Jason Miles - To Grover, With Love
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Artist: Jason MilesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-07-18
Music Label: Artizen
Soundtracks:
- Winelight
- East River Drive
- Inner City Blues (Makes Me Want To Holler)
- Mr. Magic
- In The Name Of Love
- Black Frost
- Just The Two Of Us
- Summer Chill
- Take Me There
- Let It Flow
- Come Morning
- Brighton By The Sea
- Love Me Still
- Loran's Dance
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Free Music Review: Grover would love to hear "To Grover, with love"
Hit: 5 Stars
Funny thing. I was reading all the reviews and one can hardly see among all the comments the name of Jason Miles. True, this is a tribute to Grover Washington Jr. "The Father of Smooth Jazz", but let's give credit where is due. Jason Miles, a great keyboardist and arranger himself, managed to glue this new project with an impecable sense of musicianship. It's not the first time he pays homage to great musicians (Miles Davis, Weather Report and Marvin Gaye are also awesome renditions) and it should be easy to say that he couldn't go wrong with the personnel available for this work. Well, I've heard quite a few tributes. Jazz, smooth jazz, rock, r&b, you name it, but I can undoubtly say this is by far the best crafted rendition of a great one like Grover that I've ever heard. From the songs to the musicians chosen to perform them, from the arragements to the solos, Jason Miles did one heck of a job. Geral Albright shines on his cover of "Winelight" so do Dave Koz and Everette Harp and as one reviewer wrote; they sound exactly like Grover, proving once again the legacy of his unique talent. "Just the two of us" put together an awesome perfomance by Regina Belle and George Duke as well as flutist Herbie Mann in Grover's trademak "Mr. Magic". There are so many great artists in this album (Joe Sample, Steve Cole, Joey DiFrancesco, Richard Elliot, The Brecker Brothers and the list go on) and they are so perfectly matched by Miles that one can only say; Grover would love to hear "To Grover, with love".
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Arguably, only David Sanborn has had as much influence on the current crop of smooth-jazz sax stars as Grover Washington Jr., and on this tribute album, we get ample proof of Washington's impact. It's a testament to his talent that Gerald Albright, Dave Koz, and Everette Harp, playing three different horns--alto, soprano, and tenor, respectively--all sound exactly like the G-Man. His sway over the three younger players is so dominant on many of their own recordings, particularly Albright's, that the licks that are nods to Washington are indistinguishable from the originals. All of the instrumental tracks on this 14-song set play like Grover Washington Jr.'s greatest hits, with outstanding arrangements by the producer, keyboardist Jason Miles. On a couple of numbers, the arrangements are stronger than the performances. Tracks that work best are Regina Belle, Steve Cole, and George Duke doing "Just the Two of Us"; Herbie Mann working out on "Mister Magic"; and the Brecker Brothers teaming up with Joe Sample and Joey DeFrancesco on "Loran's Dance." Ronnie Laws and Richard Elliot, two players not influenced by Washington, also offer interesting performances. --Mark RuffinJazz Music CDs
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