Bobbaldwin.com (2000)

Product Summary Label: NUGROOVE RECORDS/RED UPC: 00893422002055 Release Date: 6/10/2008 Buy.com Sku: 208083983 Item#: M469Y7 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Never Can Say Goodbye - (featuring Chuck Loeb) ~ Bob Baldwin 2. Good Morning, Love - (featuring Chuck Loeb) ~ Bob Baldwin 3. Funkin' For Jamaica - (featuring Gerald Albright/Marion Meadows/Tom Browne) ~ Bob Baldwin 4. Business Call - (featuring Marion Meadows/Tom Browne) ~ Bob Baldwin 5. E Smooth - (featuring Freddie V) ~ Bob Baldwin 6. If You Insist ~ Bob Baldwin 7. Being With You - (featuring Armsted Christian) ~ Bob Baldwin 8. I Wish ~ Bob Baldwin 9. Those Eyes ~ Bob Baldwin 10. Back At One ~ Bob Baldwin 11. West Side Highway - (featuring Dean James) ~ Bob Baldwin 12. Westchester Online - (featuring Dean James) ~ Bob Baldwin 13. Yeah, Baby! ~ Bob Baldwin 14. In The Chatroom (Overtime) ~ Bob Baldwin 15. Web Surfer (Reprise) ~ Bob Baldwin (C) (P) 2008 Nu Groove LLC & City Sketches Management   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel includes: Bob Baldwin (vocals, piano, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion); Armsted Christian, Michelle Moorhead, Vaneese Thomas (vocals); Marion Meadows (soprano saxophone); Gerald Albright (alto saxophone); Fred "Freddie V" Vigdor (tenor saxophone); Dean James (saxophone); Joey Summerville (trumpet, flugelhorn); Tom Browne (trumpet); Chuck Loeb, Eric Essix, Phil Hamilton (guitar); Blake Gaines (bass); Dennis Johnson (drums, programming); Lil' John Roberts (drums); Will Downing (background vocals). Producers: Bob Baldwin, Dennis Johnson, Joey Sommerville, Armsted Christian. Includes liner notes by Bob Baldwin. Personnel: Bob Baldwin (vocals, various instruments); Chuck Loeb (guitar); Marion Meadows (soprano saxophone); Gerald Albright (alto saxophone); Tom Browne (trumpet). Bob Baldwin wasn't the first artist to name a project after his website -- Fattburger and Jethro Tull both beat him to the punch -- but the funk-jazz keyboard whiz's Bobbaldwin.com devotes its liner notes to reminding us to enjoy technology but not let it take over for our heart and soul. Baldwin puts his music where his words are, using his synth rack to create numerous busy, often retro-soul textures, but, at heart, his graceful yet punchy melodies shine through at all times. He has a good time with titles, moving from the cool hip-hop of "eSmooth" (which features his trademark high-register swirling solos between revisits to the sax-driven hook) through "Westchester Online" (with a playful cat and mouse game between Dean James's soprano and Joey Summerville's bouncy trumpet) and then on to the album's most unusual piece, "Overtime (In the Chatroom)." As if to make a point about what too much cybertalk can do to one's sensibilities, Baldwin offers no defining pop melody, instead darting in and out with percussive avant-garde synth lines, clicking wah-wah guitars, and an occasionally smooth soprano line from Marion Meadows, over floating, hypnotic atmospheres. Most of the other material is smartly played and very in-the-pocket, from the opening cover of "Never Can Say Goodbye" (with crackling guitar passages and harmonies by Chuck Loeb) and the brassy party tune "Funkin' for Jamaica," featuring trumpeter Tom Browne and the harmonic blend of the saxes of Gerald Albright, Marion Meadows, and Fred Vigdor. ~ Jonathan Widran Musical Guests Chuck Loeb Gerald Albright Marion Meadows Tom Browne Freddie V Armsted Christian Dean James   Compilation Appearances Cool Covers Pure Pleasure Smooth Jazz Brown Sugar Sweet & Sexy Best Of New Urban Jazz Smooth Soul Holiday   Technical Info Release Date : 2008 Original Release Date : 2000 Catalog ID : 20052 Label : NuGroove Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00893422002055    Product Image