NEW YORK, NY -- 06/19/08 --
Producer/artist/arranger/composer and
keyboardist Jason Miles will release his second tribute to jazz and soul
saxophonist Grover Washington. "2 Grover With Love" will be released on
August 19th, 2008 and is the highly anticipated follow up to 2000's
heartfelt tribute, "To Grover With Love," which sold over 100,000 CDs.
2009 marks the 10th anniversary of Grover Washington's death, and this
album pays tribute to the great legacy of Washington and his incredible
compositions of the '70s and '80s.
Miles says, "I started listening to 'Come Morning,' the follow up to
'Winelight,' and started to love those songs. I then listened to
'Strawberry Moon,' and realized that I was on one of the songs on the CD,
'Summer Nights,' written by Marcus Miller. I knew at that point that there
was definitely another Grover project to do, but it had to be done a
certain way."
"2 Grover With Love" is an homage to the CTI records style of music, basing
great songs with inspired playing by top artists. Miles decided to cut the
record live in the studio, just as Washington did on many of his albums.
Miles enlisted the talents of Chuck Loeb on guitar, Gerald Veasley on bass,
Buddy Williams on drums, and Ralph Macdonald on percussion. "2 Grover With
Love" also features Maysa (singing an inspiring version of "Mr. Magic"),
Najee, Andy Snitzer, Kim Waters, Jay Beckenstein, Dean Brown and Dominic
Farrinacci. After only one day of rehearsal, the album was recorded live
at Bennett studios in New Jersey.
The result is an innovative, contemporary jazz look at the '70s and '80s
versions of Grover's great legacy.
Miles has crafted music for Miles Davis, Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller,
Gato Barbieri, David Sanborn, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, The Crusaders,
Michael Brecker and many others. He has also produced ambitious musical
tributes to both Weather Report ("Celebrating the Music of Weather Report")
and Ivan Lins ("A Love Affair, The Music of Ivan Lins"). He has received
four Grammy nominations as a producer, and his album, "A Love Affair..."
garnered musician Sting a Best Male Pop Vocal for the track, "She Walks
This Earth." "A Love Affair..." also featured Grover Washington's last
studio performance.
Recently, Jason has produced Suzy Bogguss's new CD, "Sweet Danger," which
has garnered great critical acclaim. His latest projects have been Soul
Summit Live at The Berks Jazz Festival and Global Noize, his genre-bending
project with DJ Logic. He also produced the CD "Enjoy" by KOCH Recording
artist The Bjorkestra.
Jason has been playing more live concerts to bring his concepts to the live
stage. He has performed 2 major shows at the last 5 Berks Jazz Festivals
and has also performed in many other venues including an appearance at 2007
Casablanca Jazz Festival, Rehoboth Beach, Tri C Jazz. He will tour this
summer in conjunction with the release of "2 Grover With Love."
Jason Miles continues to be one of music's true renaissance and visionaries
moving into the 21st century.
The tracklisting of "2 Grover With Love":
1. Summer Nights 7. Reaching Out
2. Bright Moments 8. Reed Seed
3. Making Love To You 9. The Saddest Thing
4. Mr. Magic 10. Stolen Moments
5. Strawberry Moon 11. To Grover With Love
6. Moonstreams
About KOCH Entertainment
KOCH Entertainment, founded in 1987 and now in its twenty-second year, is
the leading and fastest-growing independent music company in the U.S.
KOCH's operations encompass record and video labels, music publishing as
well as distribution companies in the U.S. and Canada. KOCH Entertainment
is the market leader among independent labels and distributors in both the
U.S. and Canada. Its record label KOCH Records is the # 1 independent
label in the U.S. and had the largest number of Billboard charting albums
among independents for seven years in a row (2001 - 2007). KOCH
Entertainment is a subsidiary of Entertainment One Ltd. which is listed on
the London Stock Exchange's AIM market (ticker symbol "ETO.L").
For more information Contact:
Giovanna Melchiorre
212-353-8800x257
Email Contact
