Jazz / Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Dan Siegel - Piano, Producer, Synthesizer, Programming, Engineer
Alex Al Zeta Bass, Bass
Allen Hinds Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Asburn Bernie Miller Engineer
Brian Bromberg Fretless Bass
Chris Bellman Mastering
Chris Clark Horn Section, Trombone
Darrell Crooks Guitar (Rhythm)
Dave Hooper Drums
Dianne Jones Photography
Jeff Kashiwa Horn Section, Saxophone
Joe Sherbanee Executive Producer
Lenny Castro Percussion
Oscar Seaton Drums
Robert Bacon Guitar
Robert Kyle Saxophone, Horn Section
Theo Bishop Executive Producer
Tom McCauley Engineer, Mixing
Tom Zink Engineer
Tony Guerrero Horn Section, Trumpet
Adult contemporary pianist Dan Siegel has been helping to shape the smooth jazz genre since his recording debut in 1980. Having released several chart-topping records, Siegel now returns with Inside Out, his first all-new studio release in over six years. Inside Out is a collection of ten original tracks featuring special guests Boney James, Jeff Kashiwa, and Brian Bromberg. The recording is characterized by smooth urban grooves, insightful melodies, and mood-setting atmosphere. The recording opens with "Just Like That," a melodic distillation of piano finesse, ambient electronic instruments, and inventive programming. "Inside Out" is ripe with the beauty of percussive syncopation and the sonority one hears from an array of castanets, congas, and other percussion. Siegel's piano grace is surrounded by elaborate string complements that sway the listener into a state of relaxation. On "In Your Eyes," Siegel's exquisite piano playing sets the scene for love with natural and expressive resonance. The addition of flute to this lovely piece provides another layer of romanticism to its musical structure. Each song on this CD tells its own little story with style and believability. Overall, Dan Siegel emerges from the "inside out" to offer his fans a true glimpse of what is perhaps his most essential recording to date. ~ Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide
Dan Siegel
Active Decades: '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Smooth jazz keyboardist Dan Siegel has been helping to shape the genre since his recording debut in 1980. Born in Seattle and raised in Eugene, OR, Siegel started taking piano lessons at age eight and was fronting a rock band at 12. After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he received a degree in composition from the University of Oregon and began recording his own works. Soon thereafter, well-known independent jazz label Inner City Records signed the young keyboardist, releasing 1980's Nite Ride, which featured guitarist Lee Ritenour. Siegel's second album for Inner City, 1981's The Hot Spot, was more successful and spent ten weeks in the Top Ten of Billboard's jazz chart. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue film and television work, as well as a more active recording career.
Spending half of the decade composing TV and film scores as well as releasing several albums of varying interest, he signed with Epic in 1986 and began moving away from the ailing jazz fusion scene and into the adult contemporary jazz sound that he had been toying with all along. Highlights of this era include 1994's worldbeat-influenced Hemispheres and the urban-flavored Clairvoyance, released in 1998. Siegel spent the 1990s recording for a variety of labels, working with some of the bigger names in smooth jazz (Boney James, Larry Carlton, John Patitucci), and leading the hard bop combo Birds of a Feather. In 2000, Legacy Recordings released a greatest hits compilation called Along the Way: The Best of Dan Siegel.
---Zac Johnson, All Music Guide |
