The Journey Within Bernie Williams

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Average Customer Rating: Customer Rating for this product is 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings)

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  • Release Date: 07/15/2003
  • Sales Rank: 64,996
  • Label: GRP RECORDS
  • UPC: 602498603864
 
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Track List
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The Journey Within

1LISTENLa Salsa en Mi 4:37
2LISTENThe Way 5:14
3LISTENPara Don Berna 3:23
4LISTENDesvelado 5:30
5LISTENJust Because 6:16
6LISTENSamba Novo 1:46
7LISTENDust in the Wind 3:28
8LISTENStranded on the Bridge 4:43
9LISTENBernie Jr. 6:13
10LISTENEnter the Bond 5:03
11LISTENAnd So It Goes 3:46
12LISTENJust Because Radio Mix 3:49
13LISTENThe Williams Kids Bonus Track 4:27

About this Artist

Editorial Reviews

Take note! If there's one lively Latin-flavored guitar jazz disc by an all-star center fielder you must listen to this year, make it this one. Don't do it however, just for the novelty of a .300 career-hitting New York Yankee legend making music for a hometown-based label, but because his hobby comes loaded with great melodic ideas and some buoyant, snappy playing. No doubt many critics will see this as a sports celebrity vanity project, and much will be made of all the top musicians who jumped into the fray (Béla Fleck, David Sancious, T-Bone Wolk, Luis Conte), but Williams truly holds his own. The opening track, "La Salsa en Mi," is feisty Latin jamming with an instantly catchy melody, and sets a lofty standard that some of the mellower tracks simply can't match. High-spirited exotic sessions like that and the percussion-intense "Desvelado" run rings around more conventional but still engaging light funk-jazz tracks like "The Way" and the lush ballad "Just Because," whose contribution by labelmate pianist David Benoit is surprisingly subtle. Those who like simple fingerstyling may most enjoy the interlude "Samba Novo," while pop fans may best enjoy the mainstream readings of "Dust in the Wind" and Billy Joel's plaintive "And So It Goes." The best evidence that Williams can funk out as well as he can do salsa (remember, he's a native Puerto Rican) is the turbocharged fusion jam "Stranded on the Bridge." In contemporary jazz circles, Wayman Tisdale has made a successful move from basketball to bass. When Bernie Williams retires, more discs like this will ensure that he's more than a one-shot deal. Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

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Number of Reviews: 5
Average Rating: Customer Rating for this product is 4.5 out of 5
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Customer Rating for this product is 4 out of 5 Williams is just as good off the field as on
Jonathan, a very big fan of number 51, 03/11/2005

So I admit it. I went out and bought this album at first simply because I wanted to support my favorite MLB player. I have been a fan of Bernie Williams for years and now am a fan of his music as well. What a feeling you will get when this CD is playing. The feeling of being somewhere warm and tropical, not to mention the feeling of culture. This album is truly a homerun and is a "must have" for anyone who enjoys classical guitar (or the New York Yankees)

Customer Rating for this product is 4 out of 5 Mucho Enjoyable
Sam Fairchild (samchild7@aol.com) , 12/08/2003

Bernie Williams as created something enjoyable. It is likely as enjoyable for him to play as it is for us to listen. The fact that his playing is not ultra-polished adds to the charm of the tracks -- they are not over-produced, thinly-velied attempts to hide the "realism" of a skilled, but non-professional, guitar session, but rather a solid, successful effort to nestle William's charming style, unaltered, admist a high-quality musical backdrop. Where one might expect a high degree of "sameness" in Williams' pieces, there is suprising diversity, even bursts of creative excellence. Bernie's guitar licks are a lot like his coverage of center field at Yankee Stadium - graceful, gazelle-like -- surefooted and determined -- with occasional explosions of greatness. A fresh, enjoyable treat!

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