EUGE GROOVE - GOT 2 BE GROOVIN
Saxophonist
Euge Groove is one of the bestselling Contemporary Jazz artists, scoring more
than half a dozen #1 Smooth Jazz radio hits and selling over 250,000 albums.
His last album, House of Groove, hit #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz
Albums chart, continuing his hit driven chart reign. Got 2 Be
Groovin delivers Euge Groove s trademark Funk/Jazz grooves on a wide ranging
set including potential radio hits as well as featuring a couple of vocal
tracks by American Idol finalist Elliot Yamin and Gospel singer Chanel Haynes
of Trin I Tee 5:7. Euge
Groove is a staple of Contemporary Jazz radio, scoring two more Top Ten
Billboard Contemporary Jazz hits on his last album. Groovin Up Hip Street will
be the first single to be worked to smooth Adult Contemporary radio.
Euge
Groove has toured both nationally and internationally, often as part of high
profile, multi artist packages such as Guitars & Saxes and also the
prestigious all star Smooth Jazz cruises.
~ Amazon
LENNY PICKETT WITH UMO JAZZ ORCHESTRA - THE PRESCRIPTION
Saxophonist
Lenny Pickett's first album in decades, with the UMO Jazz Orchestra of Finland.
After his breakthrough stint with Tower Of Power, he has been the sax soloist
on Saturday Night Live. LP's is THE saxophone voice of our time. Pickett
is a current member of the Saturday Night Live band and a long-time leader of
the Tower of Power horn section. During
the '70s, the Tower of Power was the dominant session horn group, cutting their
own successful R&B/funk/pop records and backing a host of stars from Elton
John to many soul and R&B acts. Pickett continued with the group until the
mid-'80s, then made a solo release as a leader. He is a stirring, blues-laden
player who functions best doing short, tart solos in the middle of
R&B/blues/pop pieces, but not a jazz player in the conventional sense. ~
Ron Wynn
THE ALLYN ROBINSON PROJECT - DREAMS REALIZED, MY LIFE IN MUSIC
Drummer Allyn Robinson's latest record is a celebration of Allyn's rich musical history and a stirring tribute
to Jaco Pastorius, Charles Brent and Wayne Cochran. With a burning 16-piece
R&B big band, Allyn takes the listener on a musical journey across the
threshold where jazz intersects with soul, funk and rhythm & blues. Allyn
brought together some of New Orleans' finest musicians to record an incredible
mix of original tunes by bassist and musical director Chuck Archard, as well as
some exciting new arrangements of classics by Jaco, Willie Tee, The Gaturs,
Dizzy Gillespie and Wayne Cochran and The C.C. Riders. From the
opening track, "Amelia," a Jaco composition originally written and
performed live with Allyn and the Cochran band in '73, to the Three Views of A
Secret inspired, The Final View, this record is...A Dream Realized!
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