Sensual Embrace: The Soul Ballads
Pieces Of A Dream
Grover Washington, Jr., Eva Cassidy, Ronny Jordan, Maxi Priest, Maysa
Blue Note Records (USA), 2001
1 CD
Catalogue #: 35707
EAN: 0724353570729
UPC: 724353570729
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Pieces Of A Dream: James K. Lloyd (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Curtis Harmon (vocals, drums, drum programming); Eddie Bacchus (soprano saxophone, saxophone); Ron Kerber (alto & tenor saxophones, flute); Cedric Napoleon (bass, background vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Eva Cassidy, Maysa, Maxi Priest (vocals); Grover Washington, Jr. (saxophone); Vincent Calloway (trombone); Steve Ford (piano, synthesizer); Joel Davis (keyboards, programming); Michael (Antonio) Thornton, Cliff Starky (keyboards); Michael Herring (acoustic & electric guitars); Ronny Jordan (acoustic guitar); Randy Bowland, Gene Robinson (guitar); Bernie Sims, Rich Crawford (drums, drum programming); Glenn Barratt (programming).
Producers include: Pieces Of A Dream, Rich Crawford, Ron Kerber, Michael (Antonio) Thornton, Steve Ford, Glenn Barrat.
Compilation producer: Eli Wolf.
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Eva Cassidy
Eva Cassidy was an American singer who mixed folk, pop, standards, and soul in a gentle yet affecting manner. Though she was initially known only around her Washington, D.C., home base, word of her talents began to grow--though unfortunately only after her tragically early death in 1996 from cancer at the age of 33. She gained a huge posthumous following in England, which eventually spread back to her own country. The only shame is that she wasn't around to enjoy it.
Maxi Priest
Of Jamaican descent but born and raised in the U.K., Maxi Priest released his first album (YOU'RE SAFE) in 1985, but it wasn't until his 1988 self-titled breakthrough, with its reggae-inflected cover of Cat Stevens's "Wild World," that Maxi Priest gained significant attention. Fusing elements of R&B, pop, and reggae into a smooth, radio-ready concoction, Maxi Priest is regarded as one of the best latter-day practitioners of lovers rock. The artist released a number of albums throughout the '90s and into the 2000s. As a British reggae artist, Maxi Priest achieved the rare feat of landing a number-one slot on the American Billboard chart with his 1990 single, "Close to You."
