DEBUT CD FROM ROB WHITE

Let It Ride, the debut album from saxophonist Rob White, preceded by the first single Fin De Semana – which is in its sixth week of chart climbing and national spins, just jumped eleven spots on the Smoothjazz.com Top 50 to come in at number 47, and is receiving a noteworthy number of spins on jazz, smooth jazz and urban AC radio – was released nationwide to stores on May 30. For the eleven-song disc, featuring Rob White on soprano and alto saxophone performing original songs and covers, executive producer Beau Huggins, who molded the careers of Najee, Alex Bugnon, Melba Moore, Freddie Jackson and Meli’sa Morgan, paired White with seasoned producer, Yasha. Together, the two have created a musical masterpiece in Let It Ride, filled with special moments – including A House Is Not A Home, a tribute to Luther Vandross. "The chemistry between White and Yasha was undeniably unique," says Charli Huggins, Orpheus Music V.P. Yasha, who helped create the sounds of Najee and Alex Bugnon agrees. ‘When Rob began to play I Wish I Wasn’t it sounded like a Heather Headley song. But when I told him to play two octaves higher, he made it a Rob White song. I saw Najee and Sweet Love all over again," Yasha exclaims. Additional proof of their chemistry is in Summer Groovin’, which almost made the cut list. But Beau said he hears "something special in that song, and proof that Yasha took Rob to a professional level he did not believe was attainable."