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| BobBaldwin.com |
| Bob Baldwin |
| első megjelenés éve: 2000 |
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| (2008)
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| 4.270 Ft
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| 1. | Never Can Say Goodbye
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| 2. | Good Morning, Love
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| 3. | Funkin' For Jamaica
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| 4. | Business Call
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| 5. | Esmooth
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| 6. | If You Insist
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| 7. | Being With You
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| 8. | I Wish
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| 9. | Those Eyes
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| 10. | Back At One
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| 11. | West Side Highway
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| 12. | Westchester Online
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| 13. | Yeah, Baby!
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| 14. | In The Chatroom (Overtime)
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| 15. | Web Surfer (Reprise)
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Jazz
Bob Baldwin - Piano, keyboards
Armstead Christian - Arranger, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Blake Gaines - Bass
Chuck Loeb - Guitar, Lead
Dean James - Saxophone
Eric Essix - Guitar
Fred Vigdor - Sax (Tenor)
Gerald Albright - Sax (Alto), Soloist
Joey Sommerville - Arranger, Editing, Engineer, Flugelhorn, Mixing, Producer, Trumpet, Trumpet (Muted)
Lil' John Roberts - Drums
Marion Meadows - Sax (Soprano), Soloist
Phil Hamilton - Guitar
Tom Browne - Soloist, Trumpet
Toni Smith - Vocals
Tonni Smith - Soloist, Vocals
Vaneese Thomas - Vocals
Will Downing - Arranger, Vocals (Background)
* Fred Kevorkian - Mastering
* Rory Young - Mixing
In the liner notes to BobBaldwin.com (Orpheus Music/City Sketches), funk-jazz keyboard whiz Bob Baldwin reminds us to enjoy technology rather than allow it to take over our hearts and souls. Musically speaking, BobBaldwin.com is a splendid illustration of his point. Utilizing his synth rack to create busy and often retro-soul textures, Baldwin allows graceful yet punchy melodies to shine through at all times.
Baldwin has a good time with titles, moving from the cool hip-hop of "eSmooth" (which features his trademark high-register, swirling solos), through "Westchester Online" (highlighted by a playful cat-and-mouse game between Dean James' soprano sax and Joey Summerville's bouncy trumpet), and then on to the album's most unusual piece, "Overtime (In the Chatroom)." On the latter piece, as if to make a point about what too much cybertalk can do to one's sensibilities, Baldwin offers no defining melody. Instead he darts in and out of floating, hypnotic atmospheres, employing along the way percussive, avant-garde synth lines, wah-wah guitars, and an occasionally smooth soprano line from Marion Meadows.
Most of the other material is smartly played and very in-the-pocket, whether it's the opening cover of "Never Can Say Goodbye," with crackling guitar passages and harmonies by Chuck Loeb, or it's the brassy party tune "Funkin' For Jamaica," which features trumpeter Tom Browne and the harmonic sax blend of Gerald Albright, Marion Meadows, and Fred Vigdor.
Numerous smooth jazz artists are familiar with or have been trained in the straightahead jazz tradition, but rarely do they bring any of that color to their commercial projects. Generally, conventional industry wisdom dictates focusing on one genre at a time.
---Jonathan Widran, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.
Bob Baldwin wasn't the first artist to name a project after his website -- Fattburger and Jethro Tull both beat him to the punch -- but the funk-jazz keyboard whiz's Bobbaldwin.com devotes its liner notes to reminding us to enjoy technology but not let it take over for our heart and soul. Baldwin puts his music where his words are, using his synth rack to create numerous busy, often retro-soul textures, but, at heart, his graceful yet punchy melodies shine through at all times. He has a good time with titles, moving from the cool hip-hop of "eSmooth" (which features his trademark high-register swirling solos between revisits to the sax-driven hook) through "Westchester Online" (with a playful cat and mouse game between Dean James's soprano and Joey Summerville's bouncy trumpet) and then on to the album's most unusual piece, "Overtime (In the Chatroom)." As if to make a point about what too much cybertalk can do to one's sensibilities, Baldwin offers no defining pop melody, instead darting in and out with percussive avant-garde synth lines, clicking wah-wah guitars, and an occasionally smooth soprano line from Marion Meadows, over floating, hypnotic atmospheres. Most of the other material is smartly played and very in-the-pocket, from the opening cover of "Never Can Say Goodbye" (with crackling guitar passages and harmonies by Chuck Loeb) and the brassy party tune "Funkin' for Jamaica," featuring trumpeter Tom Browne and the harmonic blend of the saxes of Gerald Albright, Marion Meadows, and Fred Vigdor.
---Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide |
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