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All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Smooth jazz producer, arranger, and songwriter Paul Brown made the transition to recording artist with 2004's Up Front, which, like its successor, 2005's The City, was a Top Ten hit on the Contemporary Jazz chart. With a switch from GRP to Peak Records, Brown should continue his popular ways with his third solo album White Sand. He has enlisted more guests than usual this time, to the point that the disc is practically one of those "and friends" duets collections. Al Jarreau sings on "Make Me Feel So Good," Bobby Caldwell on a cover of "Mercy Mercy Mercy," and Lina on a cover of "I Say a Little Prayer." Among the star instrumentalists, Boney James is heard on "Ol' ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann
Smooth jazz producer, arranger, and songwriter Paul Brown made the transition to recording artist with 2004's Up Front, which, like its successor, 2005's The City, was a Top Ten hit on the Contemporary Jazz chart. With a switch from GRP to Peak Records, Brown should continue his popular ways with his third solo album White Sand. He has enlisted more guests than usual this time, to the point that the disc is practically one of those "and friends" duets collections. Al Jarreau sings on "Make Me Feel So Good," Bobby Caldwell on a cover of "Mercy Mercy Mercy," and Lina on a cover of "I Say a Little Prayer." Among the star instrumentalists, Boney James is heard on "Ol' Skoolin'," David Benoit on "R 'n' B Bump," Euge Groove on "More or Less Paul," Rick Braun on "Mr. Cool," and saxophone newcomer Jessy J on the title track. The guests simply augment the contributions of the leader, however; Brown's guitar is a dominant instrument, and he has a vocal on a cover of "For What It's Worth." As the familiar titles indicate, he has taken inspiration from the '60s, but his rhythm tracks often have a current hip-hop sound, and the well-known lyrics and melodies will only serve to make the album more palatable for radio. Brown isn't interested in making any changes to smooth jazz except the occasional tweak to keep it sounding current, and this is another album that will please his own fans, and fans of the guest artists (whose discs were sometimes produced by him).
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 2/27/2007
  • Label: Peak Records
  • UPC: 888072301474
  • Catalog Number: 30147
  • Sales rank: 35,285

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 White Sand - Jesse J (4:24)
  2. 2 The Rhythm Method (4:03)
  3. 3 Makes Me Feel So Good (4:09)
  4. 4 Ol' Skoolin' (4:27)
  5. 5 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (4:20)
  6. 6 R 'N' B Bump (4:29)
  7. 7 I Say a Little Prayer - Lina (3:40)
  8. 8 More or Les Paul - Euge Groove (4:41)
  9. 9 For What It's Worth (3:39)
  10. 10 Mr. Cool (4:09)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Paul Brown Primary Artist
Al Jarreau Vocals, Track Performer
Jeff Lorber Organ
Kiki Ebsen Piano
Boney James Saxophone, Track Performer
Alex Al Bass
David Benoit Piano, Track Performer
Rick Braun Trumpet, Track Performer
Jeff Carruthers Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Strings, Drums, Rhythm Guitar, Keyboards, Moog Bass
Roberto Vally Bass
Impromp2 Horn
Al Forman Wurlitzer
Joe Wolf Keyboards
Gerald McCauley Keyboards, Background Vocals
Dave Palmer Drums
Dave Beyer Percussion, Drums
Euge Groove Saxophone
Bobby English Saxophone
Blake Aaron Bass, Keyboards
Mike Ballard Keyboards
Paul Rayner-Brown Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Track Performer
Jessy J Horn, Saxophone, Track Performer
Technical Credits
Al Jarreau Composer
Stephen Stills Composer
Burt Bacharach Composer
Joe Zawinul Composer
Paul Brown Composer
Jeff Carruthers Arranger, Composer, Producer, Engineer, drum programming
Hal David Composer
Mark Wexler Executive Producer
Erik Zobler Engineer
Impromp2 Horn Arrangements
Joe Wolf Composer, drum programming
Andi Howard Executive Producer
Gerald McCauley Composer, Producer, drum programming
Lee Hershberg Mastering
Bobby English Composer
Blake Aaron Composer, drum programming
Mike Ballard Arranger, Composer, drum programming
Paul Rayner-Brown Producer, Engineer
Gail Fisher Composer
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