Chieli Minucci & Special EFX - Genesis (2013)

Special EFX and its award winning leader, guitar virtuoso Chieli Minucci have sold close to a million albums. Chieli Minucci & Special EFX virtually define the Smooth Jazz genre.
Genesis brings together some of Special EFX's all time favorite collaborators such as Mino Cinelu and Omar Hakiem (of Sting and Miles Davis fame) and virtuoso violinist Karen Biggs (Yanni) to collaborate on 11 thrilling originals that combine the magic of the last 30 years with the freshness of today.
The album kicks off with the funky Crazy 8s the first of many hit singles to come from this brilliant album. Other highlights include the mystical vocal Mirage sung by up and coming Shanghai vocalist Feiya Xu, the romantic Blue Lagoon featuring keyboardist Lao Tizer.

Tracklist:

01. Crazy Eights 03:48
02. Till The End Of Time 05:24
03. Mirage 04:29
04. Blue Lagoon 04:09
05. Far Away 04:29
06. So It Begins 04:38
07. Calico 05:54
08. Genesis 03:51
09. The Haunting 09:13
10. Your Smile My Heaven 07:25
11. Club J Z 04:03
12. Wishing (Wishing, Piroutte, Pas des Deux) 07:52

Personnel:

Chieli Minucci (guitars, keyboards, programming);
Victor Starsky, Xu Feiyu (vocals);
Jay Rowe (keyboards);
Lionel Cordew (drums);
Mino Cinelu (percussion).