(Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Pop) Gerald Albright - Giving Myself to You - 1995, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

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TITLE "Giving Myself to You"
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By now, many of you have had the pleasure to meet virtuoso saxophonist Gerald Albright’s music. His timbre continues to simmer with a compassionate sound, yet conversational in tone. Therefore allowing him to have one of the most distinctive voices in instrumental music. “Giving Myself To You,” [my favorite] his 1995 release on Atlantic Records, in my opinion, was a defining moment for him as a soloist. With this project he expanded his chops and compositional palette by offering listeners an opportunity to hear him in a different context.
From the beginning, the sentiment of this musical journey overflows with passion as the sassy and funky phrases of his voice lyrically ignites on the Latin inspired "Samba Queen" and "Chips N’ Salsa." These tasty gems will indeed encourage you as music lovers to engage in some serious toe tapping and head bopping sessions. Oh yeah, it’s like that! When heavyweights like Cyrus Chestnut, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Bobby Lyle, Harvey Mason, Ronnie Foster and Joe Sample join the session, it’s time to step it up and do what you do best - play your heart out!
Famed sideman and trumpeter/flugelhorn extraordinaire Oscar Brashear underscores the velocity of this next track with his masterful solos on the funky and bluesy “Oo Pah Doo.” The legendary Ronnie Foster steps in with killer solos on the Hammond Organ.
Each composition on this extraordinary eleven piece journey preserves their own shape as the melodies of each song are struted together in nuances & draw you into an atmosphere where jazz enthusiasts can rely on innate tones that will undeniably satisfy. At any given moment, the soloist and their exceptional interplay exhales with expansive knowledge in the language of jazz.
Time and again, great music just doesn’t disappoint. For those of you who have heard some of his records and seen Albright perform live, you KNOW this brother can definitely play. Over the years the template of his music has primarily dwelled in the playground of R&B, smooth and the funk side of contemporary jazz. Nonetheless, “Giving Myself To You,” my favorite to date, offers a more substantive approach in his writing and playing. Hopefully in the future, time and money allows him to revisit this place once again. Until then, if you haven’t heard it, how about test driving this album. You’ll love it simply because it’s pure Gerald Albright!
-- Rob Young

Gerald Albright - saxophone, producer
Bobby Lyle (#2-4,9), Cyrus Chestnut (#7), George Duke (#1,8,11), Joe Sample (#6) - piano
Stanley Clarke (#1,8,11), Steve Kirby (#7), Tony Dumas (#2-4,6) - bass
Ali Jackson (#7), Gordon Campbell (#6), Harvey Mason (#1,8,9,11), Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (#2-5) - drums
Oscar Brashear (#3), Ray Brown (#2,3) - trumpet