"What separates keyboardist Dan Reynolds from a lot of contemporary jazz artists? For starters, he sounds as if he's truly enjoying himself and not just connecting the dots between fashionable backbeats.
His latest album, "TO BE SURE," conveys his enthusiasm for music making in a variety of radio- friendly settings. "From the Top," the opening track, cleverly updates the organ combo sound with a now slippery, now brash mix of keyboards, sax, drums and percussion before segueing into a extended piano and bass-driven coda. "Delafield Place" takes advantage of Vinny Valentino's fluid mastery of jazz guitar to help create a performance that moves elegantly between sparkling acoustic and electric balladry. Singer Dawn Robinson, bassist Gary Grainger and saxophonist Brian Lanier coolly underscore the prevailing theme of camaraderie on "With My Friends," while saxophonists Marshall Keys, Peter Fraize and Al Williams contribute muted lyricism or a funky swagger to "One Night in a Storm," "Dark Horse" and Boogoo in Brazil."
Except for Valentino's "One Night in a Storm," Reynolds composed all of the tunes on the album and arranged them in a manner that frequently showcases the talents of his bandmates, including drummers Greg Grainger and Francis Thompson.
Product Description
An exhilarating musical blend of jazz, R&B, and new age.
To Be Sure
To Be Sure,Dan Reynolds,never alone music,Contemporary smooth jazz with an urban R&B feel.
Jazz Music:
- Togethering
- We Got Robbed: Live in New Orleans [Import]
- 1942-1945
- A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry [Original recording remastered]
- Action: The Original Debut Recordings 1964 & 1967
- All in Good Time
- Asphalt Canyon Suite [Import] [Original recording remastered]
- At the Empty Bottle [Live]
- Best Coast Jazz
- Best of Uzeb
Jazz Music
Harvest Ritual, Vol. 1 [Explicit Lyrics]
Dippin [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
One Night in Barcelona [Import]
DJ Yoda's How to Cut and Paste: 80's Edition [Import]
Dandy's Rule OK? (The Dandy Warhols)