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| 2 Grover with Love |
| Jason Miles |
| első megjelenés éve: 2008 |
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| (2008)
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| 4.701 Ft
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| 1. | Summer Nights
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| 2. | Bright Moments
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| 3. | Making Love to You
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| 4. | Mr. Magic
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| 5. | Strawberry Moon
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| 6. | Moonstreams
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| 7. | Reaching Out
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| 8. | Reed Seed
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| 9. | The Saddest Thing
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| 10. | Stolen Moments
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| 11. | To Grover with Love
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Jazz
Jason Miles - Arranger, Author, Engineer, Instrumentation, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Producer, Programming, Rhythm Arrangements, Synthesizer
Andy Snitzer - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Brian Dunne - Drums
Buddy Williams - Drums, Rhythm Arrangements
Chuck Loeb - Arranger, Engineer, Guitar, Rhythm Arrangements
Dean Brown - Guitar
Dominick Farinacci - Trumpet
Gerald Veasley - Bass, Rhythm Arrangements
Jay Beckenstein - Engineer, Sax (Soprano)
Kim Waters - Engineer, Sax (Soprano)
Maysa - Vocals
Najee - Engineer, Sax (Alto)
Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
* Chris Argosta - Engineer
* Dave Kowalski - Engineer
* Doug Oberkircher - Mixing
* Eleonora Alberto - Photography
* Grover White - Photography
* Paul Wickliffe - Mastering
* Ronnie James - Photography
* Steve Mundinger - Photography
Since the passing of sax great Grover Washington, Jr. in late 1999, the smooth jazz world has paid what seems like nonstop tribute to him, with genre stars constantly invoking his influence and several years of an all-star Groovin' for Grover tour. Setting the standard for tributes on the studio end was veteran keyboardist Jason Miles' heartfelt 2000 disc To Grover, With Love, which featured most of the legend's "greatest hits" played passionately by all-star saxmen including the late Michael Brecker, Gerald Albright, Jay Beckenstein, Dave Koz, Richard Elliot, Everette Harp, and Steve Cole, in addition to Herbie Mann and Russ Freeman. Aside from the solid, soulful grooving, passionate playing, and dynamic production, this long awaited sequel is most notable for the off-the-beaten-path turf it covers. The casual Grover fan may only know the two most famous tracks here, a warm-hearted and sensual vocal version of "Mr. Magic" by Maysa and the moody, old-school keyboard-driven take on "Strawberry Moon." But that, along with the slightly scaled down guest list (Chuck Loeb, Gerald Veasley, Najee, Andy Snitzer, Kim Waters, Jay Beckenstein, Dean Brown, Dominick Farinacci) is the reason that this is in some ways an even more effective homage. Miles has long been a brilliant arranger, but the choice of slightly more obscure material ("Summer Nights," "Bright Moments," "Reed Seed," "The Saddest Thing") forces the listener to contemplate Grover's deeper heart and artistry that the star studded greatest-hits angle of the first collection could only scratch the surface of. While each of the featured saxmen gets a crack or two at carrying on Grover's sax vibe, Miles makes a smart move in rendering tracks like "Moonstreams" sax free; on that song, Farinacci's dreamy trumpet carries the cool until Miles chimes in with a rich improvisational Rhodes solo. Considering Grover's decades-deep catalog, a second sequel shouldn't be out of the question; all fans new and old who dig this sequel should be requesting that it doesn't take eight years to "Let It Flow" again.
---Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Jason Miles
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz-Pop, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz
Born in Brooklyn, NY, Jason Miles attended Indiana State University in the 1970s. At the height of the fusion revolution, Miles returned to New York to immerse himself in the Big Apple session scene and gradually gained acceptance from like-minded innovators in the highly competitive field of electronic music. By applying his innovative synth programming techniques, Miles got his feet planted firmly in the fusion world, a style that would rule the 1970s. In 1979, he made his first recording as a leader, Cosmopolitan, which featured bassist Marcus Miller and trumpeter Michael Brecker. While it was never released, that project kicked off a continuous working relationship with both highly regarded artists. A longtime advocate of electronic music, Miles has been a well-respected figure on the New York studio scene since the '80s as a first-call keyboard programmer and player for A-list artists such as Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, David Sanborn, and Michael Jackson.
In 1984, Miles programmed the synthesizers on Marcus Miller's Jamaica Boys and consistently worked with him through 1994. During this fertile period, the two collaborated on eight projects for Vandross and in 1986 provided the classic synthesizer programming for Miles Davis' electronic masterwork Tutu. That project also solidified Miles' relationship with then Warner Bros. executive producer Tommy LiPuma and co-producer and musical arranger George Duke.
The 1990s proved to be a major turning point in Miles' career as a synthesist. Back-to-back projects for such top-name artists as longtime collaborator Michael Brecker's Now You See It...Now You Don't in 1990, Whitney Houston's I'm Your Baby Tonight also in 1990, Vandross' The Power of Love in 1991, and Michael Jackson's HIStory in 1995, among many others, provided the perfect way for his pop and jazz musical accomplishments to be made known to a wider audience. During this time, Miles also made significant forays into other media, including composing the award-winning score for the animated feature film The Snow Queen. In 1995, he produced and co-wrote the music for the Emmy nominated People: A Musical Celebration of Diversity, an animated film for the Disney Channel. In 1997, he and his wife, Kathy Byalick, released Visionary Path, a new age recording with narration by such artists as the then-unknown Diana Krall and award-winning vocalists Roberta Flack and Nona Hendryx, and actor F. Murray Abraham. Miles also produced an award-winning children's video for Phylicia Rashad (Rhymin' Time).
Two solo CDs, World Tour in 1994 and Mr. X in 1995, marked Miles' introduction as a bandleader. He called on his friends and longtime collaborators Grover Washington Jr., Herbie Mann, Steve Ferrone, and Michael Brecker. However, it was Miles' collaboration with the Telarc Jazz record label in the late '90s that provided his big breakthrough as a producer/composer/arranger/performer. In 2000, the label released his highly acclaimed The Music of Weather Report, a star-studded tribute to the innovative and influential fusion group of the '70s. In 2001, Miles won a Grammy award for his production of A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins. Termed "the dream record of my life," the CD features such stellar artists as Sting, Vanessa Williams, Brenda Russell, and the master himself, Ivan Lins. The third tribute CD in that triumvirate was recorded on Q Records and was titled To Grover With Love. The CD was nominated for Record of the Year by the National Smooth Jazz Awards in 2002 and was Miles' heartfelt tribute to the great saxophonist Grover Washington Jr., who died suddenly of a heart attack in December 1999.
Miles believes that the key to his success as a producer is his ability to consistently deliver the goods. "When you do stuff and you make it work, people eventually stop doubting your ability to pull it all together." That integrity and respect level is apparent on his 2002 release for Q Records, Brazilian Nights Featuring Romero Lubambo. Once again, Miles pulls the crème de la crème of the music world together to perform some of Brazil's greatest songs.
---Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide |
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