Bob Baldwin - Mellowonder: Songs In The Key Of Stevie

Styles: Jazz Contemporary
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:38
Size: 173,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:30)  1. The Real Thing/Keeping It Real
(5:19)  2. Creepin'
(5:13)  3. Don't You Worry 'bout A Thing
(5:57)  4. That Girl
(5:52)  5. Lately/No More Tears
(6:13)  6. Love's Light In Flight/Love Trippin'
(4:39)  7. The Stevie Wonder Mashup
(3:36)  8. Wonder Wander
(6:00)  9. Stevie
(6:14) 10. You And I/The Wedding Suite
(5:57) 11. Rocket Love/Back To Earth
(6:10) 12. Superwoman
(3:57) 13. Looking For Another Pure Love
(4:54) 14. Love's In Need Of Love Today

The title certainly gets it right as the great keyboardist Bob Baldwin turns over some sweet mellow takes on the classic music of Stevie Wonder! Bob's the mainman at the helm for most of the record working on Fender Rhodes, piano, and other keyboards and even vocalizing just a bit and there's also sweet instrumental contributions on the album from U-Nam and Chieli Minucci on guitars, Marion Meadows and Ryan Kilgore on saxes, and Ragan Whiteside on flute all players who know just how to get into the right sort of 70s vibe that Baldwin's going for on the record! The focus on Stevie's tunes makes the album a bit hipper than some of Bob's other recent albums although we also like those quite a bit  and titles include "Don't You Worry Bout A Thing", "Creepin", "The Real Thing/Keepin It Real", "Superwoman/Where Were You When I Needed You Most", and "Love's In Need Of Love Today" plus the Baldwin originals "Stevie" and "Wonder Wander". https://www.dustygroove.com/item/750604

Personnel :
Bob Baldwin - Arranger, Bass, Composer, Drums, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Melodica, Moog Bass, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Vocals
Ragan Whiteside - Flute
Ryan Kilgore, Marion Meadows - Saxophone
Chieli Minucci, Derek Scott, U-Nam - Guitar
Erma Dionne Davis, Renita Pope - Viola, Violin
Dave Anderson, Tres' Gilbert - Bass
Tony Lewis, Jorel "J-Fly" Flynn - Drums
Jorel Flynn - Cymbals
Dennis Johnson - Drum Loop, Drum Programming
Toni Redd, Stanley Thompson - Vocals

Mellowonder:  Songs In The Key Of Stevie

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