numbers, ending with a sweet, mellow "Summertime." Although I give this CD 5 stars, I agree with the reviewer that said production is a little thin -- Cleary is capable of blowing a studio apart -- the man's left hand must be heard live to be believed. His pal at the Ambos Mundo told us he has a contract for 5 more CDs -- Jon, please make one of them LIVE!