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| Ashley Locheed and Chris Rottmayer - So In Love Chris Rottmayer is a jazz pianist, composer, and jazz vibraphonist living in Madison, Wisconsin. Chris has been a freelance jazz pianist since 1990, has been a pianist for Walt Disney World since 1999, and has released two albums as a leader: Reactive Synthesis (2013) and Sunday at Pilars (2019). Chris is currently the Instructor of Jazz Piano at the University of South Florida, where he has taught since 2007 and is pursuing a DMA in Piano Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ashley Locheed is a vocalist, bandleader and recording artist. She recently headlined the Musica per i Borghi festival in Umbria, Italy, with The Perugia Big Band, and performs internationally with The Ashley Locheed Quartet. Locheed tours regularly with two-time GRAMMY winner, Michael Bolton, and has previously toured as a duet partner and backing-vocalist with the legendary balladeer Engelbert Humperdinck. She has opened for Cuban legend, Arturo Sandoval, and has performed and recorded with veteran clarinetist, Allan Vaché. Locheed has also performed with Kenny Drew Jr., Richard Drexler, Kym Purling, Bill Allred, La Lucha, John Lamb and Jeff Rupert. So In Love is a collection of original arrangements of standards and pop tunes, arranged for jazz piano trio with singer. The contemporary grooves are a collaborative effort between the rhythm section members, reflecting a love of many different styles of music and driven by the powerfully original Keith Wilson on drums. The arrangements, by pianist Chris Rottmayer and bassist Chuck Archard, strike a delicate balance between enjoyable listening and modern jazz substance, and all feature the beautiful voice of singer Ashley Locheed. Recorded and mixed by founder and artistic director of The Timucua Arts Foundation Benoit Glazer in Orlando, Florida, Glazer lends his impression, "Every note, every nuance is absolutely and completely tastefully done, and even in solos, one never gets the feeling that anybody had a need to assert or force their idea through the group. Simply gorgeous and seamless fluid sounds make up these spontaneous and creative arrangements that can only come out of openness and deep love for one another. Chris' restrained creative power is in full bloom here, with not a wasted note, and magical piano voicings throughout. Chuck's deep bass sound is matched only by his freedom to explore and gently guide the group into flowing sheets of simple and unique beauty. Keith's cymbal work on some of these songs is simply the most exquisite heard anywhere, ever. And Ashley delivers a stunning and intimate performance that is so personal and completely involved that the listener is drawn into each song as if it were never intended to be sung by and for anyone else." PLAYERS & INSTRUMENTS: Chris Rottmayer: Piano Chuck Archard: Electric Bass Keith Wilson: Drumset Ashley Locheed: Voice TRACKS AND TIMES & COMPOSER: 1. So In Love Cole Porter 3:49 2. Agua de Beber Antonio Carlos Jobim, arr. Chuck Archard 4.42 3. Round Midnight Thelonious Monk 4:53 4. Day In, Day Out Rube Bloom, Lyrics Johnny Mercer 3:55 5. I Love Paris Cole Porter, arr. Chuck Archard 3:57 6. Something So Right Paul Simon, arr. Chuck Archard 6:31 7. Summer Wind Heinz Meier, Lyrics Johnny Mercer 4:36 8. Sailing Christopher Cross 4:12 9. Windmills Of Your Mind Michel Legrand 6:19 10. La Vie en Rose Louiguy, Lyrics Édith Piaf 3:59 11. So In Love, Alt Cole Porter 4:20 write your comments about the article :: © 2020 Jazz News :: home page |