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All One CD music The smooth jazz supergroup's characteristically tasteful set of sophisticated easy listening music includes guest vocals from Michael McDonald on the slow-burning "My Love's Leaving" as well as impeccably played instrumentals like the delicate "Sunday Morning" and the silky smooth "Twilight Touch." Audio Mixer: Ken Freeman. Recording information: Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA; Studio 22, Canton, OH. Photographer: Michael Waring. Fourplay: Bob James (keyboards); Nathan East (bass guitar); Harvey Mason, Sr. , Larry Carlton. Personnel: Michael McDonald , Michele Pillar, Nathan East (vocals); Rick Wheeler, Larry Carlton (guitar); Harvey Mason, Sr. (drums); ...

All One buy CD music Featuring a bevy of world music guests, guitarist Lee Ritenour's Smoke 'N' Mirrors is a stylish, joyous, and laid-back multicultural affair. Among the guests are Brazilian vocalist and keyboardist Daniel Jobim, South African vocalist Zamajobe and guitarist Erik Pilani Paliani, West African bassist Richard Bona, as well as such well-known contemporary jazz icons as pianist Dave Grusin, bassist John Patitucci, percussionist Sheila E., and others. Judiciously, Ritenour has made room for a wide musical palette including funky jams, melodic soul vocal tracks, inspired rhythmic passages, and of course straight-ahead jazz improvisation. While this is an impeccably crafted effort in the tradition of past Ritenour albums, it ...

All One songs Smooth jazz stalwarts the Rippingtons infuse their trademark brand of instrumental pop with a Latin aesthetic on Wild Card. Once again featuring the lead guitar of Russ Freeman, the Rippingtons deliver a solid collection of mellow contemporary pop and lite jazz that should please longtime fans. Evenly split between R&B-inflected cuts such as the Aretha Franklin hit "Till You Come Back to Me" and Latin tracks including the flamenco-inspired "Spanish Girl" and the salsa-ready "Mulata di Mi Amor," Wild Card is a pleasant listen. ~ Matt Collar Audio Mixer: Steve Sykes. Recording information: Castle Oaks Studios, Calabasas, CA; Latinum Music Studios, Miami, FL; Surfboard Studios, Boca Raton, FL. Illustrator: ...

All One album for sale Creatively, David Benoit has had his ups and downs over the years. The pianist/keyboardist has recorded more than his share of forgettable smooth jazz albums, but he has also provided some decent straight-ahead discs that were greatly influenced by Bill Evans (the pianist, not the saxophonist). This 2004 release, however, doesn't fall into either category -- Benoit/Freeman Project 2, a collaboration with guitarist Russ Freeman, isn't straight-ahead acoustic jazz, but it isn't an album of mindless "elevator Muzak" either. For the most part, this CD could be described as "smooth jazz with a brain"; pop considerations are a high priority, but at the same time, jazz ...

All One CD music Live Recording Recording information: Sony Studios, New York, NY (02/23/2004). Photographer: John Abbott . Personnel: Wallace Roney (trumpet); Wallace Roney; Antoine Roney (saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Matthew Garrison (acoustic bass, double bass, electric bass, bass guitar); Don Byron (bass clarinet); Clifton Anderson (trombone); Adam Holzman (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); Geri Allen (piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Eric Allen (drums); DJ Logic (turntables). Liner Note Author: Quincy Troupe.

All One buy CD music The beloved Brazilian guitar legend's resumé is so chock-full of varied musical experiences -- jazz, pop, film scoring, ten years with Sergio Mendes -- that his brilliant solo efforts can't help but include informal homages to different eras of his life. He starts out here getting straight to the heart of the matter, paying tribute to his fellow countryman Antonio Carlos Jobim with a self-contained plucky guitar/vocal duet of "Waters of March," which includes spirited scat passages. He moves into samba mode for a lively medley of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker tunes, "Groovin' High/Whispering," deferring to Toots Thielemans' always engaging harmonica for melody as he harmonizes gently; then they switch roles. His other medley is a wilder, more percussive mix of a standard and an original, "Lorry's Swing/Autumn Leaves." Mixing modes, tempos, and moods, he mines standards ("Watch What Happens," "My Foolish Heart") and Brazilian classics (more by Jobim and Luiz Bonfá), and offers a dreamy ...