Wednesday, April 15, 2009

CANDY DULFER & VANESSA WILLIAMS NEWS

Candy Dulfer - Funked Up & Chilled Out!
Saxophonist Candy Dulfer is preparing to release her next Heads Up International CD, following 2007's Candy Store. This time, the Dutch-born smooth jazz artist will offer Funked Up & Chilled Out! on May 12th. The 12-track CD features much of the same band lineup as her previous set, including bassist Chance Howard, keyboardist Thomas Bank, and drummer Kirk Johnson. Dulfer mixes things up, adding touches of reggae, hip-hop, and groove, with some tracks featuring a trio of backup singers and a three-piece horn section.

"I love an album that has the same flow as, say, a movie or a book," Dulfer explains in a statement. "It starts slowly, then builds tension, and then you take it down a bit in certain places. That's the kind of concert I play when I'm touring, and that's what I wanted to capture on this recording."

Vanessa Williams - The Real Thing
Singer and actress Vanessa Williams is about tol make her Concord Records debut on June 2nd with the new CD The Real Thing. According to USA Today, Williams has described the music on her first CD in four years as a mix of jazz, samba, salsa, pop, and R&B. "I had been wanting to do a Latin-flavored album since I played a ballroom dancer in the (salsa) movie Dance With Me," said Williams, referring to the 1998 movie in which she starred opposite Puerto Rican vocalist Chayanne.

Hopefully Williams will be able to tour for the album once the CD is released, since she won’t have to deal with the shooting schedule for the ABC hit Ugly Betty, in which she plays scheming diva Wilhelmina Slater. The series is being canceled after the season which ends in May. Williams' previous recording was 2005's Everlasting Love, a collection of some of her favorite songs of the '70s. "I had been wanting to do a Latin-flavored album since I played a ballroom dancer in the (salsa) movie Dance With Me," said Williams, referring to the 1998 movie in which she starred opposite Puerto Rican vocalist Chayanne.

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