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Samsara

Tom Maxwell

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Product Details

Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
Original Release Date: May 5, 2000
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Samsara
ASIN: B00004RJOI

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #285,288 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Indicatif
2. Sixes and Sevens to Me
3. Uptown Stomp
4. Can't Sleep - Tom Maxwell,
5. Mooche
6. If I Had You
7. Caveat Emptor
8. Some Born Singing
9. Don't Give Me the Runaround
10. Flame in My Heart
11. Nobody Likes You
12. Three Fires Blues
13. Roll Them Bones - Tom Maxwell,
14. You Always Get What's Coming
15. Samsara

Editorial Reviews

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For his post-Zippers debut, former Squirrel Nut frontman Tom Maxwell shows great skill at mixing musical languages. For starters, he opens with a sona solo (that's a Chinese reed instrument, natch). Then he kicks in with a pair of horn-heavy rave-ups--"Sixes and Sevens to Me" and "The Uptown Stomp." What stands out in the swing department is Maxwell's more cabaret-touched approach, less about Setzerian flash and more about energetic detail and drama. Just as a sona solo opens the album, so too two other Buddhist numbers appear: "Some Born Singing" and the title track, both sung by Holly Harding Baddour. She has a voice that peaks and wavers on these Asian-tinged numbers and then swaggers on "If I Had You," a sultry cabaret swinger. Maxwell moves in other directions, too: "Flame in My Heart" is a George Jones tune, faithfully rendered, "Three Fire Blues" is Maxwell as a solo guitar bluesman, and "You Always Get What's Coming" has the leader duetting with Tom Loncaric on pipe organ. Samsara's an ambitious outing, as big in scope maybe as are Maxwell's spiritual notions. This is also an immense creative success. --Andrew Bartlett

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5.0 out of 5 stars genre defying masterpiece, May 15, 2000

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don't let this solo release from former squirrel nut zippers frontman fool you - this ain't no swing record! there's swing on it...but it ain't no swing record. it's much much more than that.

delving deep into a treasure trove of styles tom maxwell has created a mature, musical excursion through a multitude of different styles that are all, in one way or another, thematically linked to the buddhist concept of samsara. maxwell's unique ability to find the voice of song and arrange it (using an array of truly outstanding performers) is evident on this recording.

while songs like 'uptown stomp' and 'sixes and sevens' harken back to the zippers giddy, on the edge style they add a deeper more mature element that no zippers record every explored. add to that songs like 'roll them bones' with the tremendous remember vocal quartet, you never heard a song about the passing of a friend fill you with such hope (and booty shake!)

I can't say enough good things about this record and i have a feeling that it's going to be different things to different people. one thing for sure is that Maxwell has thrown off the restrictions that pigeonholed the zippers and created one of the most honest, well crafted and musical albums of the last decade.

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5.0 out of 5 stars willing to take chances, August 11, 2000

By	"daniel.maxwell@duke.edu" (durham, nc United States) - See all my reviews

This CD is great!! Obviously Tom is willing to put himself out on a limb musically, which is refreshing these days, and let his audience see a true bit of his soul. I think he deserves a lot of credit for putting out a honest and well crafted work. If this is his first effort as a solo artist I think that he has a amazing career ahead of him. Listen to this CD without any preconceptions, it is a classic.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Wonderful, June 11, 2000

By	Eitenne the Reader "Eitenne" (United States) - See all my reviews

Simply Wonderful - style by style, lyric by lyric, haiku/poetry with a romping fun beat. The title track alone is worth the price of admission to this spectactular of audio joy! Tom - don't worry - be happy! Sam sara...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate in diversity
I want to keep this short. I bought SNZ's Bedlam Ballroom not knowing there were changes in the group,when I discovered the missing element was Tom Maxwell I bought this cd as... Read more

Published on September 11, 2001 by bobtalbot1953

5.0 out of 5 stars Record of the year for me!
Leaving to do his own thing I think opened him up in some way to make music I wish folks still made more of. Read more

Published on August 1, 2001 by memorydream

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and diverse CD!!!
Samsara under the leadership of previous band member Tom Maxwell of the group Squirrel Nut Zippers has lots of elements that one can expect from genres of jazz such as New Orleans... Read more

Published on June 12, 2001 by Sarwar AMIN

5.0 out of 5 stars An excelent and diverse CD!!!
Samsara under the ledearship of previous band member Tom Maxwell of the group Squirrel Nut Zippers has lots of elements that one can expect from genres of jazz such as New Orleans... Read more

Published on June 12, 2001 by Sarwar AMIN

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and Original, Period.
I bought this album last fall and loved it, but wanted to wait a while before posting a review. Hsving listened to it countless times since then... Read more

Published on March 23, 2001 by Jonathan Lyness

3.0 out of 5 stars I guess he's stuck with the old SNZ group
Having used to listening to Maxwell's voice on old SNZ albums,it's hard to adjust to his debut solo work. Read more

Published on February 21, 2001 by eigenspace

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Versatile
"Samsara" is one of the ten best albums released in the last five years. The way Maxwell mixes musical styles is exhilarating and invigorating, and the way he writes and... Read more

Published on October 18, 2000 by Kyle Wade

5.0 out of 5 stars Bold and beautiful
Tom Maxwell is clearly a fearless, and therefore rare, artist. He has cut himself loose from the confines that record labels impose to instead follow his heart and make an... Read more

Published on August 22, 2000

2.0 out of 5 stars Regurgitating the ghost of the past
As with his old band, Tom Maxwell proves that he employs style over content in his music. MTV has a way of playing a song to death (the Zippers "hell"). Read more

Published on July 26, 2000

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