Bobby Caldwell - Where Is Love

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:35
Size: 104,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:08)  1. Where Is Love
(3:48)  2. Once Upon A Time
(4:50)  3. One Love
(3:26)  4. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
(4:50)  5. Love Lite
(3:55)  6. Shape I'm In
(4:06)  7. Carrie Ann (You'll Never Know)
(3:43)  8. Never Take A Chance
(4:07)  9. Trying Times
(4:54) 10. Rina
(3:42) 11. I Get a Kick Out of You

Bobby Caldwell has been a favorite among fans of sophisticated R&B and contemporary jazz since 1978, the year the singer, songwriter, and guitarist hit the Top Ten of Billboard's Hot 100 and R&B charts with "What You Won't Do for Love." Originally from Manhattan and later raised in Miami, Caldwell was exposed to a wide variety of musical influences by his parents, hosts of the television variety show Suppertime. Only a few years after he started studying piano and guitar, he opted to enter the music industry, but it wasn't until the following decade that he signed to the T.K.-distributed Clouds label and broke through with What You Won't Do for Love, his first of several albums. Although Caldwell had a strong following in the U.S., built through continual touring and nine wide-ranging studio albums issued during the '80s and '90s, he also became a superstar in Japan. Throughout the 2000s, he recorded frequently, continued to perform his deep catalog, and starred as Frank Sinatra in the Las Vegas show The Rat Pack Is Back. Several additional albums followed during the 2010s, including sets of standards and big-band numbers, as well as Cool Uncle, a stylistic diversion with admiring producer Jack Splash. ~ Jason Ankeny & Andy Kellman https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/where-is-love/1140210948

Where Is Love

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Bobby Caldwell - Perfect Island Nights

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:37
Size: 106.7 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals, Smooth jazz
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:31] 1. In The Afterlife
[3:30] 2. Crazy For Your Love
[4:15] 3. Donna
[2:56] 4. Where Is Love
[4:54] 5. Perfect Island Night
[3:19] 6. Our Day Will Come
[4:29] 7. I Need Your Love
[3:05] 8. Can't Get Over You
[3:26] 9. Call Me Up
[4:30] 10. Extra Mile
[4:00] 11. Rain
[3:36] 12. Sukiyaki

The veteran blue-eyed soul singer has been busy since 1995 (the year he released his last literal pop album, Soul Survivor), recording albums of standards along with his Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin-styled soundtrack work and counting the royalties from the 100 or so covers or samples of his best-known hit, "What You Won't Do for Love" -- so preoccupied, in fact, that's it's been easy to forget just how skilled he is at delivering easygoing romantic pop, whether it's funky and percussive (as on the brassy, bouncy "Call Me Up"), perfect for Latin salsa dancing (the balmy "Donna"), or simply laid-back and moonlit (the title track). Caldwell is at the top of his charming game on this modern adult contemporary classic, not mining any truly original territory lyrically but wringing every last emotion out of his originals (the power ballads "Extra Mile" and "Crazy for Your Love" are standouts) and a handful of well-chosen covers. None of his classic pop choices come close to his renditions of "Beyond the Sea" or "Luck Be a Lady," but he finds all the passion necessary on a loping take of "Sukiyaki (Forever)" (he provides sweet new English lyrics), the bright samba arrangement of "Our Day Will Come," and the masterfully soulful "Where Is the Love," which finds him perfectly paired with Deniece Williams. The colorful back cover shows a contented Caldwell, arms crossed, in his trademark blue slouch hat, sound asleep. Maybe his long-awaited pop comeback exhausted him, but it will energize fans longing for his return to form. ~Jonathan Widran

Perfect Island Nights

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Jazz Crusaders - Happy Again

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:54
Size: 151,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:36)  1. Lock It Down
(5:59)  2. When You're So Far Away
(4:33)  3. Elephant Walk
(6:46)  4. Top Of The World
(3:39)  5. Fools Rush In
(5:37)  6. Are You Part Of Me
(5:44)  7. Slyzappit
(5:19)  8. Rock Slide
(5:55)  9. La luz Del Dia
(3:46) 10. Jamaica
(5:25) 11. Travelin' Inside Your Love
(3:19) 12. Young Tabbits
(5:11) 13. Uh-huh! Oh-yeah!

