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| 1. | Good Day
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| 2. | Always, Forever
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| 3. | Just Give Me a Chance
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| 4. | Love Will Find You
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| 5. | (Un)Forgiven
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| 6. | Temptation
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| 7. | Mission 2 Mars
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| 8. | Bright
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| 9. | Ramon's Revenge
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| 10. | Say Goodnight
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Jazz / Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Peter White - Engineer, Accordion, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards
Barbara Farman Hair Stylist, Make-Up
D.C. Programming, Engineer, Keyboards, Producer, Mixing, Guitar (Electric)
Dan Savant Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Daniel Meron Assistant Engineer
Danny Chisholm Assistant Engineer
Danny White & Linda Nail Programming, Arranger
Dwayne Smith Bass
France Giodani Assistant Engineer
Larissa Collins Art Direction
Lori Stoll Photography
Marc Parnell Percussion
Michael Egizi Arranger
Mike Gassel Package Design
Nate Phillips Bass
Philippe Saisse Synthesizer Bass, Engineer, Vocoder, Keyboards, String Arrangements, Producer, Vibraphone, Arranger, Horn Arrangements, Programming
Ramon Yslas Conga, Percussion, Timbales
Shannon Kennedy Oboe, Flute, Saxophone
Simon Phillips Drums, Engineer
Stephen Marcussen Mastering
Steve Chapman Management
Susie Major Project Coordinator
Guitarist Peter White Bids Fans Good Day On New Album Of All-Original Songs
For nearly twenty years, Peter White has made the acoustic guitar a dynamic and expressive voice in the overall soundscape of contemporary jazz. Since his first recordings in the early 1990s, he has infused pop standards and his own original material with a sense of innovation and energy that rivals the abilities of many of his electric guitar counterparts. In a career that spans two decades and a dozen solo recordings, he continues to surprise seasoned fans and newcomers alike with his willingness to push the preconceived parameters of his instrument to new places. But White's musicianship is only part of the story. While his more recent recordings have primarily consisted of cover material, a collection of original songs had been simmering and taking shape for several years. It all comes to the surface on his new CD, Good Day.
While it's White's vision that ultimately drives Good Day, he does get some assistance and inspiration from "DC," the versatile keyboardist/programmer/songwriter who has produced and/or collaborated with a variety of contemporary jazz artists in recent years, including Paul Brown, Jeff Golub and Chuck Loeb. Also helping out was keyboardist/producer Philippe Saisse, an accomplished solo artist in his own right who has helped to re-shape the careers of Rick Braun, Marc Antoine and Gato Barbieri, among many others. "Both of them helped me enormously with this project," says White. "They brought something to each one of these songs that I hadn't even heard in my own head, bringing them to life in a way that I never could have, because I had been living with them for so long that I could only think of them in a certain way."
Even as the sun sets on biGood Day/b/i, the recording overall represents a beginning for White - an opportunity for him to reconnect with the clever and engaging songcraft that characterized his earlier recordings. "These songs had been raw demos for a long time," says White. "Hearing them come to life by introducing them to other musicians who were experiencing them for the first time was very exciting, and very surprising. I had lost track of the possibility that these songs could have so much potential beyond what I'd originally envisioned. If I had finished this project purely by myself, it wouldn't have been anywhere near as good. It's the different ingredients and spices and colors provided by other people that make it what it is." Check out the latest from Peter White and get ready for a Good Day.
Album Description
2009 album from the acclaimed guitarist. While his more recent recordings have primarily consisted of cover material, a collection of original songs had been simmering and taking shape for several years. It all comes to the surface on Good Day. While it's White's vision that ultimately drives Good Day, he does get some assistance and inspiration from DC, the versatile keyboardist/programmer/songwriter who has produced and/or collaborated with a variety of contemporary Jazz artists in recent years. Also helping out was keyboardist/producer Philippe Saisse, an accomplished solo artist in his own right who has helped to re-shape the careers of Rick Braun, Marc Antoine and Gato Barbieri, among many others. Also features vocal help from the one and only Basia.
