It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in the bunch. I'm more than happy to announce that's exactly what I must say about this one. There simply isn't a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all.
The CD kicks off with a great track, Do You Miss Me?, that I suspect will be heard on radio stations everywhere, and deservedly so. It really is a very nice track.
One of the refreshingly nice things about this CD is the way all of the participating artists seem to be really enjoying themselves. Combine that with the overall presentation and you've got one of Mindi Abair's most impressive releases ever.
If you're a Mindi Abair fan this is a CD your collection flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs that you don't even have to be a fan of Abair, or even Smooth Jazz to know is good. It's just good music. Period.
Mindi Abair is one of those musicians that has the ability to just win you over with her talent. The kind of artist it's really a treat to be able to listen to.
While the entire album is really very good some of my favorites are track 1 - Do You Miss Me?, track 2 - Long Ride Home, and track 8 - Ordinary Love
My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 3 - It Must Be Love. It's a great track!
Life Less Ordinary Release Notes:
Mindi Abair originally released Life Less Ordinary on Apr 18, 2006 on the Verve label.
CD Track List Follows:
1. Do You Miss Me? 2. Long Ride Home 3. It Must Be Love 4. The Joint 5. Rain 6. True Blue 7. Slinky 8. Ordinary Love 9. Bloom 10. Far Away
Personnel: Mindi Abair (vocals, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, keyboards); Michael Landau (guitar); Matthew Hager (guitars, keyboards, bass instrument, percussion, drum programming); Keb' Mo (dobro); Ricky Petersen (piano, organ); Stevo Theard (keyboards, drum programming); Larry Klein, Stan Sargeant (bass instrument); John 'JR' Robinson (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Lalah Hathaway (background vocals).
