Yanni - Tribute
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Free Music Review: Even if you don't like Yanni, you'll still love Tribute.
Hit: 5 Stars
What's more to say? This album takes you to the corners of the globe and still has room for America and good ol' jazz. The Tribute concert was an astonishing feat, Yanni being the first person to perform a major musical concert at the Taj Mahal and to illuminate it for the first time in history, and Yanni being the first Western music act to tour China. He even beat the Rolling Stones to it. Seriously, this album resulted from 2 years of planning, 30 flights around the globe, 100s of meetings with government officials and business representatives, and thousands of telephone conversations.
But, the music in this album is an unprecedented feat in its own right. It is dynamic, soothing, foreign, familiar, and energetic all it once. But most of all, it's NEW, but not New Age. Yanni finds himself combining his uncanny ability to create flowing and romantic melodies and mystical world styles. There's also quite a bit of jazz in this. Highlights go to every single track because each one is unique and astonishing in its own way.
I normally don't do track by track analysis, but when I do, you know an album as a winner.
"Deliverance" (written for the people of India) is perhaps more ambitious than Standing in Motion from Live at the Acropolis. Foreign flutes, vocals, and country/jazz violin along with an arabic flare produces a very unique sound. "Nightingale" is (although a bit lacking of energy) unique in that the oriental elements are injected so heavily it. Violin is featured with it along with flute and a short cello solo. "Waltz in 7/8" is more Spanish than Arabic, but unique in the fact that you've got this foreign musical style and hear comes the keyboards giving you pure jazz. Both "Tribute" and "Adagio in C Minor" are geared more heavily to the classical side, not my kind of music, but still wonderfully orchestrated. "Renegade" finds Yanni experimenting with jazz in this sax/violin duet in a jazz/funk setting. A very likable combination. Much attention has gone to Ethnicity's "The Promise" and "Almost a Whisper" because they're basically Yanni's older songs with lyrics. Did you know "Love is All" is incredibly similiar to The Mermaid (Out of Silence)? "Niki Nana" is a wonderful treat for his fans, offering a global choir type sound, wonderful flute improv, the didgeridoo, and just plain fun. And of course, none of us should forget the jazzy "Dance with a Stranger" which features the trumpet and some more great keyboard solos.
This album is really worth your money. In fact, I'm surprised that it doesn't cost more. It'd still be worth your money even if it did. I'd recommend this album to anyone, whether you listen to Sum 41 or 50 cent, or Mozart and Bach.
Free Music Review: At first no.........then yes!
Hit: 5 Stars
At first when my brother got this cd i hated him. Now, the only thing i think of him is brilliant. 1.Deliverance(8:33)This song is great. This is a great welcoming song
2. Adagio in C Minor(3:50)This song is really great. there are lots of violins and orchestra music in there and i play violin so one day i hope to be like Karen Briggs(Yanni's lead violinist)
3.Renegade(7:14)This song is really good. You just hum, and hum, and hum all the time
4. Dance with a stranger(6:45)This song is awsome. I like the trumpet solo
5.Tribute(6:50)This song is great. The song of the album. Who is he tributing?
6.Prelude(2:27)This is his shortest song. This is the song that leads onto love is all on the dvd
7.Love is all(5:25)This is one of the songs that has singing in it. Yanni is right........love IS all
8.Southeren Exposure(6:48)Great. I like the gutair in it
9. Waltz in 7/8(5:32)This is a great song. See #3
10.Nightingale(5:44)See #3
11. Niki nana(Were one)(8:15) No offense yanni, but this song is kinda weird. But i do like it when the say:Niki nana say say say niki nana sa se la. It's cool.......but weird.
These songs might be long. but don't make that stop you from listung to this wonderful music. By the time you are done you will defintly be glad you bought this cd!!!
Free Music Review: A Very "Meaningful" Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Yanni is surely one of THE BEST we have on the face of this Planet right now, and "Tribute" speaks volumes of his immense talent, creativity, and flexibility in using such unconventional Time Signatures as 7/8, with good effect. I have listened to this Album more than just a couple of times, and each time I hear it, I'm stirred with a different emotion...the feeling is just Awesome! "Renegade", "Deliverance", "Dance with a Stranger", "Tribute"....you name it, all of them have been carefully crafted and arranged brilliantly. SO...the bottom line is: If you're a GOOD (Serious in other words) listener of Classical Music, and can "Think" Music (e.g. why would the Composer have had that instrument play that interlude at that moment etc.,) like I do, this Album's just for You!! Yanni is my Favorite for now, and I'm sure he'll be yours too! Cheers!!Free Music Review: Great Concert Sound Quality
Hit: 5 Stars
This concert is a must have - it is simply magnificent. I was unsure if they could capture good sound quality of a concert of this magnitude on a CD. The sound quality is great!There are so many outstanding, high energy and passionate performances in this concert, but I just had to say that Luis Acqino's fugal horn performance in "Dance with a Stranger" is the most outstanding improvisation by any horn player I've ever heard. It really cooks!
The singer Van Johnson's "Love is All," is the best solo of any female artist I've ever heard in concert. I have enormously high standards for singers and musicians, having been one myself, and can say that you will find few performances like this one. This concert is historical and a must have for anyone who loves and appreciates talented singers & musicians along with passionately composed music.
Free Music Review: Yanni is the best musician today. Hands down.
Hit: 5 Stars
Yanni is by far the most skilled new age pianist today. He makes his extremely difficult pieces seem simple enough for a intermediate pianist to play. His printed scores don't do him justice. How can anyone be so arrogant to put all that passion and musicianship on a staff? Early in his career his used a lot of keyboard blips and bleeps in his music, and now he's traded all that in for the real instruments, and boy does it sound good. although I still would like for him to stick with his roots a lil bit. His live album, I believe is the best to date. Songs like "One man's dream" exxagerates his soft touch and musicianship, while other tunes like "the rain must fall"brings out his raw talent. To simplify things Mozart's talent meets beethoven's passion. OK well he's not quite all that, but a great musician none the less. GET IT