Will Downing & Gerald Albright - Pleasures Of The Night
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jazz, vocal jazz, pop | Verve Records, Recorded in California in 1998, published in 1998
DbPowerAmp, FLAC (tracks + log, no cue) + MP3 (320 kbps CBR) | 344.29 Mb (FLAC) + 132.30 Mb (MP3) | 52:03 minutes | Info & covers.
jazz, vocal jazz, pop | Verve Records, Recorded in California in 1998, published in 1998
"Pleasures of the Night", a collaboration between vocalist Will Downing and sax/flute wizard Gerald Albright, crosses so many genre lines that its appeal must be unprecedentedly broad. With the able assistance of ace jazz drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith, pianist Patrice Rushen and others, Downing and Albright combine contemporary R&B, top 40 pop, lite jazz and traditional pop vocal stylings on an album that, for all its stylistic wandering, remains undeniably cohesive. Backed by the warm, fluid filigrees of Albright, Downing turns the Beatles' classic "Michelle" into a jazz tune, turns Sinatra-esque on "The Nearness of You" and makes a convincing R&B loveman on the sensuous "Stop, Look & Listen to Your Heart."Will Downing: vocals
Gerald Albright: soprano, alto & tenor saxophones, flute, alto flute
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Paul Jackson Jr.: guitar
Ronnie Foster: acoustic & electric piano, organ, synthesizer
John Beasley, Bobby Lyle & Patrice Rushen: piano
Dave Delhomme: keyboards
Jimmy Haslip: acoustic & electric basses
Tony Dumas & Kenny Wild: acoustic bass
Abraham Laboriel: electric bass
Harvey Mason, Land Richards, John Robinson & Marvin "Smitty" Smith: drums
Luis Conte: percussion
Chris Cameron: string arrangements
01. Pleasures Of The Night (5:38)
02. The Nearness Of You (7:19)
03. Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart (3:44)
04. Michelle (3:05)
05. Like A Lover (4:45)
06. The Look Of Love (5:24)
07. Here's That Rainy Day (5:23)
08. Back To The Roots (5:41)
09. We'll Be Together Again (7:01)
10. Girl Blue (4:03)