Cynthia Layne Discography of CDs

Cynthia Layne albums Listeners who discovered Cynthia Layne with her September 2007 release Beautiful Soul might have assumed she was a newcomer, but in fact, she has been singing professionally since the early '90s -- and in Indianapolis, IN (where she is based), Layne has earned a reputation for being a diverse vocalist who can handle anything from straight-ahead jazz and Tin Pan Alley standards to blues to classic soul. But on Beautiful Soul, the Midwesterner generally favors a neo-soul approach along the lines of Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and N'Dea Davenport -- and it is a direction that works really well for her. None of the material on this 69-minute CD is straight-ahead jazz or bop, but medium-tempo offerings like "Kings and Queens," "Be You," "Mystery," and "Pimp Talk" definitely have the type of jazz overtones that Badu, Scott, and Davenport are known for bringing to their R&B foundation. At times, Beautiful Soul steps outside of neo-soul; "Free Yourself" is straight-up '70s-style funk, and "Two and One" and "Will You Be There" are sleek, uptempo, club-friendly offerings that favor the ...

Cynthia Layne music CDs Track Listing of songs: Feel Me; Reality; What You Won't Do For Love; Promise; 2 And 1; Letting You Go; Funny; Ain't No Sunshine; We; You And Me; Starry Night;

Cynthia Layne CD discography Liner Note Author: Linda Reynolds. Recording information: Baba Bill's Studio, New Orleans, LA; Gary Mielke Productions, Indianapolis, IN; Nolan Smith Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Photographer: Mark Sheldon . Personnel: Alexi Marti (vocals, timbales); Bill Summers (vocals, percussion); Cynthia Layne, George Clinton (vocals); Jaecyn Bayne, Private Pile, Killah Priest, Snoop Dogg (rap vocals); Jerry Stucker (guitar); Rob Dixon (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, keyboards); Bennie Maupin (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Azar Lawrence (soprano ...

Cynthia Layne albums Rob Dixon: Rob Dixon (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, programming); Cynthia Jane, Goldie Johnson (vocals); Rusty Redenbacher, Prophet (rap vocals); Allison Horton (spoken vocals); Gary Mielke (various instruments, programming); Joe Filipow (guitar); Anson Banks, Derrick Gardner (trumpet); Richard Dole (trombone); Celeste Holler (horns); Steve Jones (piano, keyboards); Koknosh Lismon (bass instrument, drums); Joel Kelsey (bass instrument); PJ Majors, Anthony Lee , Kenny Phelps (drums).

Cynthia Layne music CDs Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra: Frank Glover (clarinet); Mark Buselli (trumpet, flugelhorn); Brent Wallarab (trombone); Tom Meyer, Cynthia Layne, Luke Gillespie, Everett Greene, Rob Dixon, Jeff Conrad . The Indianapolis based big band of trumpeter Mark Buselli and trombonist Brent Wallarab was formed in 1994 as a group that focused on instrumental arrangements and compositions. They also produced a fine effort, Carol of the Bells, in 2007, dedicated to adaptations of holiday ...