Vocal Rendezvous
Al DiMeola
Joe, Angie Stone, Macy Gray, Xavier Naidoo, Beverly Knight, MC Solaar, Bosson, No Mercy, Till Bronner, Leonid Agutin, Vinnie Colaiuta, Anthony Jackson
Producer: Al DiMeola
SPV, 2006
1 CD
Catalogue #: 78600
EAN: 0693723019024
UPC: 693723019024
You save: 20%
Personnel include: Al DiMeola (guitar); Joe, Macy Gray, Angie Stone, Beverly Knight (vocals); MC Solaar (rap vocals); Till Bronner (trumpet).
Recording information: The Hit Factory, Criteria, Miami, Florida.
Tracklist
Joe
Georgia native Joe has been crooning about his romantic escapades since 1993, mixing classic soul with hip-hop beats. His contribution to the soundtrack for BOOTY CALL ("Don't Wanna Be A Player") proved to be the singer's big commercial breakthrough, and he belongs on the frontline with such '90s R&B Casanovas as D'Angelo and Maxwell.
Angie Stone
It was Angie Stone's vocal talent that shot Vertical Hold's urban dance hit, "Seems You're Much Too Busy," to the upper reaches of the charts in 1993. But it wasn't until 1999 that Stone got around to issuing her first solo album, BLACK DIAMOND, which mixed elements of classic soul and funk to her already rich, smooth sound and followed Macy Gray's debut into the roots-R&B upper echelon. Stone continued to mature through a spate of acclaimed albums in the aughts.
Macy Gray
Macy Gray took soul music back to its natural roots with her acclaimed 1999 debut, ON HOW LIFE IS, updating old-school R&B with a few modern touches. Gray's sound is partly Lauryn Hill-style conscious hip-hop, and part a Lenny Kravitz/Neneh Cherry rock-R&B hybrid. Since her startling debut, she's collaborated with everyone from Slick Rick and Fatboy Slim to famed producer Rick Rubin, also making her screen-acting debut in the 2001 Denzel Washington movie, TRAINING DAY.
