The Very Best of Gerald Albright by Gerald
Albright: Smooth Jazz CD Review
by Lee Dennis, a.k.a. SmoothLee
The exceptionally talented smooth jazz sax man
Gerald Albright has released his own
greatest hits CD entitled The Very best of Gerald Albright.
I am very confident
and happy to announce that I believe Albright fans, and smooth jazz fans alike will
be pleased with this one. With the release of this best of CD Albright's artistic
excellence is on full display as he delivers a brilliant
collection of his best tracks to date.
Click to hear MP3
samples of each song on The Very Best of Gerald Albright
by Gerald Albright.
The first five tracks mirror the rise of the
smooth jazz radio phenomenon. So Amazing, Bermuda Nights, In the Mood, My, My,
My, and Anniversary were, and still are staples of the smooth jazz radio format.
All were released between 1987 and 1990, and all except Bermuda Nights are
covers of popular R&B tunes. Each track still sounds fresh even today. These
five alone make this an outstanding smooth jazz collection.
These days it's a very rare CD on which every
single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one
of those rare CDs.
Contributors on the project includes a whole
host of talented musicians like Lee Ritenour on track 7, G & Lee, along with
Rodney Franklin, Pete Escovedo, Joe Sample and Chuckii Booker just to name a
few.
Overall The Very Best of Gerald Albright is an outstanding
release. Definitely must have music for anyone who fancy's themselves a smooth
jazz fan. I give it two thumbs up as this is a CD even the casual music fan can
and will appreciate Albright's smooth polished style.
While this entire CD is outstanding the truly
standout tunes and SmoothJazz247.com favorites are So Amazing [track 1], Georgia
On My Mind [track 6],
and Boss Of Nova [track 8]. My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore
[...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 4, My, My, My. Very nice!
Release Notes:
Gerald Albright originally released The Very
Best of Gerald Albright on June 19, 2001 on the Atlantic record label.
CD track list follows:
1. So Amazing
2. Bermuda Nights
3. In The Mood
4. My, My, My
5. Anniversary
6. Georgia On My Mind
7. G & Lee
8. Boss Of Nova
9. Sooki Sooki
10. When Morning Comes 2001
11. New Girl On The Block
To listen to samples of each song on The Very
Best of Gerald Albright by Gerald Albright go to:
Gerald
Albright CD - The Very Best of Gerald Albright Samples
Lee Dennis, a.k.a. "SmoothLee" is an AVID music fan, smooth jazz in particular, and in addition to writing CD Reviews for
I Love Smooth Jazz.com
can also be heard during his
radio show which airs daily online at Smooth Jazz 24/7
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