Jazz and Contemporary CDs from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store

Jazz and Contemporary CDs

Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer
Music for Two (with bonus DVD)
On Music for Two, banjo wizard Béla Fleck and stand-up bass maestro Edgar Meyer effortlessly sail through a challenging program that includes compositions by Bach, a sonata by Henry Eccles, a Miles Davis tune, and a number of self-composed finger twisters. The amazing thing about this varied selection is not its eclecticism--which is only to be expected with these two--but that it all blends together so seamlessly. Fleck's jazz-tinged compositions (like "The Lake Effect") and Meyer's bluegrass-inspired tunes (like "Wishful Thinking") sit so comfortably next to Bach's baroque jewels and Davis's cool jazz that it makes you question the entire of concept of musical classification. (In fact, the Bach preludes, inventions, and partitas translate so well to the banjo/bass arrangements, you have to wonder if old JSB might not have had a bit of bluegrass in his soul.) Music for Two was recorded live at a series of 2001 concerts, where Fleck and Meyer proved conclusively that the banjo and the bass were capable of remarkable subtlety and not just twang and boom. --Michael John Simmons
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CD-SK92106 Music for Two (with bonus DVD) $14.95

SAM BUSH

Ice Caps Peaks - Telluride Bluegrass

Pastor Mustard:Intro
Girl of the North Country
Big Mon
Same Ol'River
Angel to Be
Speak of the Devil
Memphis In the Meantime
Spooky Lane
The Ice Caps ARe MElting
Lee Highway Blues
Pastor Mustard: Heen
Hungry for your Love
Sailin' Shoes
I Put A Spell On You
Celebrate
Stingray
CD-SH3917: $13.95

John Cowan

John Cowan was the voice behind one of the best jam bands of the '80's-new Grass Revival. John's new, self-titled solo CD is a rocking hybird/accoustic greeting card to announce to the world that he's back and in the public eye more than ever. Running his own show now, he's free to focus his voice behind solid, radio-ready rock songs. John and his unmatchable voice are ready to take aim at the mainstream once again, but this time it's his band, and he's not holding anything back.
C-SH3907 $13.95

WiredBy Livewire CD-ROU0281
Now available on CD! Recommended –outstanding vocals and picking!
featuring Scott Vestal

1. Everything I Used To Do
2. To See My Angel In Virginia Again
3. The Longer You Wait
4. Can't Put Your Memory Away
5. Love Please Come Home
6. Wired
7. Home Again
8. Deep River
9. Living Like A Fool
10. Don't You Ever Go Away
11. Goodbye Marie
12. Gonna Be Raining When I Die
CD-ROU0281: $13.95

Nickel Creek

1. Ode To A Butterfly
2. The Lighthouse's Tale
3. Out OF The Woods
4.House Of Tom Bombadil
5. Reasons Why
6. When You Come Back Down
7. Sweet Afton
8. Cuckoo's Nest
9. The Hand Song
10. Robin And Marian
11. The Fox
12. Pastures New
CD-SUG3909: $13.95

ALISON BROWN

ALISON BROWN - Best Of The Vanguard Years ALISON BROWN ´Best Of The Vanguard Years´
17 tracks from 4 Vanguard albums that were released between 1990-1994. Outstanding contemporary music featuring the 5-string banjo.
Songs: WOLF MOON, CHICKEN ROAD, WITHOUT ANASTASIA, MAMBO BANJO, SHOOT THE DOG, CARA'S WAY, G BOP, WALTZING WITH TULA, DALAI CAMEL, DEEP NORTH, SAINT GENEVIEVE, LEAVING COTTONDALE, LORELEI, LOOK LEFT, HELLO MENDOCINO, INSPECTOR, SIMPLE PLEASURES

ARTISTS: ALISON BROWN (Banjo, Guitar), JOHN R. BURR (Piano), RICK REED (Drums), GARY WEST (Bass), SAM BACCO (Percussion), VASSAR CLEMENTS (Fiddle), ALAN DARGIN (Didjeridu), JOEY DUKES (Drums), MATT EAKLE (Flute), SEAMUS EGAN (Penny Whistle, Uileann Pipes, Bodhran), DAVID HOFFNER (Keyboards), JEFF KING (Guitar), MIKE MARSHALL (Mandolin), SCOTT NYGAARD (Guitar), JOHN CATCHINGS (Cello), DAVID DAVIDSON (Violin), STUART DUNCAN (Fiddle), ROY HUSKEY, JR. (Bass), TONY RICE (Guitar), MARK SCHATZ (Banjo), KRISTIN WILKINSON (Viola), JOE CRAVEN (Percussion), DAVID GRISMAN (Mandolin), JIM KERWIN (Bass), ALISON KRAUSS (Fiddle)
CD-VAN79709 ALISON BROWN 'Best Of The Vanguard Years': Your Price: $13.95

Millennia By Scott Vestal CD-PRC1096
Great "contemporary bluegrass"
1. Hey, Mister Banjo
2. Long Distance Runaround
3. Vanilla Girl
4. Angel & Chi Chi
5. Turkish March
6. Locust Grove
7. Black Storm Clouds
8. Ominous Wonder
9. When You're Away
10. Au Private
11. Millennia
12. The Journey Home
CD: $13.95

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