Track Listing

1. Carmel
2. Paintings
3. Cannery Row
4. Rainy Day in Monterey
5. Sunrise
6. Midnight and Mist
7. More Beautiful Each Day

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56593 in Music
• Released on: 1996-03-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Album Description
Japanese reissue of the jazz act's 1978 album. MCA. 2004.

Customer Reviews

"More Beautiful Each Day"
"A spectacular greeting of the land and sea
Erupts into one of the definitive parallels
Of human and environmental life
She reflects the joys and tragedies of life
Through her evolving existence

She's a thousand love songs in one
As beautiful as a thousand women
A thousand infants
And a thousand old folks
She's a symphony of life
Here's a song for Carmel
And her sisters throughout the world" ~ Joe Sample ~ "Carmel-By-The-Sea"

Joe Sample is not only a great jazz pianist and composer but also a creative poet. This is my first Joe Sample album that turned me on to his wonderful music way back in the eighties. I upgraded it to a CD in the nineties when it first came out. This is one of his bestselling recordings and a tribute to the city of Carmel. Listening to this CD makes me want to visit Carmel again. Carmel-By-The-Sea is one of the most beautiful places in California. It has a lot to offer for visitors to enjoy--its pristine and virgin Carmel Beach, its lovely cottages, its parks and trails and there's the Sunset Center Theatre, which is the venue of many jazz, classical and cultural performances.

The seven tracks in this recording are all Mr. Sample's original compositions. To me, all the tracks are highlights and they're all magnificently performed by Mr. Sample and his back-up musicians. You'll love the bubbly melodies of "Carmel" and "Sunrise," the tuneful melodies of "Paintings" and "More Beautiful Each Day," the lovely rhythm of "A Rainy Day In Monterey," and the contemporary grooves in "Midnight And Mist," featuring Hubert Laws on solo flute.

A must-have not only to all Joe Sample fans but also to anyone who enjoys mellow jazz at its very best!

Sample's Carmel - Still On Top!
I bought the vinyl in the 80's and fell in love with it... Picked up the CD and was reintroduced to a classic! I hadn't listened to it in almost 10 years (since I put my records in storage) and now feel that I have lost many fine evenings of listening - which I will try to make up for over the next 10 years... enjoy!

This is of the best...
This album is of the best ever produced by Joe Sample. I am a big fan of his music and his compositions. This album and "Old Places, Old faces" are Joe Sample at his best. This is a must own.