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| Undercover |
| Paul Taylor |
első megjelenés éve: 2000
45 perc |
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| 3.855 Ft
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| 1. | Aerial
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| 2. | Velvet Rope
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| 3. | Movin' On
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| 4. | Avenue
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| 5. | My Love
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| 6. | Alone With You
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| 7. | Code Blue
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| 8. | Indigo
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| 9. | Undercover
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| 10. | Looking Glass
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Jazz / Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Paul Taylor - Saxophone, Producer, Keyboards, Sax (Soprano)
Andi Howard Executive Producer
Bill Meyers Producer
Brian Monroney Guitar
Carl Griffin Executive Producer
Dino Esposito MIDI, Keyboards, Engineer, Drums, Producer
Hyman Katz Executive Producer
Jimi Randolph Keyboards, Drum Programming, Drums, Programming
Kurt Jackson Drum Programming, Keyboards, Producer, Drums, Vocals
Maurice White Producer
Michael Angelo Mixing
Michael Angelo Saulsberry Mixing, Engineer, Producer
Michael Thompson Guitar (Electric)
Munyungo Jackson Percussion
Nick Sodano Mixing
Oji Pierce Engineer, Producer, Mixing
Paul Klingberg Engineer
Rick Camp Mixing, Engineer
Russ Freeman Engineer, Production Engineer, Producer, Mixing
Scot Rammer MIDI, Keyboards, Engineer, Drums, Producer
Scott Blockland Mixing
Sonny Mediana Art Direction, Photography
Not many artists would be bold enough to spend their limbo time between labels rethinking and reworking tracks produced by a legend like Maurice White, but Paul Taylor made the right decision refining four tracks on Undercover with the studio help of Russ Freeman. Redoing the entire sax melody and groove pattern on "Movin' On," Taylor engages in a dramatic mood swing halfway through the song, moving from a laid-back shuffle vibe to a swinging, percussive alto over an insistent, electronic high-hat sound; Freeman's electric guitar adds a subtle emotional emphasis. While Taylor's last album, Pleasure Seeker, featured loads of attractive trip-hop atmosphere along with synth and percussion effects, sparseness is the buzzword this time. On "Ariel," his silky soprano makes a potent melodic statement that stands out far ahead in the mix from the barely audible, floating atmospheres, the hypnotic synth-bell pattern, and the water-drop percussion effects. Dino Esposito and Scott Rammer, who produced the last album, helm a few tunes here, but they don't overwhelm Taylor this time. A cover of Janet Jackson's "Velvet Rope," for instance, is trip-hoppy in overall vibe, but the electronic percussion merely pitter-patters gently behind Taylor's squealing soprano; Brian Monroney chimes in with a mournful steel string presence and synth vibes bubble in the distant background. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide
Paul Taylor
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Paul Taylor grew up in Denver, where he took up the saxophone at the age of seven. He played in school bands, and in high school joined a Top 40 band called Mixed Company. Jazz keyboardist Keiko Matsui and her husband, producer Kazu Matsui, discovered him playing at the Catalina Island Jazz Festival and hired him to play in their band. He spent two years with them, and then Kazu Matsui produced his 1995 debut album, On the Horn, which reached the jazz charts and spawned a radio hit in "Til We Meet Again." Pleasure Seeker, his second album, followed in 1997 and was equally successful. Taylor released his third album, Undercover, on PeakN-Coded Music in February 2000. Also in 2000, he toured as a special guest artist with the Rippingtons. Subsequent albums Hypnotic (2001), Steppin' Out (2003), Nightlife (2005), and Ladies' Choice (2007), all issued by Peak Records, figured high in the contemporary jazz charts, with Ladies' Choice going all the way to number one. Peak released Taylor's eighth album, Burnin', in 2009.
---William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
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