{"id":3924,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/jeffrey-smith-down-here-below\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"jeffrey-smith-down-here-below","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=3924","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Smith &#8211; Down Here Below"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><font color=\"#000000\">    <\/p>\n<p\/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/downherebelow.jpg\" alt=\"Down Here Below\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/font><\/b><font color=\"#0000FF\" face=\"Verdana\" size=\"4\">Jeffrey Smith<\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"-1\" color=\"#0000FF\"><br \/><\/font><strong><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"2\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:10pt\">Down Here Below <\/font><\/strong><font size=\"-1\" color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"-1\" face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Helvetica\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"8\" src=\"..\/@prep\/.gif\" width=\"4\"\/><\/font><\/font><font size=\"-1\" face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\">R. Redmond<\/font><font size=\"-1\" color=\"#000000\">  <\/font>    <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:10pt\">Down Here Below is a step forward for singer Jeffery Smith.  This eclectic collection of unique standards, and two signature tunes by songstress Abbey  Lincoln (&#8220;Throw It Away&#8221; and the title tune), will hit the jazz vocal scene with  a blast of musical fresh air. I was a little thrown off when the CD began with a rhythmic  reading of &#8220;Afro Blue&#8221;, featuring African vocalist Assitan Mama Keita, but it  set the tone for what was to follow. For good or for bad, the music on this disc has an  energy that seems to stretch Jeffery&#8217;s talents into areas that have not been explored on  his previous recordings. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:10pt\">The talents of instrumentalists and arrangers Rodney  Kendrick &amp;Talib Kibwe, plus the violin artistry of Regina Carter, lend an edge to this  release that reaches far beyond the lush romanticism usually associated with Smith&#8217;s  music. For those that prefer Jeffery&#8217;s more traditional balladeering, he does a great duet  with guest Dianne Reeves on &#8220;Ask Me Now&#8221;.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:10pt\">Overall this is a collection of good songs and  performances. Reminiscent of the way Phil Perry hit the scene a few years ago, Jeffery  Smith is making his mark now, as the male jazz vocalist to watch! <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\">.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><cfinclude template=\"adbanner.asp\"\/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>  <?php require($DOCUMENT_ROOT . \"_footer.htm\");   ??><\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey SmithDown Here Below R. Redmond Down Here Below is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}