Description
Personnel: Bob Baldwin (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, bass instrument, drums, percussion); Ragan Whiteside (vocals, flute, background vocals); Toni Redd (vocals, background vocals); Tyrone Iris, Jocelyn Brown (vocals); Della Croche (rap vocals); Marion Meadows, Najee (saxophone); Deji Coker, Deji Coker (tenor saxophone); Joey Sommerville (trumpet, flugelhorn); Gordon Vernick (trumpet); Adam Mewherter (trombone); Ike Stubblefield (organ); Frank McComb (synthesizer, background vocals); Dennis Johnson (drums); Tony Clarke (shaker, tambourine); Chuck Bithorn, Chuck Bithorn (percussion); Zoiea Ohizep, Annette E. Brown (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Dennis Johnson; Bob Baldwin.
Audio Remasterer: Jimmy Salamone.
Recording information: Boobeescoop Studios, Los Angeles, CA; FAH Sounds, Orlando, FL; Stubblefields Studio, Atlanta, GA; The Basement, Smyrna, GA; The Bunker, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England; The Loft, Bronxville, NY; The Uppa Room, Yonkers, NY; Tree Sound, Atlanta, GA.
Photographer: Tony Graves.
Arranger: Bob Baldwin.
Crossover jazz artist Bob Baldwin crosses over even more boldly with his 2008 release, NEWURBANJAZZ.COM. Simultaneously signaling the supremacy of the internet age (especially as it impacts music) and the growing influence of contemporary hip-hop and R&B on jazz, this album is a funky, cool nod to jazz-pop fusion with a smooth, urban soul vibe (complete with complementary vocals and raps). Baldwin's bursts of keyboard improvisation keep the jazz element high in the mix, however.
- Format: CD
- Genre: Jazz
- Released: 2008-03-04