Bobby Lyle - The Power Of Touch

Bobby Lyle / The Power Of Touch
Жанр: Smooth Jazz
Страна-производитель диска: USA
Год издания диска: 1997
Издатель (лейбл): Atlantic Recording Corporation
Номер по каталогу: 82951-2
Страна: USA
Аудио кодек: (MP3 + FLAC) (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 52:31
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Треклист:
01. Timbuktu (4:41)
02. Aruban Nights (5:13)
03. Just Talk To Me (5:10)
04. Interlude (0:23)
05. Fell Like Makin' Love (4:54)
06. Jubilee (3:57)
07. Checkin' (4:56)
08. A Moment In Time (5:25)
09. Steppin' (4:46)
10. 3 Minute Samba (3:04)
11. Midnight Creeper (4:50)
12. Inner Peace (5:13)

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The elegant funk pianist dresses up his elegant playing, catchy melodies and familiar funk leanings with rhythmic excursions to Latin America, Brazil and Africa. A sticker on the wrapping of the disc touts the pianist as one of the true pioneers of smooth jazz, but that tag oversimplifies his uniquely global approach. Certainly, an elegant cut like Aruban Nights and the easygoing, Will Downing sung cover of Feel Like Makin' Love fulfill adult contemporary radio's idea of easygoing adventure, but Lyle's percussive palette runs too wild to tame with such strict categorization. His travels include the opening track, Timbuktu, with Lyle taking saxman Gerald Albright and guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr. into a thick, jungle soundscape provided by the throbbing basslines of Alphonso Johnson and free-for-all percussion by Kevin Ricard. Lyle flys solo to Brazil on the jumpy rhythms and seductive synth-piano textures of 3 Minute Samba, and, along with trumpeter Rahmlee and guitarist Doc Powell, provides a lilting Latin canvass for vocalist Kevyn Lettau's romantic lyrics on A Moment in Time. Guitarist Phil Upchurch and Lyle's organ performance add bluesy touches to the new agey Checkin', whose synth washes float above soft spoken word passages by Adwin Brown. Lyle then recalls the slick urban vibes of his last album, Rhythm Stories, with a hard-driving, bass pumping Jubilee, featuring the brash sax conversations of Wilton Felder (tenor) and newcomer Mindi Abair (alto). Contemporary jazz rap often gets a bad rap for being overly predictable, but Lyle edges towards being a true genre revolutionary on the most exotic track, Midnight Creeper. Over bassist Sekou Bunch's thick and insistent groove, Lyle eschews the piano's melodic graces in favor of opening the lid of his instrument and using the strings inside as percussion instruments. He insists his explorations aren't all that newfangled, but anyone looking beyond traditional jazz masters and classical legends like John Cage might be hard pressed for a modern comparison. At least in the smooth jazz world. ~ Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide

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musicians
Bobby Lyle - piano,organ,keyboard bass,drum programming
Nathan East - bass
Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitar
Leon Ndugu Chancler - drums
Wilton Felder - tenor sax
Alphonso Johnson - bass
Doc Powell - guitar
Gerald Albright - soprano sax
Dwight Sills - guitar
Phil Upchurch - guitar
Gerald McCauley - synthesizer,keyboards,drum programming
Mindi Abair - soprano and alto saxes
Stanley Benders - percussion
Mike Daigo - trombone
Mikael Sandgren - synthesizer,keyboards,sampling,drum programming
Jorge Evans - guitar
Adwin Brown - voices
Andre Roberson - saxophone
Mike Campbell - guitar
Sekou Bunch - bass
Alex Acuсa - percussion,drums
Bashiri Johnson - percussion
Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpet
Fernando Harkness - flute,saxophone
Larry Kimpel - bass
Kevyn Lettau - vocals
Will Downing - vocals,arranger
Michael Harris - trumpet
Lynn Mabry - vocals
Al McKay - guitar
Kevin Ricard - percussion
Melanie Taylor - vocals
Michael White - drums
Dred Scott - voice sample
Jerry Brooks - bass
David Satterfield - vocals
Andy Korn - drums
Tommy Organ - guitar
Produced by Bobby Lyle