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Blue Man
Steve Khan
Blue Man
Genre: Jazz
 
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Japanese only Blu-Spec CD Pressing. The Blue Spec format takes Blu-ray disc technology to create CD's which are compatible with normal CD players but provides ultra high quality sound. Sony. 2009.

     
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All Artists: Steve Khan
Title: Blue Man
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony
Album Type: Original recording remastered, Import
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Jazz Fusion, Modern Postbebop, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Japanese only Blu-Spec CD Pressing. The Blue Spec format takes Blu-ray disc technology to create CD's which are compatible with normal CD players but provides ultra high quality sound. Sony. 2009.

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Great 70's fusion
Mr. P. Power | 05/24/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Nice compositions, excellent soloing and top-notch sound quality make this a buy."
An Intense Emotional Experience (the good kind)
John | 09/01/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"While working as a technician installing a fire alarm sytem with several other people in a large court house over an entire summer, I had only two cassette tapes to listen to on my cheap one-speaker portable cassette player. The Blue Man by Steve Khan was one of them and Cosmic Messenger by Jean-Luc Ponty was the other. I enjoyed them both but listened mostly to The Blue Man. I must have heard it several hundred times that summer. I never got tired of it then. I did move on to other music later on.



The title cut "The Blue Man" is unforgettable. I was amazed when I first heard it and listened to it over and over. I haven't had the cassette for about 20 years, but I can still remember that song, especially the ultra-smooth synthesizer opening (like nothing I've ever heard before or since) and the rock solid - like a massive boulder - guitar introduction. And above all, I remember the mood it evoked, one of stoic hope and joy. The rest of the album is great too. It includes the Brecker Brothers playing a at very high level and tightly on several cuts. They add to the feel that Steve Khan establishes with his guitar. I sent a letter to Steve to let him know how much I enjoyed the music and got a nice hand-typed (this was the early eighties) letter back.



If you're into jazz fusion guitar, this will fill the bill. I haven't heard it recently enough to guarantee this, but I suspect that the music is timeless enough that you won't feel thrown back to the eighties, unless you've already listened to it and that's when you listened. Another album I enjoyed to the max from that era was Larry Carlton's self-titled album "Larry Carlton.""
Clean-Direct-Slightly Asian Sounding Electric Guitar
Mr. P. Power | Chicago, Illinois USA | 06/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"S.K. is a rare find indeed. Known mostly within the circles of music recording and session musicians, I first heard of him from his session work on some Steely Dan L.P.s of the late 70's. His style/work shines, as an almost punky but reflective jazz... it's fresh not elevator music unless you own the bldg. The L.P. is one of my favs..."