{"id":3914,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/jeff-golub-do-it-again\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"jeff-golub-do-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=3914","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Golub – Do It Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JeffJeff Golub
<\/font>Do It Again<\/font><\/b>
(GRP – 2002)
by Raymond Redmond<\/font><\/p>\n

You can subtitle this one “The Smooth Jazz Mafia Goes R&B<\/i>“. Golub and Rick Braun<\/b> have teamed up here to do to R&B what Hidden Beach<\/i> did to Hip Hop. All of these tracks are covers that have been jazzed up and stamped with the smooth<\/i> branding iron (Hence, the title ‘Do it again’.) That’s probably why they sound so good… we all know the tunes so the artists had to focus on the performance. I particularly liked Stevie Wonder’s Jesus Children of America<\/i> and Smokey’s Cruisin’<\/i>. James Brown’s Cold Sweat<\/i> is funky enough to please the old master. To Golub’s credit, he keeps it real with his up-front style preferring to lead the action rather than follow the groove.<\/p>\n

Louis Conte<\/b> contributes here and throughout the CD, particularly on the sweet rendition of Marvin Gaye’s Mercy, Mercy Me<\/i> where Richard Elliot<\/b> also makes a guest appearance. Gerald Albright<\/b> also makes an appearance on the one track that was arguably a jazz tune in the first place, Eddie Harris’ Cold Duck Time<\/i>. A very<\/i> cool track it is, too.<\/p>\n

I like this release. The performances are crisp and lively, and the selection of tunes is good, ranging from AWB”s Cut the Cake<\/i> to Van Morrison Crazy<\/i> love with a number of stops on the R&B trail in between. This is good riding music, good running music, good listening music. Not ground breaking, but very enjoyable and I think that’s what they were trying to do.<\/p>\n

The only thing I wonder about relates to the title… considering the title that they settled on for the release, and the nature of the selections, why didn’t they cover the Steely Dan<\/b> hit Do It Again<\/i>??? <\/font><\/p>\n

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