From: gwkfong@v8803s (Fong Whye Koon)
Subject: Christopher Franke
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Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 06:48:00 GMT

Hi,
	Since so many still write about Tangerine Dream, I recommend
TD lovers to get hold of one of TD's members debut solo album on
Private Music label. The album is Christopher Franke's "Pacific
Highway". It is very nice driving new-age music, with some parts
sounding like Exchange and Yanni pieces.
	Incidentally, Christopher Franke's latest work is a soundtrack
to "Universal Soldier" on Varese Saraband label. Saw the movie,
but the soundtrack did not make an impression, unlike Vangelis'
"1492-Conquest of Paradise" (not Age of Discovery, sorry I got
mixed up with a Narada TV series soundtrack album which is good 
too) soundtrack, which has scores like "The Mission" soundtrack by Ennio
Morricone.
	I listen to quite a lot of soundtracks because they are a good
alternative source of inspirational, emotionally descriptive and majestic
music that are not easily found in other music categories. Also, I wonder
which newsgroup does Jazz Fusion fits in, as I don't think people will welcome
it in the "bluenote" group, which is mainstream jazz and probably considers
jazz fusion as blasphemy. Anyway, to promote some interest for this type of
music, I will describe some recent good pieces of jazz fusion CDs which I
recently acquired:
1.	Micheal Gealer's "Paradise Highway" on Positive Music label
	- very good saxaphone player like Kenny G.
2.	Kenny G's latest "Breathless" on BMG
	- I like this one better than all his other albums. Fantastic soothing
	  sax. Incidentally, the S.E Asian release of this album has one 
	  additional Chinese-influenced sax piece not found in other world-
	  wide versions of the album. Grab this version if you are going to
	  SE Asia countries like Singapore, Malaysia etc. The Chinese sax
	  piece is beautifully done, and it's a pity that Kenny G chose not
	  to release it in US or UK editions, is he afraid the inclusion
	  might affect his regional clientele.
3.	Sam Riney's "Talk To Me" on Spindletop
	- some people prefer him to Kenny G, I'm one of those.
4.	Richard Eliot's "Back On the Town" on Manhattan
	- one of the best Jazz Fusion album release this year. Superb recording
5.	Boney Jame's "Trust" on Spindletop
	- really good sax pieces that energise the soul.
6.	Dotsero's "Jubilee" on Nova
	- hot, dynamic jazz fusion band with lots of energy and rhythm

The above are mainly sax jazz fusion. But I also like a lot of good guitar
jazz fusion like:

1.	Peter White's "Rendevous" on Chase Music & latest one on Sindrome 
	(can't remember the title).
2.	Micheal Dowdle's "Touch" on Airus Records
3.	Thom Rotella Band's every album on DMP 
4.	Mike Gregory "Wonderful" on PAR 
5.	Grant Geissman's albums on Nova 
6.	Acoustic Alchemy's albums on MCA 
7.	Richard Smith's Bellafrienz" on Nova
8.	Charles Brotman only album on Global Pacific (title?)
...
and piano jazz fusion like:

1.	David Benoit's "This Side Up" on En Pointe (same title on Spindletop
	recording is not as good)
2.	Tom Grant's "Just At The Moment" on Verve
3.	Keiko Matsui all albums on MCA and Sindrome
4.	Greg Karukas all albums on Positive Music
5.	Dan Siegel's Northern Lights on CBS
6.	David Foster's Rechordings on WEA.
...
Also, don't miss "Fourplay" and "Cool" albums by Earl Klugh and company, very 
good bass playing, wonderful.

Happy listening
Fong

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