When trombonist/producer Wayne Henderson, pianist/keyboardist Joe Sample, sax-man Wilton Felder, and drummer Stix Hooper changed their name from the Jazz Crusaders to the Crusaders back in 1971, it signaled a more R&B-minded direction for the group they were always funky, but in the '70s, they became even funkier. And so, the names the Crusaders and the Jazz Crusaders came to stand for two different things if the Jazz Crusaders were synonymous with a funky yet acoustic-oriented approach to hard bop (à la Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers), the Crusaders were about electric-oriented jazz-funk and fusion. In 1995, Henderson (who left the Crusaders in 1975) resurrected the name the Jazz Crusaders and produced Happy Again for the small, Los Angeles-based Sin-drome Records. Sample objected to Henderson's use of the name the Jazz Crusaders, although Sample and Felder were still part of the Crusaders. Confused? Suffice to say that different improvisers used the two names on different projects in the '90s. On Happy Again, Henderson oversees a lineup that includes Felder as well as trumpeter Donald Byrd, guitarist Larry Carlton, keyboardist Bobby Lyle, vibist Roy Ayers, flutist Hubert Laws, and percussionist Poncho Sanchez (among others). With such an impressive cast, Happy Again should have been exceptional; it isn't, although Henderson does give a generally decent album of electric jazz-funk and pop-jazz. Some might argue that if Henderson was going to resurrect the name the Jazz Crusaders, this album should have been more straight-ahead and bop-oriented and that tracks like "When You're So Far Away" and "Elephant Walk" are too pop-influenced to be called Jazz Crusaders recordings. But while Happy Again is hardly the work of a bop purist, it's still a pleasant, if imperfect, outing, and in 1995 it was nice to hear Henderson taking some trombone solos again.~ Alex Henserson http://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-again-mw0000646561

The Jazz Crusaders includes: Bobby Caldwell (vocals); Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder, Bobby Lyle, N'Dugu Chancler, Larry Kimpel, Craig T.

Happy Again

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Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do for Love

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 34:45
Size: 79,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:35)  1. Special To Me
(4:16)  2. My Flame
(4:12)  3. Love Won't Wait
(5:07)  4. Can't Say Goodbye
(2:57)  5. Come To Me
(4:50)  6. What You Won't Do For Love
(1:23)  7. Kalimba Song
(3:32)  8. Take Me Back To Then
(4:50)  9. Down For The Third Time

Bobby Caldwell is one of only a handful of white vocalists (Van Morrison and Simply Red's Mick Hucknall, to name a couple more) who legitimately transcended the blue-eyed soul tag. Caldwell's genuine mix of R&B and jazz signatures as well as his bittersweet yet buttery vocal tones conjure up images of a smoothed-out version of Chet Baker. On this, his breakthrough album, the native New Yorker scored a hit with the timeless "What You Won't Do for Love" and also polished off another near-classic on "My Flame." While a few of the compositions echo the dying grip of disco and some of Caldwell's vocal arrangements sound more like a hipper version of Tony Bennett ("Can't Say Goodbye"), the crooner does possess the pipes to carry the offering. Caldwell even tries his hand at the experimental on the short but sweet instrumental "Kalimba Song." Time will likely render much of Bobby Caldwell disposable, but at the album's best, the songs do carry a singular sound and contain the power to place themselves in a time period, which may just be good enough for lovers. The cut "What You Won't Do for Love" will always stack up, as even hip-hop producers saw fit to sample the horn riff and bass track a number of times (listen to 2Pac's "Do for Love," for one). ~ M.F. DiBella  http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1067131&style=music&fulldesc=T

Personnel: Bobby Caldwell (vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, vibraphone, bass, drums); Alfons Kettner, Steve Mealy (guitar); Chris Colclessor (clarinet, saxophone); Gary Lindsay (clarinet); Mike Lewis, Mark Colby (saxophone); Jeffrey Kievet, Hollis Burridge (trumpet, flugelhorn); James Marshall (trombone); Benny Latimore, Bruce Malament (keyboards); George "Chocolate" Perry, Richie Valesquez, John Paulus (bass); Ed Greene, Joe Galdo, Harold Seay, Andy Newmark (drums).

What You Won't Do for Love

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Bobby Caldwell - Solid Ground

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1991
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:18
Size: 101,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:12)  1. Don't Lead Me On
(4:05)  2. Stuck On You
(4:42)  3. Cry
(4:27)  4. Janet
(4:42)  5. Without Your Love
(3:47)  6. Promised Land
(3:23)  7. Don't Give Me Bad News
(4:07)  8. Solid Ground
(4:24)  9. Back To You
(5:24) 10. Every Man

