VERNON NEILLY & FRIENDS: A TRIBUTE TO STEVIE WONDER

"Vernon Neilly & Friends: A Tribute To Stevie Wonder is set for worldwide release on July 15th, 2008. For smooth jazz and Stevie Wonder fans alike there will be an opportunity to preview and cast their vote on the new single from the album – " I Was Made To Love Her" featuring U-Nam early at www.smoothjazztop20.com beginning July 12th. This single will also be the feature track at MyJazzNetwork.com starting July 14th and several tracks from the CD premiered at SmoothJazz.com on July 15th .The album is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.com (see the Amazon link here at The Jazz Chill Corner).

Vernon is an internationally known, award winning touring artist/producer with over 30 years of industry experience, and his resume includes performance and producing credits with the likes of well know music icons like Teena Marie, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Mary Wells, rap star 'Warren G.', Howard Hewitt, 'The Dramatics' and Motown hit producer Norman Whitfield just to name just a few.

Guest performers on "Vernon Neilly & Friends" include: Parisian smooth jazz guitarist U-Nam (No. 1 Commercial Jazz single of 2007, 'Street Life') and saxophonist Michael Paulo (Al Jarreau, Earth Wind & Fire, Peter White), also Grammy Award winning and internationally known touring bassist Juan Nelson (Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals), and internationally acclaimed guitar virtuoso Greg Howe (Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Enrique Iglesias.

Smooth jazz listeners who have been captivated by Stevie Wonder's musical genius through the years will have every opportunity to fall in love all over again, as this CD provides a glimpse of Stevie Wonder like you've never heard him before! With captivating arrangements of timeless classics of Stevie Wonder's best hits you will be treated to original re-makes of songs such as, 'I Wish', 'Superstition', 'Isn't She Lovely', 'Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing', 'Sir Duke', to name a few.