Jazz / New Age; Contemporary Jazz; Smooth Jazz; Crossover Jazz
The Best of Braun collects ten of trumpeter Rick Braun's biggest radio hits, plus one newly recorded bonus track. Hits like "Hollywood & Vine," "Notorious," "Club Harlem," and "Missing in Venice" fuse cool-toned smooth jazz with R&B, light funk, and adult contemporary pop for a catchy, accessible sound, which admittedly will send jazz purists screaming from the room. But smooth jazz fans will find a great deal of interest here.
---Steve Huey, allmusic
Rick Braun - trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, programming
Boney James - tenor saxophone
Matt Harris - strings, keyboards, synthesizer
G. Chang - Hammond B-3 organ
Mike Egizi - keyboards, programming
Brian Culbertson - keyboards, programming
Leon Bisquera - keyboards, programming
Curtis Brengle - keyboards
Peter White - acoustic guitar
Carl Verheyen - guitar, wah-wah guitar
Jeff Golub - guitar
Tony Maiden - guitar
Vinnie D'Onofrio - guitar
Paul Spencer Denman - bass
Jimmy Earl - bass
Dave Morotta - bass
Stan Sargeant - bass
Cliff Hugo - bass
Jack Daro - bass
Dave Palmer - drums
Bud Harner - drums
Brad Dutz - bongos, percussion
Paul Brown - programming |
