The follow
up to their No. 1 single, “Summer Nights,” started going for radio adds on
Monday; album slated for summer release.
From night until morning, Jazz Holdouts frontmen Alan Palanker
and Lou Cortelezzi have been toiling away in the studio diligently conceiving
ultramodern electronic soundscapes to pair with their enticing keyboard and
saxophone melodies. Last summer, they came up with a sensual blend of throbbing
house music, nocturnal chill nuances and steamy contemporary jazz harmonies on
a cut titled “Summer Nights,” which went No. 1 on the Billboard and Mediabase
charts. Going downtempo for a laidback oeuvre of sunrise seduction, the duo
wrote and produced “Morning Breeze,” the follow-up single that began going for
radio playlist adds on Monday.
“‘Morning
Breeze’ refers to the urge we often have to make love when we awaken in the
morning. It passes over us like a cool breeze on a hot summer day and we make
of it what we will,” said Cortelezzi about the inspiration for the new cut.
“Our goal is to create instrumental music that is, groove oriented, atmospheric
and contemporary. The more traditional elements that say ‘jazz’ - like
improvisation - are secondary to the overall effect of the composition.”
The winning
combo of keyboardist Palanker and saxman Cortelezzi have taken Jazz Holdouts in
bold directions. The outfit initially formed as an adult
R&B/singer-songwriter venture that dropped the debut disc, “Intuition,” in
2014. Scrapping the original concept and recruiting the hornman into the fold,
the reimagined Jazz Holdouts premiered their reworked vision in 2016 with the
Billboard Top 20 single “Simple Things,” a futuristic foray swirling
exhilarating electronica experimentations, dancefloor dynamics and soothing
sophisticated sax. All three singles will be on the ten-song album slated for
release this summer.
Jazz
Holdouts consists of a veteran core of accomplished musicians who have toured
and recorded with many of the biggest names in pop, R&B and jazz over the
past few decades. On “Morning Breeze,” Palanker and Cortelezzi are joined by
guitar ace Michael Thompson, bassist John Siegler and percussionist Walfredo
Reyes Jr. Fusion guitarist Jamie Glaser will appear on the album as well.
“Lou and I
are the songwriters, but the Jazz Holdouts recording process is unique and
technologically current, including valuable contributions from our
highly-skilled audio mix engineer, Douglas Cooper Getschal, who is key to
shaping our sound,” said Palanker.
After the
album is complete, the Jazz Holdouts’ focus will shift to how to present the
music live in a compelling multimedia production that stimulates the senses.
Cortelezzi said, “We are excited about the possibility of adding extensive
video content to our live shows. The combination should be very entertaining to
our audience and interesting to us as musicians.”
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