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Urban Knights - Urban Knights II (1997)

Posted By: popsakov

Date: 10 Oct 2020 17:11:28

Urban Knights - Urban Knights II (1997)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 358 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 154 Mb
Full Scans | 00:50:04 | RAR 5% Recovery
Soul-Jazz / Smooth Jazz / Crossover Jazz / Jazz-Pop / Contemporary Jazz / R&B
GRP Records #GRD-9861

The Urban Knights is an all-star smooth, soul and R&B jazz band which features one of the jazz greats, pianist Ramsey Lewis. Their first self-titled debut album in 1995 included prominent musicians Grover Washington, Jr., Omar Hakim, Victor Bailey and the Emotions to name a few. Other great musicians have collaborated throughout the years with the Urban Knights such as Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire), saxophonists Gerald Albright, Najee, Kenny Garrett and Dave Koz, guitarists Jonathan Butler, Norman Brown, Earl Klugh, Bobby Broom and Fareed Haque.

It's ironic that on Ramsey Lewis' Urban Knights II (GRP), the one holdover from the first Knights project is only featured half the time. Needless to say, that's the more riveting, jazzier half of this Maurice White-produced exercise in easy funk and potent, machine generated urban grooves. Lewis' slowly simmering, coolly rhythmic piano jaunts add flair to middle of the road silky pieces like "The Promise," but are best enjoyed on the two playful solo interludes which create an organic contrast to the slicker fare they complement. The pianist also adds an avant-garde edge to the heavily soundscaped "Brazilian Rain." Aside from Lewis, this all-star affair features some spirited gospel keyboard and vocal flavors surrounding Najee's soprano sax and flute, as well as a "South African Jam" celebration hosted by Jonathan Butler's happy vocals and guitar. While a positive effort overall, for the inevitable Urban Knights III, White would benefit from ditching the machinery and letting his stars jam more spontaneously.

~ Jonathan Widran, All Music

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Track List:

01. Sirroco [0:04:03.05]
02. Get Up [0:03:47.22]
03. Come Dance With me [0:04:01.48]
04. South African Jam [0:04:51.07]
05. Brazilian Rain [0:04:19.43]
06. Intelude #1 [0:00:35.42]
07. Summer Nights [0:05:32.58]
08. Tell Me Why [0:04:19.60]
09. Urban Paradise [0:04:29.65]
10. Drama [0:03:47.05]
11. Step By Step [0:04:01.20]
12. The Promise [0:04:10.37]
13. Interlude #2 [0:02:04.63]

Personnel:

Ramsey Lewis - Executive Producer, Piano, Piano (Electric)
Kevin Randolph - Keyboards, Synthesizer (Bass)
Gerald Albright - Saxophone (Soprano)
Jonathan Butler - Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Sonny Emory - Drums
Najee - Flute, Saxophone (Soprano)
Morris Pleasure - Bass
Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
Jimi Randolph - Synthesizer, Drum Programming
Sheldon Reynolds - Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (Background)
Tony Carpenter - Percussion
Chuck Webb - Bass
Mike Logan - Keyboards
Lambert Anthony - Drum Programming
Karen Boyd - Vocals (Background)
Carl Carwell - Vocals (Background)
Valerie Mayo - Vocals (Background)
Theresa Davis - Vocals (Background)
Kevin Guillaume - Vocal Arrangement
Ralph Hawkins, Jr. - Vocal Arrangement
Paul Klingberg - Engineer, Sound Design, Mixing, Digital Editing
Verdine White - Producer, Bass
Bill Meyers - Producer, String Arrangements, Synthesizer, Fender Rhodes
Frayne Lewis - Producer, Arranger, Keyboards
Maurice White - Producer, Arranger, Vocals (Background)
Carl Griffin - Executive Producer

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 6 from 9. April 2015

EAC extraction logfile from 1. July 2015, 18:33

Urban Knights / Urban Knights II

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