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Chieli Minucci "Night Grooves" Smooth Jazz Music CD Review

Posted by admin2 on August 16th, 2010 Comments Off



Richly talented Smooth Jazz artist Chieli Minucci has released his latest CD titled Night Grooves and Wow! It’s really a good one.

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

The nice thing about a CD like this is with this level of talent even if Smooth Jazz isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

Overall Night Grooves is an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up and is most definetly a worthy addition to any Smooth Jazz collection. Truly an outstanding Smooth Jazz CD. One of those that is completely void of any wasted time, as each track is simply superb.

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 6, Don’t Make Me Wait. Wow!

Night Grooves Release Notes:

Chieli Minucci originally released Night Grooves on Jan 21, 2003 on the Shanachie Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Kickin’ It Hard

2. Night Grooves

3. Foolin’ Around Again

4. New Day

5. You’re My Reason

6. Don’t Make Me Wait

7. Without You

8. Behind The Veil

9. Mr. Shady Eyes

10. Nasir Di Nuevo

Personnel: Chieli Minucci (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, drums, programming); Philip Hamilton (vocals, percussion); Stan Harrison (alto saxophone); David Mann, Andre DeLano (saxophone); Dan Levine (trombone); Barry Danielian (trumpet); Jay Rowe (acoustic grand piano); Jerry Brooks (bass); Lionel Cordew (drums); David Charles (percussion). Partially recorded at Baci Studios, New York, New York.

By: Tom Milson

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Grady Nichols "Sophistication" Smooth Jazz Music CD Review

Posted by admin2 on August 15th, 2010 Comments Off



The exceptionally talented Smooth Jazz artist Grady Nichols has released his CD entitled Sophistication. I am very confident and happy to announce that I believe Grady Nichols fans, and Smooth Jazz fans alike will be pleased with this one. With the release of Sophistication Grady Nichols’s artistic excellence is on full display as he has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be his best work to date.

Grady Nichols has been a super star in the Smooth Jazz genre for quite some time now and Sophistication is an excellent illustration as to why.

Smooth Jazz music fans will recognize some of the well known contributors n the project including Jeff Lorber and Chris Botti plus a few other notables as well.

If you’re a Grady Nichols fan this is a CD your collection flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs that you don’t even have to be a fan of Nichols, or even Smooth Jazz to know is good. It’s just good music. Period.

While the entire CD is really very good some of my favorites are track 1, Tuesday Morning, track 4, End Of The Night, and track 9, Circle Of Friends.

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 6, Dinner And A Movie. What a nice track!

Sophistication Release Notes:

Grady Nichols originally released Sophistication on Jul 27, 2004 on the Compendia Music Group label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Tuesday Morning

2. Livin’ O The Life

3. Sneak

4. End Of The Night

5. All Right

6. Dinner And A Movie

7. Within The Blue

8. Behind The Scenes

9. Circle Of Friends

10. Alone With You

11. Quiet Times

Personnel include: Grady Nichols (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Jeff Lorber (various instruments); Paul Pesco, Ray Fuller (guitar); Chris Botti (trumpet). Recording information: JHL Sounds, Pacific Palisades, California.

By: Tom Milson

Posted in Jazz Festivals

Kim Waters "Someone To Love You" Smooth Jazz Music CD Review

Posted by admin2 on August 13th, 2010 Comments Off



Super talented Smooth Jazz artist Kim Waters has released his latest CD on the Shanachie Records recording label, entitled Someone To Love You.

Refreshingly, this was one of those CDs I was able to just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

Kim Waters is one of those artists that possesses the characteristic of being able to bowl you over with his talent alone. Just the kind of artist I really enjoy listening to.

Listen to Someone To Love You and I believe you’ll find there’s not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired and the production is simply outstanding. If you’re even mildly into Smooth Jazz music you’ll enjoy this CD.

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1, Step In The Name Of Love. Outstanding!

Someone To Love You Release Notes:

Kim Waters originally released Someone To Love You on Apr 27, 2004 on the Shanachie Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Step In The Name Of Love

2. Sunset

3. In Deep

4. Tell Me So

5. Love’s Theme

6. All I Wanna Do (Is Please You)

7. For The Groove In You

8. Cross My Heart

9. Alone With You

10. Ride, The – (Special Davy D remix, Bonus Track)

Personnel include: Kim Waters (vocals, various instruments, saxophone, keyboards); Chuck Loeb (guitar, keyboards, drum programming, percussion programming); Wayne Bruce, Carl Burnett (guitar); Dave Darlington (keyboards, drum programming).

By: Tom Milson

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