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【爵士萨克斯】才华洋溢的萨克斯演奏家Walter Beasley华尔特·比斯利1987年专辑《Walter Beasley》  （MP3 320K）


Artist: Walter Beasley
Title Of Album: Walter Beasley
Year Of Release: 1987 (2008 Remastered)
Label: Verve
Genre: Smooth Jazz
Quality: Mp3
Bitrate: 320 kbps VBR
Total Time: 43:52 min
Total Size: 100 Mb














Walter Beasley's self-titled 1987 debut for Polydor Records offered this new
talent on the smooth jazz block as a triple threat: Beasley showed himself not
only to be a talented saxophonist, but a fine songwriter and vocalist as well.

Though he was deeply influenced by the late Grover Washington, Jr., Beasley took
that inspiration far and wide. One need go no further than the album's opening cut,
"I'm So Happy." Beasley's soulful vocals and alto saxophone are right up in front
of a female backing chorus, a stylist drum loop, crisp synths, and a catchy guitar
hook worthy of Eric Gale or Cornell Dupree (though it's played by Freddie Fox). Add
to this some Chic-like handclaps and dreamy keyboards, and nursery rhyme refrains
with saxophone swirling in the bridge, and you have a bona fide crossover hit. It's
a hell of an introduction for Beasley as a modern soul vocalist and songwriter, and
he wrote or co-wrote all but two of the album's nine cuts. Preston Glass and Kenny
G wrote the following cut, "On the Edge," but Beasley's technical gift on the soprano
sax is what's on display here. Kenny G may have written it, but his own chops don't
hold a candle to the killer soul, in the pocket rhythmic sensibility, and overall
arrangement with the loops and spiraling funky keyboards in this version. Other
standouts on the set include the romantic gospel/soul ballad that is "Call Me,"
the funky "Back in Love Again," and the tough swagger and strut of "Nothin' But
a Thang," that was a club favorite and a subsequent single. While it's true that
Lionel Job's production sounds dated in the 21st century, most everything that came
out of the smooth jazz genre from that period does: the packed compression on the
keyboards and drum programming are a dead giveaway to the era, as are the stacked
vocals. That said, this is one of the shining lights of the entire period, and it's
easy to see why this music became a juggernaut commercially. Beasley stands out as a
giant of the genre because he set his own watermark so high. The emotion on this set
is clear, and the grooves are timeless. This is a very impressive debut by a player
who arrived on the scene fully developed.







                                                                                  01 I'm So Happy (04:41)
                                                                                  02 On The Edge (05:06)
                                                                                  03 Call Me (05:15)
                                                                                  04 Jump On It (03:58)
                                                                                  05 Back In Love Again (05:14)
                                                                                  06 Tenderness (04:20)
                                                                                  07 Nothin' But A Thang (05:05)
                                                                                  08 Where (05:11)
                                                                                  09 I'm So Happy (12'' Mix) (04:58)














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