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Smile by Bill Warfield
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Album Title: Smile
Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2020
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About the Album
On their exciting new album, Smile, Bill Warfield and the Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra not only fire on all cylinders, they run every yellow caution light. What other band would take on such stylistically disparate tunes as Booker T. and the MGs’ “Hip Hug-Her,” Weather Report’s “Cucumber Slumber,” the Eurythmics’ “The City Never Sleeps,” and the Charles Chaplin evergreen, “Smile”?
For listeners, the risks are amply rewarded. For Warfield and his one-of-a-kind little big band, all that matters is that the music cooks. “We had so much fun making this album, and I think it sounds it,” said the storied trumpeter and arranger. “For me, that’s what it’s all about.”
"Smile" features vocalist Julie Michels.
Tracks
Smile; Cucumber Slumber; Hip-Hug-Her; Ode To Billie Joe; First Time On A Ferris Wheel; Dance of the Coal Cars; Mad Dog; Rainbow Connection; I’ve Got To Use My Imagination; Theme From Law and Order; This City Never Sleeps; Smile
Personnel
Bill Warfield
trumpet
Julie Michels
vocals
Bill Warfield and the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestra
John Eckert
trumpet
Andrew Gould
saxophone
Jane Stuart
vocals
Dave Riekenberg
woodwinds
Steve Count
bass
Paul Shaffer
keyboards
Cecilia Coleman
keyboardsMatt Chertkoff
guitar
Lou Marini
saxophone
Matt Hong
saxophone, baritone
Scott Neumann
drums
Carolyn Leonhart
vocalsAdditional Personnel
Bill Warfield: leader, arranger, trumpet, flugelhorn Jane Stuart: vocals (tracks 4,5 and 9) John Eckert: trumpet, flugelhorn Andrew Gould: alto sax, flute Dave Riekenberg: tenor sax, baritone sax, flute, clarinet Matt Hong: baritone sax, alto sax, flute Blue Lou Marini: tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, clarinet Matt Chertkoff: guitar Cecilia Coleman: piano Paul Shaffer: Hammond B-3 organ, Fender Rhodes electric piano Steve Count: electric and acoustic bass Scott Neumann: drums Julie Michels track 1, Carolyn Leonhart track 8: guest vocalists
Reviews
- Smile by Jack Bowers
Date featured
July 1, 2020
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