艺术家: Jeff Kashiwa
专辑名称: Another Door Opens
发行时间: 2000
厂牌: Native Language Music
音乐流派: Smooth Jazz
音频编解码: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, Artwork)
Having quit his longtime gig with the
Rippingtons in early 1999 to focus on his own career, saxman Jeff
Kashiwa's Native Language debut, Another Door Opens, is a true sink or
swim proposition. Fortunately, he's not totally a babe in the woods; he
has a legion of loyal Rippingtons fans who might be curious to check out
his new stuff, as well as the smaller following of his own band,
Coastal Access, built over preceding years while doing numerous gigs in
Southern California. More importantly, the saxman brings two crucial
legacies from his tenure with the Ripps: first, the tutelage of mentor
Russ Freeman and, second, the forging of an amazing creative partnership
with Ripps keyboardist Dave Kochanski, who co-produced Another Door
Opens and wrote four songs, including the brassy, swaying
retro-funk-flavored "Hyde Park (The 'Ah, Ooh' Song)" on which Kashiwa
winds a catchy lead melody over flowing brass embellishments, an
infectious, soaring female backing vocals, and reoccurring snappy
acoustic guitar licks from Marc Antoine.
While he's becoming a
better sax player on all three saxes across the board, the real test of
his solo future lies in his ability to compose strong melodies over
today's popular urban shuffle grooves. On "Power of Midnight," he floats
an emotional and wistful soprano melody over the thick, throbbing bass
of Melvin Davis and clicking drums of Ricky Lawson. While most of his
and Kochanski's writing here is pop-oriented and in the pocket (witness
the enjoyable MOR ballad "Back to Love," composed with Brian Bromberg),
the irresistible, simmering, and ominous blues vamp of Kashiwa's "Dream
Within a Dream" makes a perfect bed for his tenor to fly off of. More
impressively, the gently percussive soprano melody of the title track --
while nothing innovative -- rings with the kind of beauty Freeman
brought to the Ripps' best ballads. Longtime Kashiwa guitarist Allen
Hinds wrote the laid-back sashaying closer, "Best of Times," on which
Kashiwa plays a Toots Thielemans-like "harmonica" on the EWI.Tracklist:
01. Hyde Park (The 'Ah, Oooh' Song) (04:19) 02. Every Now & Then (03:53) 03. Because of You (04:43) 04. The Power of Midnight (05:03) 05. Back To Love (04:36) 06. Around The World (04:30) 07. Introduction (00:40) 08. Another Door Opens (05:13) 09. It's Up To You (03:37) 10. Dream Within A Dream (04:09) 11. Best of Times (04:19)
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