Joyce Cooling This Girl’s Got To Play
July 24th, 2007Joyce Cooling has released her most recent CD entitled This Girl’s Got To Play.
This Girl’s Got To Play kicks off with an outstanding track, Expression, that I anticipate will be heard on radio stations everywhere, and deservedly so. It’s a really nice track.
This Girl’s Got To Play is a pleasantly varied, mix of 10 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly superb artist. With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen.Seemingly drawing from what I can only imagine are her own personal experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, and the pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard.
One of the nicer things about a CD like this is when the talent is this rich even if smooth jazz isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.
If you’re even mildly into smooth jazz music you’ll enjoy this CD. Overall This Girl’s Got To Play is an a great release. I give it my double thumbs up. You will not be disappointed with one single track.
My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore […as in “Stuck On REpeat”] is track 2, Take Me There. This is a great track!
This Girl’s Got To Play Release Notes:
Joyce Cooling originally released This Girl’s Got To Play on Mar 23, 2004 on the Narada record label.
CD Track List Follows:
1. Expression
2. Take Me There
3. Camelback
4. No More Blues
5. Green Impala
6. This Girl’s Got To Play
7. Toast & Jam
8. Natural Fact
9. The Wizard
10. Talk
Personnel: Joyce Cooling (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars); Jay Wagner (soprano saxophone, keyboards, programming); Bill Ortiz (trumpet, flugelhorn); Ray Obiedo (electric guitar); Jon Evans, Nelson Braxton (bass); Billy Johnson, Louie Rivera, Ala Hall, Rich Aguon (drums); Peter Michael Escovedo, Karl Perazzo (percussion). Recorded at The Clubhouse, San Francisco, California; Werewolf, Oakland, California and PM Studios, Thousand Oaks, California.
Author Info:
Clyde Lee Dennis, a.k.a. “SmoothLee” is an AVID smooth jazz music fan and in addition to writing CD Reviews for http://www.iLoveSmoothJazz.com he also hosts an Online Radio Show that can be heard daily at
http://www.SmoothJazzHouston.com
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