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| Dancing in the Rain |
| Alec Milstein |
| első megjelenés éve: 2000 |
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| (2000)
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| 4.161 Ft
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| 1. | Cantaré
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| 2. | Dancing in the Rain
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| 3. | Amor Mío
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| 4. | Love Grows All Around the World
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| 5. | Son Montuno
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| 6. | Walk on Over
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| 7. | Cancion de Amor
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| 8. | Count the Ways
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| 9. | Samba Saudades (I Miss the Samba)
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Jazz / Vocal
Alec Milstein - Bass, Drum Sequencing, Fender Rhodes, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Keyboards, Tres, Vocals
Danny Donnelly - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
Eddie Resto - Ampeg Baby Bass, Bass
Einstein Brown - Chant
Frank Strauss - Accordion, Piano, String Pads
Freddie Crespo - Vocals (Background)
Howard "Buzz" Feiten - Guitar
Hugh Milstein - CD Art Adaptation, Design, Digital Imaging, Layout Design, Photography
John DeFaria - Guitar (12 String Electric), Guitar (Rhythm)
Kevin Ricard - Percussion
Leroy Osbourne - Vocals (Background)
Sandy Stein - Piano
Sarah Taylor - Vocals (Background)
Sean Holt - Vocals (Background)
* Doug Sax - Mastering
* Ron Powell - , Rainstick, Sound Effects
* Russell Baer - Cover Photo, Sleeve Photo
* Talley Sherwood - Mixing
Having recorded and toured with some of the most popular performers in smooth jazz, it would have been very easy for composer and multi-instrumentalist Alec Milstein to go the safe route for his solo debut and create a mainstream recording in that genre. Feeling the artistic need to dig much deeper, Milstein on Dancing in the Rain explores a great love for Latin music which he first cultivated when he became aware of a South American heritage on his mother's side of the family. While his career as both a sideman and composer for television and film has allowed him to dabble in original expressions of many Latin cultures, this is the first time Milstein has had the opportunity to express the fullness of his melodic and polyrhythmic artistry. Dancing in the Rain opens with "Cantare," a rousing celebration of song equating music with rest and joy and featuring Milstein's textured vocals among cool soundscapes and a breezy acoustic guitar. The festive, tropical-flavored title track includes the buoyant invitation to "Baila!," while "Amor Mio" finds Milstein in a reflective mood, longing dreamily for love with a graceful guitar/vocal combination. The lively, anthemic reminder that "Love Grows All Around the World" features a playful, jazzy piano solo by Frank Strauss; Sandy Stein tackles the ivories on the Tito Fuente-styled jam "Son Montuno," which features an irresistible "la la" chorus. After another gentle, lovelorn expression in "Walk on Over," Milstein explores the subtle exotica of Brazil with the moody and haunting "Cancion de Amor." Rounding out the set are the all-out fiesta "Count the Ways" featuring Strauss on accordion and Milstein singing and playing over an explosive Cumbia rhythm; and the lovely Brazilian flavored sing-along "Samba Saudades (I Miss the Samba)," which is created around a Pagodge-styled samba groove.
---Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Alec Milstein
Active Decade: '00s
Genre: Vocal
Styles: Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Alec Milstein's first break in the music business came in 1983, when Chaka Khan chose a song he co-wrote for one of her albums, I Feel for You. At the time, Milstein was based in Boston, where he was studying music. When word hit him that his song would be included on the recording, he headed to New York. There he joined in on the project with producer Arif Mardin. Milstein settled on the west coast the following year. In Los Angeles, he joined forces with keyboardist Jeff Lorber in a band. The group performed throughout Japan and the U.S., and Lorber and Milstein also proceeded to enter the recording studio. Their collaboration extended into the fields of arranging, songwriting, and producing for such artists as Manhattan Transfer, Juan Gabriel, and Michael Franks, among others. Milstein went on to work with a few high-powered divas. In 1991, he worked as Bette Midler's bassist for a Christmas project. Three years later, when Diana Ross hit stages throughout South America and Europe, Milstein was there for the tour that marked a 30th anniversary for the former Supreme. When the tour wound down, Milstein spent time with his mother's family in Uruguay and Argentina, where the musical influences made an immediate and powerful impression. Those Latin flavors made an appearance on his Dancing in the Rain album.
---Linda Seida, All Music Guide |
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