Narada Smooth Jazz
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Narada Smooth Jazz is a 1997 compilation release by Narada
. It peaked at #25 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums in the same year.
Narada Productions
Narada is a record label formed 1983 as an independent New Age music label and distributed by MCA Records. Now a fully owned subsidiary of EMI, Narada evolved through an expansion of formats to include music from other styles including world music, jazz, Celtic music, new flamenco, acoustic guitar...
. It peaked at #25 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums in the same year.
Track listing
- 1.01 "Redwood/Nocturne" – Spencer Brewer – 4:20
- 1.02 "Gravity" – Jesse CookJesse CookJesse Cook is a Toronto-based guitarist, born in Paris to Canadian parents. Like other guitarists of his style of music, he incorporates funky jazz, latin & world music into his playing. Cook is also well known for the energy of his live shows. He has contributed to the Afro Celt Sound System album...
– 3:57 - 1.03 "Dancing With The Bear" – Budi Siebert – 5:06
- 1.04 "Mil Amores" – Doug CameronDoug Cameron (musician)Douglas John Cameron is a Canadian musician and composer best known for writing and performing a protest song entitled "Mona with the Children" about a Persian Bahá'í woman, Mona Mahmudnizhad, who, in 1983, together with nine other Bahá'í women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran,...
– 6:44 - 1.05 "Sunday In Alsace" – Friedemann Witecka – 5:55 (Composed by: Friedemann Witecka and Johannes Wohlleben)
- 1.06 "Thinking Of You" – Oscar LopezOscar LopezOscar Lopez is a Chilean-Canadian folk and nouveau flamenco guitarist. He has won many awards from the Latino community....
– 4:18 - 1.07 "Zuni Rain" – Michael Gettel – 4:02
- 1.08 "Painted Birds" – Bernardo Rubaja – 4:06 (Composed by: Federico RamosFederico RamosSouth American Federico Ramos is a guitarist, arranger, producer and composer based in Santa Monica, California. While in his native Uruguay, he began his career playing with Eduardo Mateo and Uruguayan rock bands, such as Días de Blues and Psiglo...
) - 1.09 "Rest Assured" – Randy Roos – 5:10
- 1.10 "Shall We? (edit)" – Nando Lauria – 3:56
- 1.11 "La Couronne" – Martin Kolbe – 5:35
- 1.12 "Just Dreamin" – Richard SoutherRichard SoutherRichard Douglas Trowbridge Souther is a composer, producer, arranger, sound designer and multi-keyboardist who has built a strong reputation as a top contemporary solo instrumentalist for over twenty years...
– 5:10 - 1.13 "Heart & Beat" – Ralf IllenbergerRalf IllenbergerRalf Illenberger is a German Grammy-nominated New Age guitarist.-Biography:His first appearance was in 1977 as a duet with Jürgen Kirsch. He then founded the duo Kolbe & Illenberger with the guitarist and singer Martin Kolbe, releasing the album Waves in 1978. It was nominated for the Deutscher...
– 4:52 - 1.14 "Take The High Road" – David LanzDavid LanzDavid Lanz is a Grammy-nominated New Age pianist. His most popular album, Cristofori's Dream, topped the New Age charts in 1988, which was No. 1 on Billboard's first adult alternative/New Age chart for 27 weeks and eventually sold platinum. Natural States peaked at No...
– 2:26 - 2.01 "Joy of Beltane" – Friedemann Witecka – 3:43 (Composed by: Friedemann Witecka and Emmanuel Sejourne)
- 2.02 "Blue Rock Road" – Bradley JosephBradley JosephBradley Joseph is an American composer, arranger, and producer of contemporary instrumental music. His compositions include works for orchestra, quartet, and solo piano, while his musical style ranges from "quietly pensive mood music to a rich orchestration of classical depth and breadth".Active...
– 3:13 - 2.03 "The Beauty Within" – Budi Siebert – 4:33
- 2.04 "Desperate Love" – Oscar LopezOscar LopezOscar Lopez is a Chilean-Canadian folk and nouveau flamenco guitarist. He has won many awards from the Latino community....
