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Eric Marienthal is a technically skilled altoist with a soulful tone and an appealing style. Unfortunately, many of his recordings are strictly for the commercial market, such as Sweet Talk. Marienthal's solos are full of spirit and color but the backup groups, which often include keyboardist Jeff Lorber along with occasional vocalists, are mundane and lack much personality. The same can be said for the set of originals, including a song apiece from Stevie Wonder and Ivan Lins. Marienthal, who was brilliant on his 1990 release Crossroads and is at his best when playing with Chick Corea's Elektric Band, mostly sounds like he is coasting on Sweet Talk, making this an OK but forgettable release. ~ Scott Yanow
Gene Lake, Chris Parker (drums); Marc Quinones (congas, percussion).
Personnel: Eric Marienthal (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Melvin Davis (vocals, drum programming); Ivan Lins, Cassandra Reed (vocals); Chuck Loeb (guitar, keyboards, drum programming, percussion programming); Jeff Mironov, Julio Fernandez (guitar); Gannin Arnold (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Romero Lubambo (acoustic guitar); Dean Brown (electric guitar); Mike Ricchiuti (electric piano, keyboards); Jeff Lorber (Clavinet, keyboards, bass synthesizer, vocoder, drum programming); Jason Miles (keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming); Dave Kochanski (keyboards); Billy Heller (string synthesizer); Chris Parker , Gene Lake (drums); Marc Quiñones (congas, percussion); Scott Breadman (percussion).
Audio Mixers: Eric Marienthal; Melvin Davis.
Recording information: BearTracks, Suffern, NY; Discovery Studios, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; JHL Studios, Pacific Palisades, CA; LAFX Studios, North Hollywood, CA; LIvewire Production & Recording, New York, NY; Shelter Island Sound, New York, NY; The Clubhouse, Orange County, NY; The House Of "O, " Suffern, NY.
Photographer: Sonny Mediana.
Arrangers: Chuck Loeb; Eric Marienthal; Jeff Lorber.
Personnel: Eric Marienthal (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Ivan Lins, Cassandra Reed (vocals); Mike Ricchiuti (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Jeff Lorber (Clavinet, keyboards, vocodor, synthesizer, programming); Jason Miles (Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, synthesizer); Chuck Loeb (keyboards, guitar, programming); Dave Kochanski (keyboards); Billy Heller (string synthesizer); Gannin Arnold (acoustic & electric guitars); Romero Lubambo (acoustic guitar); Dean Brown (electric guitar); Jeff Mironov, Julio Fernandez (guitar); Melvin Davis (bass, programming); Tom Barney, Will Lee (bass);
JazzTimes (2/04, p.138) - "Marienthal sounds energetic and inspired; he turns in a muscular performance on the organ-shaded 'Nickel Plated'." Eric Marienthal Sweet Talk Songs Sweet Talk Review
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Hello Folks, Here are a few words about my album Poolside Phone that you have come across here on CD Baby. This album was recorded in El Cerrito, CA in the fall of 1998 at my buddy Bennett Bowman's studio. Bennett recorded and engineered the thing, and he and I produced and played the majority of the instruments on it. We had a lot of fun making Poolside Phone, and lots of the songs on it are my favorites, and I continue to perform these songs at live shows.Comments about the songs:The album kicks off with 'You'll Be The First To Know', a spiteful sour grapes anthem. I already had the list of ridiculous examples of how people achieve fame and renown, but the song didn't have a cohesiveness. Then, in a bar one afternoon on Clement Street in San Francisco, I was scribbling some lyrics in a small note pad about a guy who's bitter about being dumped by a girl. And it worked to put the two half songs together. By the way, it irritates me when I hear people pronounce the word 'niche' as if it rhymes with 'leash'. We're not French! It rhymes with 'rich', dammit. Next, the song 'Evel Knievel' came about in a somewhat unlikely manner. While I was back at college studying US History, a class I was in was looking at a land disagreement in the Pacific Northwest between the US and Canada during the 1800's. Not surprisingly my mind wandered. Suddenly my ears pricked up. One of the proposed boundaries was the Snake River Canyon. It jarred a memory of a Saturday afternoon when I was ten years old. My brother and I were watching ABC's Wide World of Sports with horror and fascination as Evel Knievel made a highly publicized and ill-fated attempt to jump over the Snake River Canyon. I wrote the song from memory in my apartment on Larkin Street. Afterwards I checked some newspaper accounts of the spectacle on microfilm at the SF Public Library, just to get the date right. Recording this one, I found a guy to play Double Bass at the SF Music Conservatory, who plays on several other tracks as well. We were just going to have his Bass on during the chorus parts, so he was just fooling around during the other parts. We ended up using his whole part. I think he was a little upset about it because he's a little off-pitch at the beginning. This is not a digital recording - no pitch correcting falsehoods in this CD, my friends. This is the real McCoy. Underutilized Brain is another sour grapes anthem. I recorded my acoustic guitar part first, along with the bass part. Then while I was back at home, Bennett, who along with being one of the funniest people I know, is also one of the best drummers I know. He put drums on the track and completely transformed the song. First of all, it's really difficult to add drums to a track afterwards. Normally you lay down the drum track first. Undaunted, Bennett finessed the rhythmic abnormalities of my guitar part, and added a power pop dimension to the ...
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