Dave Koz – Summer Horns II: from A to Z (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 54:48 minutes | 664 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Booklet, Front Cover | © Concord Records
Dave Koz’s first Summer Horns installment, from 2013, was an all-saxophone affair. Retaining Gerald Albright and Richard Elliot from that outing, Koz assembles another front line of marquee musicians for Summer Horns II: From A to Z, including new arrivals Rick Braun (trumpet) and Aubrey Logan (trombone/vocals), who contribute a brassier texture to the proceedings. The goal is less individual solo spotlights and more about the classic horn-section sound that prevailed in rock, pop, and soul of the ’60s and ’70s. The menu, therefore, is spot-on: Songs by Spiral Starecase, Earth, Wind & Fire, Paul Simon, and Stevie Wonder are arranged by session veteran Tom Scott, big-band leader Gordon Goodwin, or Tower of Power’s Greg Adams. (The subtitle, From A to Z, refers to the unlikely medley of “Take the ‘A’ Train” and JAY-Z’s “Roc Boys.”)
Tracklist:
01. Medley: Getaway / That’s The Way (I Like It) (4:28)
02. More Today Than Yesterday (5:05)
03. Keep That Same Old Feeling (4:50)
04. Medley: From A To Z (Take The “A” Train / Make The Road By Walking) (5:29)
05. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) (feat. Kenny Lattimore & Sheléa) (4:11)
06. Before I Let Go (4:55)
07. Late In The Evening (feat. Jonathan Butler) (5:10)
08. If You Really Love Me (4:43)
09. Conga (feat. Aubrey Logan & Gloria Estefan) (4:44)
10. Earth Song (5:58)
11. Route 66 (feat. Aubrey Logan) (5:20)
Personnel:
Dave Koz, saxophone
Gerald Albright, saxophone
Rick Braun, trumpet
Richard Elliot, saxophone
Aubrey Logan, trombone, vocals
Gloria Estefan, vocals
Jonathan Butler, vocals
Kenny Lattimore, vocals
Sheléa, vocals
Produced by Rick Braun
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