– 4:04 - 2.05 St. Tropez" – Doug CameronDoug Cameron (musician)Douglas John Cameron is a Canadian musician and composer best known for writing and performing a protest song entitled "Mona with the Children" about a Persian Bahá'í woman, Mona Mahmudnizhad, who, in 1983, together with nine other Bahá'í women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran,...
– 5:52 (Composed by: Doug CameronDoug Cameron (musician)Douglas John Cameron is a Canadian musician and composer best known for writing and performing a protest song entitled "Mona with the Children" about a Persian Bahá'í woman, Mona Mahmudnizhad, who, in 1983, together with nine other Bahá'í women, was sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran,...
and Chris Boardman) - 2.06 "River Run" – Michael Gettel – 7:27
- 2.07 "Breeze From Saintes Maries" – Jesse CookJesse CookJesse Cook is a Toronto-based guitarist, born in Paris to Canadian parents. Like other guitarists of his style of music, he incorporates funky jazz, latin & world music into his playing. Cook is also well known for the energy of his live shows. He has contributed to the Afro Celt Sound System album...
– 5:20 - 2.08 "Dab in Da Mida" – Brian Mann – 3:23
- 2.09 "Twelve Three" – Randy Roos – 6:08
- 2.10 "Hazel" – Trapezoid – 4:06 (Composed by: Bob Read)
- 2.11 "Dancing Kachinas" – Ralf IllenbergerRalf IllenbergerRalf Illenberger is a German Grammy-nominated New Age guitarist.-Biography:His first appearance was in 1977 as a duet with Jürgen Kirsch. He then founded the duo Kolbe & Illenberger with the guitarist and singer Martin Kolbe, releasing the album Waves in 1978. It was nominated for the Deutscher...
– 3:22 - 2.12 "Monkey Talk" – Spencer Brewer – 3:29
- 2.13 "Companero" – Richard SoutherRichard SoutherRichard Douglas Trowbridge Souther is a composer, producer, arranger, sound designer and multi-keyboardist who has built a strong reputation as a top contemporary solo instrumentalist for over twenty years...
– 3:55 (Composed by: Eric PersingEric PersingEric Persing is a professional synthesist and producer in Los Angeles, California. He is best known as the Founder and Creative Director of the leading music software and virtual instrument company Spectrasonics...
) - 2.14 "If I Fell" – Nando Lauria – 3:37 (Composed by: Lennon/McCartneyLennon/McCartneyThe Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...
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See also
- Grand Piano (Narada Anniversary Collection)Grand Piano (Narada Anniversary Collection)Grand Piano is a 1997 compilation release by Narada. It peaked at #10 on Billboard's Top New Age album charts in the same year.From album liner:...
- The Next Generation - Narada SamplerThe Next Generation - Narada SamplerThe Next Generation - Explore Our World is a 1997 Narada sampler introducing their "Next Generation" of artists.-Track listing:#Jesse Cook Introduction – 0:52#"Mario Takes A Walk" – Jesse Cook – 3:47...
- Stories (Narada Artist Collection)Stories (Narada Artist Collection)Stories is a 1998 compilation release by Narada."Extraordinary performers reveal their artistic inspirations in deeply personal instrumental memoirs".-Track listing:#"Bahama" – Artie Traum – 4:26...
- 20 Years of Narada Piano20 Years of Narada Piano20 Years of Narada Piano is a 2001 compilation release by Narada. It peaked at #12 on Billboard's Top New Age album charts in the same year.-Track listing:*1.1 "Endings" – Michael Jones – 5:33*1.2 "Sunrise" – Kostia – 5:02...
- Narada Film and Television Music SamplerNarada Film and Television Music SamplerNarada Films and Television Music Sampler is a 2003 U.S. EMI Film & TV Music publishing 2CD sampler that represents an overview of the Narada catalog, demonstrating the breadth and diversity of the Narada roster.-Disc One:...
External links
- Listing at Narada.com
- Narada Smooth Jazz at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...