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Fast becoming one of smooth jazz's hookiest songwriters, Steve Cole scored two number one radio hits off his 1998 debut, Stay Awhile. No doubt that program directors will continue to favor those tunes, but hopefully it won't be at the expense of the takes-one-listen-only-to-hum craftsmanship of many of the tracks on the follow-up, Between Us (Atlantic). He has the notion of "quick verse, get to the brassy hook" down to such a science that it may take a few listens to realize that the opening two tracks, "Got It Goin' On" and "From the Start" are two different songs. On both, producer Brian Culbertson provides the simmering retro-keyboard atmospheres beneath a silky, laid-back tenor lines but only for brief respites between the perfect choruses, on which Cole textures tenor with multiple alto-backing tracks. Cole sticks with this approach while varying rhythms throughout the disc, as if holding back on us throughout the verse sections and then making sure his hooks are brass-amplified so that we keep wanting him to return to them. He and Culbertson take this technique to new and exciting levels on a slow-simmering cover of TLC's "Waterfalls," texturing a horn section lead melody with another multiple horn harmony section; every few beats, Cole jumps out of the pattern to blow a cool tenor improvisation. Cole is a muscular tenor player by trade but will no doubt attract the mush lovers with his very tender soprano beauty on "For Your Love."
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
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Brian Culbertson, Producer, Writer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, Writer, MainArtist
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Brian Culbertson, Producer - David Mann, Writer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, Writer, MainArtist
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc.
Brian Culbertson, Producer, Writer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, MainArtist
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Brian Culbertson, Producer, Writer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, Writer, MainArtist
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation P1998 Warner Records Inc.
Brian Culbertson, Producer, Writer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, Writer, MainArtist
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Made in the U.S.A by WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Brian Culbertson, Producer, Writer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, Writer, MainArtist
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Brian Culbertson, Producer, Writer - Donnell Spencer Jr., Writer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, Writer, MainArtist - Tim Jackson, Writer
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation P1998 Warner Records Inc.
Brian Culbertson, Producer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, Writer, MainArtist
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Made in the U.S.A by WEA Manufacturing Inc.
Brian Culbertson, Producer - Lisa Lopes, Composer - Brown, Composer - Marqueze M. Ethridge, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Patrick L. Brown, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Rico R Wade, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Tony McAnany, ExecutiveProducer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, MainArtist - Lisa N. Lopes, Composer, Lyricist, Writer - Raymon A. Murray, Composer, Lyricist, Writer
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Brian Culbertson, Producer, Writer - Donnell Spencer Jr., Writer - Craig Bauer, Engineer - Steve Cole, Writer, MainArtist
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corp. for the US and WEA International for the world outside the US.
Album review
Fast becoming one of smooth jazz's hookiest songwriters, Steve Cole scored two number one radio hits off his 1998 debut, Stay Awhile. No doubt that program directors will continue to favor those tunes, but hopefully it won't be at the expense of the takes-one-listen-only-to-hum craftsmanship of many of the tracks on the follow-up, Between Us (Atlantic). He has the notion of "quick verse, get to the brassy hook" down to such a science that it may take a few listens to realize that the opening two tracks, "Got It Goin' On" and "From the Start" are two different songs. On both, producer Brian Culbertson provides the simmering retro-keyboard atmospheres beneath a silky, laid-back tenor lines but only for brief respites between the perfect choruses, on which Cole textures tenor with multiple alto-backing tracks. Cole sticks with this approach while varying rhythms throughout the disc, as if holding back on us throughout the verse sections and then making sure his hooks are brass-amplified so that we keep wanting him to return to them. He and Culbertson take this technique to new and exciting levels on a slow-simmering cover of TLC's "Waterfalls," texturing a horn section lead melody with another multiple horn harmony section; every few beats, Cole jumps out of the pattern to blow a cool tenor improvisation. Cole is a muscular tenor player by trade but will no doubt attract the mush lovers with his very tender soprano beauty on "For Your Love."
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:13
- Main artists: Steve Cole
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Atlantic Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States. ℗ 2000 Atlantic Recording Corporation P1998 Warner Records Inc.
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