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Norman Brown: Stay With Me
by Woodrow Wilkins
Often when Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum and Rick Braun appear on one anothers' albums, the collaboration makes for the best track on the release. That's mainly because three lead instruments are generally better than one. However, that isn't necessarily the case with Brown's Stay With Me. Brown, a guitarist and vocalist who sings ...
Paul Taylor: Ladies' Choice
by Woodrow Wilkins
There's a perception that smooth jazz is background music--a sound intended to be played at low volumes for work spaces. As one would expect of any competent musician, Paul Taylor defies that logic with Ladies' Choice. The saxophonist presents eleven upbeat tunes that, while fresh, are reminiscent of a time when danceable romantic tunes were the ...
Lee Ritenour: Smoke 'n' Mirrors
by Woodrow Wilkins
With a deep admiration for Wes Montgomery and a penchant for Brazilian music, Lee Ritenour is one of the most prolific guitarists in modern jazz. Whether as a front man, sideman or member of a group, “Captain Fingers can always be counted on for quality music. A Grammy winner, Ritenour has performed or recorded with several ...
Smoke n' Mirrors
By Lee Ritenour
Label: Peak Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Smoke n' Mirrors; Capetown; Southwest Passage; Waters Edge; Spellbinder;
Memeza; Povo; Lovely Day; Township; Forget Me Nots; Stone Cool; Motherland; 4 1/2 Storms.
Full Circle
By David Benoit
Label: Peak Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Cafe Rio; First Day of School; Water to Drink (Agua de Beber); Beat Street; Six PM; Chasing the
Tides; Neat with a Twist; Katrina
New Beginnings
Label: Peak Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: We Got the Groove; New Beginnings; Deep Into My Soul; And the Beat Goes On; Georgia on
My Mind; Take Your Time; I Want Somebody; You Are My Love; Last but Not Least; I Need
You; Big Shoes; Georgia on My Mind (Reprise).
20th Anniversary
Label: Peak Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: City of Angels; Celebrate; Costa Del Sol; Bingo Jingo; Eternity; Six Four; Rainbow; Twenty;
Anything; A Kiss Under the Moonlight; A 20th Anniversary Bonus.
Lee Ritenour: Smoke n' Mirrors
by Jeff Winbush
If travel is a broadening experience for the average Joe, it must be positively a revelation for the restless artist. Such is the case for Lee Ritenour, a musician who abandoned the comfort zone of cranking out innocuous jams for the far more risky territory of fusing world beat with contemporary jazz.In 2005, the ...
The Rippingtons: 20th Anniversary
by Woodrow Wilkins
In 1986, the term “smooth jazz had not made its way into the vernacular. However, the groundwork for what would become a radio format and, to some degree, a genre of music, had been laid. Among those paving the way was Russ Freeman, founder and principal songwriter for the Rippingtons. In the early years, the Rippingtons ...
David Benoit: Full Circle
by Woodrow Wilkins
Some artists are so versatile they defy genre labels. Smooth jazz acts, for example, have been known to mix it up with Latin, blues, reggae and even traditional jazz. Then there's David Benoit. While he's done all of the above, that's only part of the picture. In addition to being a classical pianist, he is a ...
