Given EMI's and Sony's ambitious Pink Floyd reissue program in 2011, a project of this type was inevitable.
All the catalog selections listed here will be familiar to Floyd fans, but it should be noted that any jazz approach to the music in question should be given proper consideration in terms of pitch, time (as in real rhythm), and dynamic.
Unfortunately, the Smooth Jazz All Stars provide none of these elements, and the way they treat this material sounds pathetic.
They are like a group of high-school amateurs just out of band class and learning to play popular music from charts.
It would be great to hear some contemporary jazz masters collaborate on Pink Floyd's music, since so much of it lends itself to the form.
Unfortunately, this is anything but that.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comfortably NumbDavid Gilmour, Roger Waters | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | Another Brick in the WallRoger Waters | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | Hey YouRoger Waters | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Wish You Were HereDavid Gilmour, Roger Waters | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 20 MB |
| 5 | Young LustDavid Gilmour, Roger Waters | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 03:28 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | Brain DamageRoger Waters | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 03:53 | 8 MB | 21 MB |
| 7 | MoneyRoger Waters | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | MotherRoger Waters | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 15 MB |
| 9 | TimeDavid Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 04:01 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 10 | Us and ThemRoger Waters, Richard Wright | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Play | 04:56 | 11 MB | 27 MB |
| 42 mins | 99 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 228 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Gilmour | Composer |
| 2 | Nick Mason | Composer |
| 3 | Pink Floyd | Tributee |
| 4 | The Smooth Jazz All Stars | Primary Artist, Producer |
| 5 | Roger Waters | Composer |
| 6 | Richard Wright | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |