West Coast Coolin'

Product Description
Each of his five albums has charted Top 5 Contemporary Jazz and his last four have also reached the R&B Top 50. A Smooth Jazz star with a major Urban AC audience, Norman Brown follows 2002’s Grammy®-winning Just Chillin’ with West Coast Coolin’, featuring songs written by Eric Benét, James Poyser and Norman Brown himself. Renowned for his guitar sound, Brown now debuts his sexy, slick vocals on West Coast Coolin’, including a remake of Marvin Gaye’s classic "What’s Goin’ On." As West Coast Coolin’ proves, there’s no one smoother or cooler than Norman Brown.

Tracks:

I Might (featuring Carol Riddick)
Up N At Em
West Coast Coolin
Missin You
Im Comin Over
Whats Goin On
Lets Play
Right Now
Angel
Remember The Time

Album Description

Each of his five albums has charted Top 5 Contemporary Jazz and his last four have also reached the R&B Top 50. A Smooth Jazz star with a major Urban AC audience, Norman Brown follows 2002's Grammy®-winning Just Chillin' with West Coast Coolin', featuring songs written by Eric Benét, James Poyser and Norman Brown himself. Renowned for his guitar sound, Brown now debuts his sexy, slick vocals on West Coast Coolin', including a remake of Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Goin' On." As West Coast Coolin' proves, there's no one smoother or cooler than Norman Brown.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding and right on time!!!.......2007-05-10

I've been a fan of Norman's since day one and this album is another perfect reflection of how great of an artist he is. I've read the many great reviews and the few negative reviews. As far as the negative reviewers it's obvious that you are not Norman Brown fans, but rather fans of the genre of Jazz or Smooth Jazz. This is what limits you in understanding artists as individuals. The vibe on this outing is ultra hip,creative, and cool. The contributors on this album are all successful(check the bio's on James Poysner & Jay Dillah) creative genuises with their own unique sound. The selections are all worthy of praise and their is not a boring track on the album. This is a must have for any true music lover. I applaud Norman for reaching beyond the standard format and rendering something fresh. Like the album title states this is the ultimate groove for cooling out on a sunny day and just chilling.

The Real Norman Brown Finally Arrives!.......2007-01-06

Although I'm late writing a review for this CD I'm amazed once again with Norman Brown brilliance. I have purchased all of Norman Brown CD's from day one and I must say his song arrangements and studio sound quality improves on each CD. Thanks once again on his coalition with Paul Brown, Norman Brown has finally carved his name in stone with the great George Benson and Wes Montgomery as guitarist supreme. I've watched Norman Brown in concert with his great playing on guitar and his excellent singing and I have waited for this CD that shows both qualities. The Real Norman Brown Finally Arrives!

great.......2007-01-04

I Love it. sounds good everything on it. Norman did it on this one. I have a store in Jersey and the customers comes in and ask who is it and where can they get it. Thumbs up Mr Brown. most definitly it's music to my ears..

awesome cd a must buy cd of the best recordings of 06.......2006-05-19

must buy 8 star cd awesome blow you away so is his chillin this picksup wherer other leaves off just awesome must buy george Bretzlaff

full of vocals and drum. where is the jazz?.......2006-02-26

I hope someone will let these artistes know that the fans are not interested in hearing vocals on a supposedly jazz album.

Average customer rating:

Very refreshing listening.

Coolin'
Teddy Charles
Manufacturer: Ojc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000000ZA4
Release Date: 1995-04-28

Tracks:

Staggers
Song Of A Star
The Eagle Flies
Bunni
Reiteration
Everything Happens To Me

Customer Reviews:

Very refreshing listening........2004-09-12

Another 1957 stellar recording. It's becoming almost boring (just joking). If you pay attention enough you will find that every 1957 album is superlative or it comes really really close. This one belongs to the "superlative" category not to the "close" one. It's not a simple blowing session, or better it's not only a blowing session. The fact that here they had two harmonic instruments (vibes and piano) lead to a much structured material, to richer arrangements. This doesn't mean that this is an "orchestrated" album. It mantains the freshness of a blowin' date but it has some more structured themes. The players did a great job here: I find especially interesting the Idrees Sulieman's trumpet playing, very melodical but technical too. Jenkins, Waldron and Charles played equally very good solos, inspired and flashy. The music is not "cool" as the title might let you think. On the contrary it is late fifties hard bop, dense, inspired, fast at some point but anyway always intense. The opener "Staggers" tells more or less the whole story. Wonderful fugues by the soloists over an hard bop vehicle. The tune runs and than finds an eight bar pedal bass note stop and after that the run (the swim?) begins again, ... cool! Spectacular the tune at the end of the album, the touching ballad "Everything happens to me" played by the combo with Sulieman as the only soloist and lead voice. This "rounded" OJC it's surely a musthave if you like me, love those late fifties hard bop dates. Let's dive into this magic refreshing hard bop thing! Splash!!

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