Steve Smith & Vital Information – New Perspective (2025) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Steve Smith & Vital Information – New Perspective (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 49:39 minutes | 628 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The music for New Perspective developed while Steve Smith & Vital Information were touring the USA promoting their 40th Anniversary album Time Flies. Keyboardist Manuel Valera and bassist Janek Gwizdala asked Smith if he was interested in playing any jazz interpretations of Journey songs. That question has been coming up for the past 40 years and his answer had always been “No.””Ignoring my ‘No,’ Manuel decided to come up with a radical treatment of “Don’t Stop Believin.” We tried it at a soundcheck, played it that night and it got a positive response, which shifted my perspective. On June 29, 2023, near the end of our east coast tour, we stopped at Studio Mozart in Little Falls, NJ to record ‘Don’t Stop Believin,’ ‘Open Arms,’ plus new versions of Vital Information classics ‘The Perfect Date’ and ‘Charukeshi Express.’ A theme for our next album was born: Record songs that I had previously played on during my career but with new arrangements that are quite different from the original versions, bringing a New Perspective to the music.”

Tracklist:

01. Steve Smith & Vital Information – Don’t Stop Believin’ (06:49)
02. Steve Smith & Vital Information – The Perfect Date (05:55)
03. Steve Smith & Vital Information – Charukeshi Express (04:58)
04. Steve Smith & Vital Information – Open Arms (05:55)
05. Steve Smith & Vital Information – Sumo (05:20)
06. Steve Smith & Vital Information – Eight +Five (06:07)
07. Steve Smith & Vital Information – Who’s Crying Now (06:14)
08. Steve Smith & Vital Information – Three Of A Kind (04:25)
09. Steve Smith & Vital Information – Josef The Alchemist (03:51)

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