Joe Harnell

"Golden Piano Hits" embodies some of the fascinating explorations that are going on right now in popular music. You'll notice two vitally important things about this album. First, highlighting Joe's astonishing piano artistry, is the unusually appealing orchestral background. Some selections feature string orchestra, woodwinds and an expanded rhythm section; others add an intriguing blend of trombones and Flugelhorn. All are sensitively conducted by Joe Harnell in his own brilliant arrangements. Second - and no less important - the album swings, making it as perfect for dancing as it is for exciting listening.

Five Jays Music presents The Lonely Man: The Solo Piano of Joe Harnell, a collection of solo piano performances from the late American composer, musician, and music arranger!

Things sure were swingin' on this 1959 Capitol album, one of Peggy's finest and most overlooked jazz outings. Accompanied by an all-star tentet that featured Pete Candoli, Barney Kessel and Shelly Manne among its members, she tackled originals and great standards including "It's a Wonderful World"; "Ridin' High"; "I'm Beginning to See the Light"; "Alone Together", and more.

Truly, quite possibly Lori Lieberman's finest album to-date, both musically & sonically, is guaranteed to become an audiophile favorite.

Here are the orchestral and `easy' instrumental hits, both big and small - but mostly big - that helped define the Golden Age of Popular Music, an era spanning, roughly, 1956-1967, when the US charts were brimming with an eclectic cornucopia of sounds and styles that is unlikely to be repeated in today's age corporate, socially engineered music making. `Hits With Strings And Things' is an important addition to this best-selling Ace series.

Dusty Fingers is the name of a series of compilation records of songs that are widely admired as breakbeats collected by Bronx DJ Danny Dann the Beat Mann. Some of the songs featured contain "open breaks" which are solo drum passages which enable DJs to easily transition into them. These are also attractive to producers, who loop or rearrange them to create new compositions. Following in the tradition of the Ultimate Breaks and Beats series, the Dusty Fingers records contain an eclectic range of musical styles: mainly funk and jazz, but also including soul, rock, disco, and pop. Many of the songs in the Dusty Fingers series have been sampled into new musical compositions, mainly by hip hop producers. Popular songs that sample songs from the Dusty Fingers series include "Guilty Conscience" by Eminem, "Find Your Wealth" by Nas, "Rowdy Rowdy" by 50 Cent, "Show Me What You Got" by Jay-Z, "Daydreamin'" by Lupe Fiasco, and "Dr. Carter" by Lil' Wayne.

Realized Fantasies is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. Led by Norwegian guitarist Ronni Le Tekro, this band mixes up several styles of hard rock and pop metal. TNT is OK as these bands go, but nothing much stands out from either the songwriting or the music. Realized Fantasies is well done, but passionless.