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November 30th, 2008 Edition #504 Previously 
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This Week at CafeJazz.ca! … it's The Jazzmaster himself, Paul Hardcastle, entering our showcase spotlight with 3 great tracks from the Hardcastle 5 release. Then a bit later, we take a trip down memory lane on the Back Trax segment. Featured on this installment is an Al Stewart classic with Peter White guesting - also appearing are Dean James and Karl Denson, while Kenny Kleinpeter and Chris Geith round out the set. That's followed later in the hour by current favourites by Nick Colionne and Nate Harasim; also included are Jimmy Sommers and Gabriel, while scattered thruout you'll find Everette Harp, Marc Antoine, and Spyro Gyra. But, to get things rolling there's something new from guitarist Pete Gitlin and his Full Circle and the Great Temptation debut! |
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| Back Trax: Part One | |
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Into Your Eyes - Kenny Kleinpeter: Hailing from Baton Rouge Louisiana, Kenny Kleinpeter was born the middle child in a family of seven siblings. He began piano lessons at the age of eight, and studied for about 10 years before enlisting for four-year stint in the Navy. Upon returning home, Kleinpeter attended LSU Music School for three years but for the most part, he worked in his family's dairy business. After 20 years, he 'retired' in 1998 to pursue a career in music and to date he's issued seven releases in all. On this occasion, we're returning to the 2001 Louisiana Odyssey release and what was Kenny's 4th album. From that cd, we're going with a beautiful piece entitled Into Your Eyes that Kleinpeter wrote for his wife! CD: Louisiana Odyssey (2001) Label: Kleinpeter Music Site: Kleinpeter Music |
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Flute Down - Karl Denson: Serving up a style that falls nothing short of eclectic saxman Karl Denson is a highly energized player, who has been expanding minds since connecting with Lenny Kravitz back in 1988. When Kravitz moved away from using horns in the early '90s, Denson moved from rock & roll to jazz. In 1994, he helped found the San Diego funk and jazz band Greyboy Allstars in collaboration with DJ Greyboy before eventually creating the group Karl Denson's Tiny Universe. KDTU, as they are commonly referred to, released a self-titled 'extended play' back in '99 while Dance Lesson #2 followed a couple of years later under Denson's own name. From that release, we have the track Flute Down upon which Denson does double duty handling both sax and flute! CD: Dance Lesson #2 (2001) Label: Blue Note Site: KDTU Space |
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| Back Trax: Part Two | |
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Street - Dean James: Dean James was about 15 when he picked up the sax after a knee injury sidelined his aspirations in football. Practicing up to eight hours a day, he attended Berklee in Boston, before setting up shop in San Francisco. In the mid-80s, James relocated to LA where he developed as a regarded sideman and session player with the likes of Rob Mullins and others. Debuting as a soloist in '95, James catapulted to the #11 album for the year a couple of years later with Intimacy, his sophomore effort. From that release, we're hip to the track that was one of the big hits for the year in the tune Market Street! CD: Intimacy (1997) Label: Brajo Records / Ichiban International Site: Dean's Face |
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Of The Day - Al Stewart ft. Peter White:
Hailing from Glasgow Scotland, Al Stewart signed a 6-album record deal in the mid-60s releasing his debut in '66. The first four gained little commercial interest, although containing some of his finest introspective work. Nearly a decade later, all the pieces fell nicely into place for what became Stewart's defining efforts when he connected with producer Alan Parsons and hired none other than Peter White - yes indeed, our man Peter got his big start with Stewart after auditioning on piano. This began a 20-year association that saw White step into the spotlight on the million-selling The Year of the Cat in 1976, while helping co-write the title track for Time Passages a couple of years later. From that very cd, we're featuring End Of the Day, a classic track co-written by Stewart and White that's highlighted with some of Peter's vintage playing! CD: Time Passages (1978) Label: Arista Site: Al Stewart ; Peter White ; Peter's Space |
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A Window On The World - Chris Geith: Keyboardist Chris Geith first came to our attention a few years back on the old mp3.com, when it was still a Mecca for up and coming performers. Back then, Geith had already issued a pair of excellent projects with his 2000 Prime Time release placing him among the most downloaded musicians on the internet with well in excess of 1.4 million downloads. Earlier this year, Geith recorded Timeless World, his third release, which has become one of our most-played albums for 2008. In the interim, there was A Window on the World - from 2002 and a project that was unfortunately never officially issued, we gettin down with the title track! CD: A Window On The World (2002) Label: Unreleased Site: Chris Geith ; Chris' Space |
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| Between Dreams … the second in a four-part series, wherein each & every selection we're playing has 'dream' in its title. This time we're calling it Between Dreams borrowing the name from a track by the late George Jinda. Additionally, we're gonna ask you to listen up if you will for the tracks Azure Dreaming, Soul Dream, and Nothing But A Dream! We open with a set that includes Fourplay, Shakatak, Nestor Torres, and Euge Groove. The middle frame starts with George Jinda - that's followed by Sam Riney, Jonathan Cain, and Tim Bowman. While in the end, it's Gregg Karukas, Les Sabler, Kilauea, and Kuh Ledesma. Meanwhile, setting just the right mood at the outset we have 'the Four-who-Play' - we're going to Lee Ritenour's time with the band for this one - it's called Dream Come True and it launches our Between Dreams feature! |
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