Acoustic Alchemy – Thirty Three And A Third
For over three decades the Acoustic Alchemy have been at the forefront of contemporary jazz, even if the band’s signature eclectic mix of styles has meant they have never comfortably fit snugly into any one genre; “We’ve had a lot of labels over the years, at the start there were all these names flying around like New Adult Contemporary, New Age music, and then it became Smooth Jazz, but we’ve never really thought about ourselves as being in any one particular genre. We just make music we like.” Says Greg, “At the core it’s always been about one simple concept: the sound of the nylon and steel guitars working together, but that leaves a lot of scope for exploring all sorts of musical ideas.”
Their new album is entitled Thirty Three And A Third and will be released on November 16, 2018 (Onside Records). You can order it now on Amazon.com.
With Apogee pianist and composer Kayla Waters, introduced by her famous dad saxophonist Kim Waters, had her first surprise success. This year we can admire her following album Coevolve.
Ricky Peterson is a musician’s musician. Although he has had a handful of recordings under his own name (on Warner Brothers and Ben Sidran’s Go Jazz label), he is mostly known as the soulful and groovy organ player from David Sanborn’s band. He is also known as a successful producer (Prince, Paula Abdul etc.). This record continues the Peterson sound, organic, groove-based soulful songs, with understated arrangements.
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