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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Magic World
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| 2. | First View
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| 3. | Guitar Demonstration
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| 4. | I Know
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| 5. | Chips and Salsa
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| 6. | Sojourn
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| 7. | Fearless
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| 8. | Show You Love
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| 9. | Wings of Spring
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| 10. | Bend or Break
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| 11. | High Noon
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| 12. | Feeling Good
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| 13. | Radiant Dreams
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| 14. | This Fire [*]
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| 15. | On the Upside [*]
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Magic World
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| 2. | First View
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| 3. | I Know
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| 4. | Chips and Salsa
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| 5. | Tradewinds
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| 6. | Walkin
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| 7. | My Flamingo
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| 8. | Sojourn
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| 9. | Fearless
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| 10. | Show You Love
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| 11. | Wings of Spring
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| 12. | Bend or Break
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| 13. | High Noon
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| 14. | Feeling Good
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| 15. | Radiant Dreams
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Jazz / Smooth Jazz
This spectacular and mesmerizing live concert was captured so you have the best seat in the house! Enjoy Steve Oliver, an innovative artist performing some of his best music, featuring 6 new songs. It will uplift your spirit!
Now that Steve Oliver's in the house, lighting up clubs, concerts, festivals and radio request lines all over North America, Disneyland's going to have to come up with a new slogan. Wherever he is, wherever he's performing, no matter where you hear his irresistibly melodic guitar lines and magnificently soulful voice-it suddenly becomes the happiest place on earth. Between the smooth, funky and cool, his wild and kinetic transformation into a human drum machine and percussion choir weakens the resistance of even the hardest core cynic of "vocalese."
Performing an incredible 200 dates a year, the next superstar of adult contemporary pop and smooth jazz all but dares you not to tap your toes, sing along gleefully and smile like a kid at Christmas. He's doing it. And it's the real deal. No ego, no over the top flash, not trying to be too hip for the room and aloof for the fans. Just having a blast, sharing the joy of what he does-celebrating life and music. This jubilant, growing legacy continues in 2008 with the release of his new 2 Disc Set (CDDVD} "One Night Live" , which includes many of Steve's "Greatest Hits" live as well as two new studio recordings, including his current hit single "On The Upside". It wil available at retail on June 24th, on Nu Groove Records.
Disc 1: CD - Live audio recording from the concert, plus 2 new studio tracks
Disc 2: DVD
Stereo / 5.1 Surround Sound / English / Standard 4:3 / RC: 1 / Color
* Behind the scenes
* Explanation of the guitar orchestra
Cynics who don't get smooth jazz--and wonder why thousands of passionate genre fans spend their hard earned money every year on the genre's many festivals and cruises--just listen to the radio too much. No matter how catchy the songs are, the airwaves just don't capture the potential magic and fire of a live performance. That goes for most of the format's big artists, but few have been as compelling onstage as the multi-talented Steve Oliver, whose soulful vocals and snappy guitar lines are just the beginning of what is essentially a one man orchestra capable of numerous sonic delights; these include wild and crazy vocal percussion, breezy wordless vocal joys, and as we see and hear on the "Guitar Demonstration" of this exciting live CD/DVD package, a synth guitar that can simulate everything from a grand piano to bass, flute and orchestrated strings. In the economic climate of the late 2000s, a dual package like this seemed like a calculated commercial risk. But as wildly compelling as Oliver's instantly infectious songs are on the ears, the visual entertainment he provides and the way his grateful audience responds (at any of his 200 plus performances annually) makes a DVD of one of his classic performances (at the State Theatre in Modesto, CA) a must. Oliver doesn't go crazy finding new twists on instrumental hits like "Magic World" and "Chips and Salsa," but they are still some of smooth jazz's best songs and are always fun to listen to. On classics like "I Know" and new tunes like "Fearless," he also shows his penchant for romantic lead vocals. The title of one of the package's later uptempo tracks, the breezy top down "Feeling Good" sums up the charms Oliver offers throughout. Beyond the thirteen live performances, the guitarist adds two new studio tunes, the catchy vocal "This Fire" and a cheerful new instrumental "On The Upside" which is just that. The DVD features a behind the scenes segment and a lighthearted explanation of the artist's "guitar orchestra" that shows his truly "Radiant" personality one more time. If this blisteringly happy disc doesn't make you feel all Disneyland, no music released in 2008 will.
---Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Steve Oliver
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Smooth Jazz
Playing sideman to Rick Braun, Larry Carlton, Gato Barbieri, the Neville Brothers, and many others introduced guitarist/vocalist Steve Oliver to smooth jazz fans, but it was with Steve Reid's band that Oliver found a following. It was 1996 when Reid contacted Oliver at the last minute to fill in for a canceled opening act. Oliver hit the stage as a solo act and Reid was impressed with the guitarist's vocalese skills and summery sound (Oliver is a California native and a true follower of the laid-back lifestyle). Oliver had come to vocalese not through King Pleasure or Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, but through Bobby McFerrin and Pat Metheny's work with Richard Bona and David Blamires, who sang along with guitar solos. Being a fan of the earthy Metheny sound, Reid hired Oliver after the gig and featured him in his touring band. Reid's Mysteries and Passion in Paradise albums featured Oliver not only as guitarist but songwriter as well.
Oliver struck out on his own in 1999 with his debut, First View, released by Night Vision. The album spawned three hit singles on smooth jazz radio and earned the guitarist a Debut Artist of the Year award from Smooth Jazz News. Duties in Reid's band kept Oliver busy until 2002, when he released Positive Energy on Native Language. Spyro Gyra keyboardist Tom Schuman was in the producer's chair for Oliver's third album, 3-D, released by Koch in 2004.
--- David Jeffries, All Music Guide |
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