Night Music [IMPORT]

Graham Maby (Performer), Mary Wooten (Performer), Albert Regni (Performer), Joe Jackson (Composer), Gary Burke (Performer), Joe Jackson (Performer), Tony Aiello (Performer), Richard Morgan (Performer), Michael Morreale (Performer), Mary Rowell (Performer), Máire Brennan (Performer), Renée Fleming (Performer), Taylor Carpenter (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Graham Maby, Mary Wooten, Albert Regni, Gary Burke, Joe Jackson, et al.
• Composer: Joe Jackson
• Audio CD (October 4, 1994)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B000000W6W
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #181,602 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Three years after the mean-spirited Laughter & Lust proved he'd lost all taste for the pop life, Jackson grows up gracefully by adding lyrics to the wide-screen compositions that have been his strength since a dazzling "After Midnight" turned up on Hal Willner's tribute to Thelonious Monk. Here guest vocalist Taylor Carpenter turns in a strong performance, while "Lullaby" and "The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy" are art songs of invention and beauty. In this context, his four instrumental Nocturnes are breathtaking. Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting and Lyrical, but not for all tastes, May 31, 2000

By	Peter A. Greene (Franklin, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Music for the dark night of the soul. The kind of thing that makes you want to call the artist and ask, "My God-- are you all right? " Some of this is beautiful, some of it is darkly touching, and every time I hear the first bars of "Flying" ("the older I get, the more stupid I feel") I can't help but laugh. Mortality, age, hope, creation-- this is a cd for grownups, and for people who don't mind music that is impossible to pigeonhole by genre. It's not something that I listen to often, but I still consider it one of the essentials in my collection.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing Better After Midnight, September 16, 1998

By A Customer

One of the principal reasons I am a Joe Jackson fan is that he seems constantly to recreate himself and to explore new musical vistas, teaching me something along the way about jazz, classical, etc. He does it again on this album, a mood piece if there ever was one: best listened to between midnight and sunrise. The songs are perfectly crafted and rendered and most of them linger in my mind for days.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerizing music for the night, April 16, 1999

By A Customer

Night Music haunts me every time I listen to it. Jackson has crafted a masterpiece that needs to be experienced with the lights out. An elegaic mood is created by his songs. Enjoy!!!!