Olivia
Foschi – Fleeting Windows
Fleeting
Windows is Foschi’s sophomore album and features a remarkable line-up including
multi-Grammy Award-winning arranger, composer, producer, pianist, and
accordionist Gil Goldstein, as well as noted drummer and producer Ulysses
Owens, Jr., and trumpeter/flugelhornist Alex Sipiagin. Also appearing are Yotam
Silberstein, guitar; Billy Test, piano/Rhodes; Daniel Dickinson, bass clarinet,
flute, tenor sax, and alto sax; Joseph Doubleday, vibraphone; and Marco
Panascia, bass. This introspective recording was driven by the birth of her
twin boys, and all of the songs were shaped by the myriad emotions she
experienced over the past two years.
Gerey
Johnson - You Didn't Know
Twenty years
since he co-wrote the Smooth Jazz classic “When I Think of You” with Brian
Culbertson for Steve Cole, electric guitarist Gerey Johnson continues as a busy
sideman (Culbertson, Richard Elliot, Boney James, Rick Braun, Euge Groove),
producer, record company executive and co-producer/music director of the Smooth
Chicago concert series. With the release of his new track “Like We Used To,”
Johnson finally rewards fans who have been waiting for his emergence as a solo
artist. An easy-grooving, compelling and crackling, blues/gospel infused track
featuring the inimitably soulful Richard Elliot on sax. “Like We Used To” is
the lead single of Johnson’s highly anticipated upcoming full-length debut
album YOU DIDN’T KNOW? Now you do! ~
smoothjazz.com
Will
Sessions & Amp Fiddler featuring Dames Brown - One
The funky
Will Sessions groove gets some great electric help from Amp Fiddler – and this
time around, there's also chorus vocals from the soulful Dames Brown trio!
Fiddler handles most of the lead lyrics, and also plays plenty of keyboards –
as you'll know from his own work – while Will Sessions holds down the rest of
the instrumentation in a flurry of tight drums, riffing guitar, and mighty nice
horns – plus lots more Fender Rhodes and other keys from group leader Sam
Beaubein! The Dames seem to make Amp Fiddler's vocals really sound even richer
than usual – almost as if they're egging him on to become the kind of soul
singer we always heard in his promise. Titles include "What It Is",
"Belle Isle Drive", "Rendezvous", "Seven Mile",
"Reconcile", "Who I Am", "Lost Without You", and
"Reminiscin". ~ Dusty Groove
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