Jeff Golub

It seems like ages since record companies had actual house producers, but Mesa-Bluemoon's
Rick Braun
seems to be gracing some of the label's most engaging projects these days. First came
Willie & Lobo
's worldbeat finesse, and now Avenue Blue featuring Jeff Golub, a snappy, fluid guitarist who takes the sharp lilt of
Steve Laury
into fascinatingly cool textures ranging from hip-hop to atmospheric new age with just enough jazz tradition infused to cross genres. It's a credit to Golub, in fact, that his wide palette of original compositions ring truer than do surefire soul covers like "Pick Up the Pieces" or "I'll Be Around."
Braun
(who adds his own trumpet flair) allows the sure-fisted Golub to be the star here, keeping the moods potent but slightly understated, even on the
Tower of Power
-like charts of the best cut, "Gimmie Some." The album's real charm lies in its shifting, unpredictable dynamics, as Golub attains out-there fusion textures just before softening to a
Wes Montgomery
-like solo pose on the soft-spoken strains of "Moon River." Definitely an auspicious debut.

Avenue Blue feat. Jeff Golub

Atlanta Nights (feat. Jeff Golub)

Gimmie Some (feat. Jeff Golub)

I'll Be Around (feat. Jeff Golub)

Just Goodbye (feat. Jeff Golub)

Lucy I'm Home (feat. Jeff Golub)

Moon River (feat. Jeff Golub)

Nightingale (feat. Jeff Golub)

Pick Up the Pieces (feat. Jeff Golub)

Stockholm (Prelude) [feat. Jeff Golub]

Stockholm (feat. Jeff Golub)

That's the Way of the World (feat. Jeff Golub)

West Side Serenade (feat. Jeff Golub)

Brian Auger

How Long (feat. Christopher Cross) [Radio Edit]

Train Keeps A Rolling

藍色大道

Personnel: Grayson Hugh (vocals); Jeff Golub (guitar); Jim Biggins, David Woodford (flute, saxophone); Gato Barbieri, Bill Evans (saxophone); Rick Braun (trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards, percussion); Don Harris (trumpet); Andrew Lippman (trombone); Jeff Levine (electric piano, Wurlitzer organ); Steve Gaboury (Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer); Hilary James (Fender Rhodes piano); Al Forman (keyboards); Jack Daro (acoustic bass); David Palmer , Steve Barbuto, Steve Ferrone (drums); Scott Breadman (congas, percussion); Roger Squitero (percussion); Sammy Merendino (drum programming); Lynn Fiddmont, Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont, Fred White (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Eddie King .

Recording information: Baby Monster, New York, NY; Brauntosaurus Studios, Woodland Hills, CA; Live Wire Studio, NY; Out Of The Closet Studios, NY; Sorcerer Studio, NY.

Photographers: Daniel Miller; Daniel Ray.

Arranger: Fred White .

Personnel includes: Jeff Golub (guitar); Grayson Hugh (vocals); Dave Woodford, Jim Biggins (saxophone, flute); Gato Barbieri, Bill Evans (saxophone); Rick Braun (trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboards, bass, synthesizer); Don Harris (trumpet); Andrew Lippman (trombone); Mitch Forman (keyboards); Jeff Levine (electric piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Steve Gaboury (Fender Rhodes, synthesizer); Bob James (Fender Rhodes); Jack Daro (acoustic bass); Neil Jason (bass, loops); Cliff Hugo, Chico Huff (bass); Dave Palmer (drums, loop programming); Steve Barbuto, Steve Ferrone (drums); Scott Breadman (percussion); Sammy Merendino (drum programming); Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey (background vocals).

Engineers include: Steve Miller, Rick Braun, Eddie King.



Nightlife

A staple of the smooth jazz format since the mid-'90s, the former sideman for Rod Stewart fills a unique rock/blues gap between the genre's overabundance of R&B-influenced saxmen and the cool, classy elegance of artists like Chris Botti. At his best, as on this exciting collection, he's raw and just a bit dirty, wailing with his buddies and having some loose, energetic fun. Though fans mostly saw him out there on the Guitars & Saxes Tour or on countless smooth cruises, Jeff Golub spent his down time at home in N.Y.C. seeking out local clubs where he could jam with his buddies and break in some new material. Fashioned as a celebration of both the loud and subtle conversations between workaday New Yorkers, Grand Central found Golub happy in the midst of his adopted hometown, jamming hard and fast as if the subway's doors are closing and he's just about to jump on or off. He plays it mostly fast and funky, but shows a unique emotional depth by making his guitar gently weep on a nice cover of "Something." It's clear he's having a blast taking a live-in-the-studio approach with a handful of the cats he ensembles with around town. Keyboardist Chris Palmaro throws a buoyant piano harmony down on the brassy scorcher "Hello Betty" (inspired by an old romantic gum commercial!) as easily as he creates a retro-chill cool on Sly Stone's "If You Want Me to Stay" (a vibe that echoes Golub's more laid-back previous disc, Temptation). On the Ray Charles-influenced "The Way I Feel Tonight," the guitarist's sweet, bluesy charm is massaged by Palmaro's brooding B-3 and pianist Kenny White's jazzy shimmer. Golub always includes tracks with his smoothie all-star pals; here, Rick Braun leads the horn section on "Hello Betty" (which he also produced), Kirk Whalum goes dark and cool on the acoustic jazz ballad "Slinky," and Richard Elliot keeps the customer satisfied on a pleasant cover of "Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got." The brightest cameo belongs to Philippe Saisse, who invokes the spirit of Les McCann stunningly on the crazed, horn-drenched soul-jazz jam "Mojito," a track inspired by a drink Golub dubbed a favorite on one of the smooth cruises. After a low-key chilled-out turn on his previous disc, it's great to hear him partying again.

Grand Central

Simple Pleasures

专辑Temptation是Jeff Golub离开老东家GRP后发行的第一张专辑，早先传闻他和Higher Octave签下一纸合约，但最后专辑的发行依旧是Narada Jazz一手操办。制作人Paul Brown负责专辑全部11首的制作工作，为了给根源化很浓烈的Soul Jazz披上一件非常时尚的外衣，Paul Brown的确下了一番工夫。Uptown Express依旧是一首典型的Soul Jazz，Jeff的吉他自然非常轻易地就完成了所到达到的效果。On The West Side带有强烈的smoo

Temptation

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