Contemporary jazz singer/guitarist Bobby Caldwell was born August 15, 1951, in Manhattan, NY; his parents, Bob and Carolyn, were the hosts of the television variety show Suppertime and exposed the child to a wide variety of musical influences. Caldwell began studying piano and guitar at age 12; he initially pursued a career in rock & roll but was equally adept at playing jazz and R&B and at 17 took his band on the road to play the Las Vegas circuit. From there the group moved on to Los Angeles, but despite recording an album titled Kathmandu, Caldwell enjoyed little success and eventually returned to his parents home in Miami. There he began work on his 1978 breakthrough album What You Won't Do for Love, scoring a hit single with the title cut. Efforts including a 1979 self-titled LP, The Cat in the Hat, and Carry On followed, and although Caldwell enjoyed a strong following at home, he became a superstar in Japan. He shifted creative gears with 1996's Blue Condition, a collection of big band-era standards; the similarly themed Come Rain or Come Shine followed three years later. ~ Jason Ankeny http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bobby-caldwell-mn0000061045/biography

Solid Ground

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Bobby Caldwell - Baby It's Cold Outside

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 81:24
Size: 186.4 MB
Styles: Vocal
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[4:04] 1. Stuck On You
[3:37] 2. Fools Rush In
[5:03] 3. Even Now
[3:54] 4. In The Name Of Love
[4:49] 5. Baby, It's Cold Outside
[4:09] 6. Good To Me
[3:43] 7. First Time
[4:03] 8. At Last
[4:10] 9. My Flame
[4:23] 10. Your Precious Love
[4:05] 11. Where Is Love
[3:21] 12. Angel Eyes
[3:39] 13. All The Way
[4:44] 14. Lovelite
[4:26] 15. Stay With Me
[3:37] 16. Next Time (I Fall In Love)
[3:46] 17. All Or Nothing At All
[4:29] 18. Extra Mile
[3:20] 19. Young At Heart
[3:52] 20. Let It Be Me

Contemporary jazz singer/guitarist Bobby Caldwell was born August 15, 1951, in Manhattan, NY; his parents, Bob and Carolyn, were the hosts of the television variety show Suppertime and exposed the child to a wide variety of musical influences. Caldwell began studying piano and guitar at age 12; he initially pursued a career in rock & roll but was equally adept at playing jazz and R&B and at 17 took his band on the road to play the Las Vegas circuit. From there the group moved on to Los Angeles, but despite recording an album titled Kathmandu, Caldwell enjoyed little success and eventually returned to his parents home in Miami. There he began work on his 1978 breakthrough album What You Won't Do for Love, scoring a hit single with the title cut. Efforts including a 1979 self-titled LP, The Cat in the Hat, and Carry On followed, and although Caldwell enjoyed a strong following at home, he became a superstar in Japan. He shifted creative gears with 1996's Blue Condition, a collection of big band-era standards; the similarly themed Come Rain or Come Shine followed three years later. ~bio by Jason Ankeny

Baby It's Cold Outside

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Bobby Caldwell - Bobby Caldwell Croons Big Band Hits & Standards

Styles: Jazz, Vocal
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:51
Size: 158,2 MB
Art: Front

(2:54)  1. (Love Is) the Tender Trap
(3:25)  2. Beyond the Sea
(1:59)  3. I've Got the World On a String
(2:24)  4. Girl I Dream About
(2:21)  5. All Of Me
(2:56)  6. Day In Day Out
(3:35)  7. Old Devil Moon
(3:42)  8. I Get A Kick Out Of You
(3:55)  9. Only the Lonely
(3:25) 10. April Moon
(3:16) 11. Best Is Yet To Come
(4:04) 12. Stuck on You
(4:41) 13. Come Rain Or Come Shine
(3:30) 14. Tomorrow
(5:00) 15. Luck Be A Lady
(3:25) 16. (I've Got You) Under My Skin
(2:50) 17. Oh (You've Got It Made)
(3:29) 18. Young at Heart
(3:38) 19. Smile
(4:12) 20. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

Contemporary jazz singer/guitarist Bobby Caldwell was born August 15, 1951, in Manhattan, NY; his parents, Bob and Carolyn, were the hosts of the television variety show Suppertime and exposed the child to a wide variety of musical influences. Caldwell began studying piano and guitar at age 12; he initially pursued a career in rock & roll but was equally adept at playing jazz and R&B and at 17 took his band on the road to play the Las Vegas circuit. From there the group moved on to Los Angeles, but despite recording an album titled Kathmandu, Caldwell enjoyed little success and eventually returned to his parents home in Miami. 

There he began work on his 1978 breakthrough album What You Won't Do for Love, scoring a hit single with the title cut. Efforts including a 1979 self-titled LP, The Cat in the Hat, and Carry On followed, and although Caldwell enjoyed a strong following at home, he became a superstar in Japan. He shifted creative gears with 1996's Blue Condition, a collection of big band-era standards; the similarly themed Come Rain or Come Shine followed three years later. ~ Bio  https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bobby-caldwell/id1009920#fullText

Bobby Caldwell Croons Big Band Hits & Standards

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