Listen

by Chuck Loeb

Overview

Chuck Loeb knows the secret to finding enduring success in the genre, even amidst growing competition by more and more up and coming guitarists who approximate his style: keep the listener guessing from tune to tune with unique stylistic and production curveballs. He's so effective at this that it's impossible to resist as he commands in the title of his new Shanachie disc: simply Listen. Keeping his crisp electric lines front and center, he darts and moves from the retro-soul clicking, synth strings, and rising horn combination of "Silver Star" to the fingersnap percussion, hypnotic cymbal rolls, Gary Keller's flute harmony, and Jim Beard's shimmering Fender Rhodes foundation on "High Five." It's a kick keeping up with his mood swings; Loeb restrains himself wrapping around Mark Egan's spacy basslines and Kim Waters' soprano on "Love Is All," then stirs up the frenetic fusion activity of "Right Down Broadway" with Mitch Forman's jump or else piano groove and more of those sassy horns. He even keeps a cover of Michael Jackson's "Rock with You" from slipping away into Muzakville by shifting from high to low string tones and trading off melody lines with Walter Beasley's alto. ~ Jonathan Widran

Product Details

Release Date:	07/20/1999
Label:	SHANACHIE
UPC:	0016351505729

Tracks

1. Silver Star
2. High Five
3. Love Is All
4. Right Down Broadway
5. Shhh...
6. Listen
7. Rock with You
8. Geraldine
9. Buttercup
10. Chiringito
11. Blue Kiss
12. Listen to the Sound

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chuck Loeb   Primary Artist,Guitar,Keyboards,Fender Rhodes
Will Lee   Guest Artist,Bass
Kim Waters   Guest Artist,Sax (Soprano)
Walter Beasley   Guest Artist,Sax (Alto)
Bill Evans   Guest Artist,Sax (Soprano)
Bob James   Guest Artist,Piano
Howard Howard   French Horn
David Mann   Flute,Saxophone,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Julio Fernandez   Guitar
Mike Ricchiuti   Piano,Clavinet,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Mel Brown   Bass
Lionel Cordew   Drums
Larry Lunetta   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
Carmen Cuesta   Vocals
Jim Hynes   Trumpet,Flugelhorn
John Patitucci   Bass (Acoustic)
Brian Dunne   Drums
Birch Johnson   Trombone
Mark Egan   Bass
David Charles   Percussion
Wolfgang Haffner   Drums,Cymbals
Lawrence Feldman   Flute,Saxophone
Gary Keller   Flute,Sax (Tenor)
Jay Beckenstein   Sax (Alto)
Jim Beard   Keyboards,Fender Rhodes
Jim Pugh   Trombone,Sax (Baritone)
Mitchel Forman   Piano

Technical Credits

Mike Ricchiuti   Arranger
Steve Regina   Engineer
Isaml Lee   Photography
Nick Lee   Engineer
David Mann   Horn Arrangements
Bob James   Composer
Ken Freeman   Mixing,Engineer
Chuck Loeb   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming,Horn Arrangements
Carmen Cuesta   Composer
Russell Ferrante   Composer
Rod Temperton   Composer
Danny Weiss   Executive Producer
Dennis Wall   Mixing,Engineer
Phil Magnotti   Mixing,Engineer,Mastering
Tom Bender   Mastering