Peter White
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: Sep 20, 1954 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Smooth jazz guitarist Peter White's lyrical lines and musical inventiveness are a joy to listen to. The affable Englishman's charm and playfulness come through in his music, giving his style of smooth jazz a liveliness that others in the genre lack.
Born September 20, 1954, to an English father and a French mother in Luton, a town north of London, England, White and his family moved soon after his birth to nearby Letchworth. His brother Danny was born a few years later. As a child, White loved sports, hiking, and tree climbing, but music was most special to him. His father encouraged him to learn many musical instruments -- recorder, clarinet, cornet, trombone, violin, harmonica, piano -- but the one instrument his dad couldn't help him with was the guitar; White was on his own. He learned to play simple chords by experimenting and listening with one ear glued to the radio. Like a lot of musicians, White was heavily influenced by the Beatles and the guitar-driven sound of the beat groups of the '60s. Around age 12, White would go over to schoolmate David Visick's house and listen to his large record collection. His favorites were Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix. He bought his very first LP from Visick, the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
In his early teens, he acquired his first electric guitar and amplifier, which survived just long enough to be burned in a fire. Forced to go acoustic, White developed a love of acoustic music. After leaving school at 18, White worked for a few months in a soup-canning factory before getting his first musical break, a summer engagement at a South of England holiday resort. When summer ended, he went back to Letchworth, having whet his appetite for more musical adventures. Traveling to London, the guitarist ended up joining a group that was managed by Miles Copeland (Sting, R.E.M., IRS Records). Copeland also managed Al Stewart, so when Stewart's backup band disbanded, White got an audition call to back Stewart on keyboards. Brushing up on his finger dexterity, White learned a few of Stewart's songs, and soon the 20-year-old musician was touring England and the U.S. In the summer of 1975, Stewart asked White to play keyboards and acoustic guitar on his Year of the Cat album (Arista, 1976). Their collaboration lasted almost 20 years, with White co-writing "Time Passages" (number seven pop, number one adult contemporary, fall 1978) and co-producing Famous Last Words (MesaRhino, 1993).
Around 1979, White moved to Los Angeles, where Stewart had relocated, formed a band called Shot in the Dark with other musicians who had played with Stewart, and established a music publishing company called Lobster Music. Meanwhile his brother Danny formed the group Matt Bianco, which included a tantalizing singer named Basia Trzetrzelewska. Danny White and Basia left the group to launch the singer's solo career. Basia's 1987 Epic debut album, Time and Tide, went platinum, bolstered by the hit singles "New Day for You" and "Time and Tide." Her second LP, London Warsaw New York (Epic, 1990), mimicked the success of her debut. Danny asked Peter to tour with him and Basia in 1990, just as the guitarist released his first solo album, Reveillez-Vous (Chase). Made up mostly of unused songs that White had written for Al Stewart, the album became a DJ favorite at jazz and emerging smooth jazz radio stations. Epic exec Cliff Gorov was the man who first brought White's music to the attention of contemporary jazz radio. Former Al Stewart drummer Steve Chapman put down his sticks and became the guitarist's manager. After recording three albums for Sindrome, White signed with ColumbiaSony in 1995.
White can also be heard on the concert CD Basia on Broadway and on releases by Richard Elliot, Warren Hill, Craig Chaquico, Rick Braun, Marc Antoine, Kirk Whalum, and Everette Harp. White and the aforementioned musicians periodically do a concert tour, An Evening of Guitars, Saxes and More, with each artist showcasing their own music as well as collaborating with others on their songs. His solo work continued throughout the '90s with White releasing a slew of records: Caravan of Dreams (1996), Songs of the Season (1997), and Perfect Moment (1998). By Candlelight: Collection, Vol. 2 was issued two years later. In 2001 Glow came out, followed by Confidential in 2004. White then decided to revisit some of his favorite songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s in his 2006 release Playin' Favourites. The low-key Good Day followed in 2009.
---Ed Hogan, All Music Guide |
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