Studio Jungle Room Studios Producer Brian Tarquin Release date 30 September 2014 Label Purple Pyramid | Length 60:00 Artist Brian Tarquin Genre Jazz | |
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Released September 2014 (2014-09) Recorded July 2012-December 2013 People also search for Guitars for Wounded Warriors | ||
Smooth Jazz Cafe is the seventh solo studio album by guitarist Brian Tarquin, released in October 2014 by Cleopatra Records/Purple Pyramid. The album was recorded at Tarquin's mobile Jungle Room Studios in the New York Catskill Mountains at a 200 year old Farmhouse. Additional recording was done in the quaint town of New Paltz (village), New York. Tarquin reached out to some old guitar friends to guest with him on the album, Chuck Loeb on Zoot Suit, Hal Lindes on The Big Sleep & Birdbrain, and Denny Jiosa on Hipster & Chrome Dome. The entire album was engineered, produced and performed by Tarquin. Most of the album is new material with exception of 4 songs, Peg, Swift Kick, Yorkville and Spanish Harlem.
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Critical reception
Smooth Jazz Cafe received favorable reviews. John Heidt at Vintage Guitar (magazine) wrote "...harkens to Tarquin's days as a hitmaker working with acid-jazz producer Ernie McKone." Brent Black at Critical Jazz states "Six string aficionados will have plenty to cheer..." G.W. Hill of Music Street Journal stated "I think this is a great, and often exciting, jazz album."
Personnel
Songs
1Zoot Suit (feat Chuck Loeb)Chuck Loeb - Smooth Jazz All Stars3:41
2Peg (feat Chuck Loeb)Chuck Loeb - Smooth Jazz All Stars4:41
3Swift Kick (feat Chuck Loeb)Chuck Loeb - Smooth Jazz All Stars4:18