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The latest CD by Greg Vail is scheduled for release later this year and features an all star cast of fantastic musicians!
SMOOTH JAZZ CLASSICS has great songs on it. Tony Guerrero and I co-produced this CD and picked some of the very best pre-Smooth Jazz songs from the very beginning of Pop Instrumental Jazz (and a few that you would find on Smooth Jazz Radio today, but where considered AC or Pop back in the day.)
Smooth Jazz Classics Song List
It Happens Every Day (Joe Sample)
Biggest Part Of Me (Ambrosia featuring David Pack on Electric Guitar)
All in Love is Fair (Stevie Wonder)
Affirmation (George Benson/Jose Feliciano featuring Blake Aaron on Electric Guitar)
The 'In" Crowd (Ramsey Lewis)
Love's Gift (Tony Guerrero) my old radio hit re-recorded for 2008
Make Me A Memory (Grover Washington Jr.)
Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione featuring Grant Geissman on Acoustic Guitar)
Got It Goin’ – an Original (with Wayne Bergeron on lead trumpet)
You Are So Beautiful (Joe Cocker)
Touch (John Klemmer)
Rise (Herb Alpert)
Got It Goin’ Reprise (Tony Guerrero featuring Rob Whitlock on B3 Organ)
Smooth Jazz Classics Musicians Include -
GREG VAIL - Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bari Sax, Flute, Alto Flute, Clarinet, EWI, Horn Arrangements and co-Producer (Gospel and Smooth Jazz Artist)
TONY GUERRERO - Keys, Producer, Trumpet/Flugelhorn (Gospel and SJ Artist/Producer)
GANNIN ARNOLD - Guitars (Joe Walsh, John Tesh, Solo Artist - Rock/Fusion)
MELVIN DAVIS - Bass (Chaka Khan, Lee Ritenour, Eric Marienthal, Chuck Loeb, Gerald Albright, SJ Artist)
And Special Guests
DAVID PACK - Guitar (Ambrosia, SJ Artist)
GRANT GEISSMAN - Guitar (Chuck Mangione, Studio Guitarist, SJ Artist)
BLAKE AARON - Guitar (SJ Artist)
ROB WHITLOCK – B3 Organ (Jazz Artist)
STEVE DI STANISLAO - Drums (Joe Walsh, CPR - David Crosby & Graham Nash, Kenny Loggins)
JULIO FIGUEROA - Percussion (BB King, Michael Jackson, Jose Feliciano, Donna Summer, Jennifer Lopez, Andrea Bocelli, Baby Face)
WAYNE BERGERON - Trumpet (Maynard lead, The Phat Band, Wicked, Jazz Artist, Studio Musician)
KEITH SMITH - Trumpet (Brass Player, Engineer and overall studio guy)
SHANNON KENNEDY - Flute and Alto Flute (Up and Coming SJ Artist)
LES BENEDICT - Trombone (Sinatra Band)
SCHEDULED FOR OFFICIAL RELEASE AUGUST 2008!! Sample Clip now in Player.
A Limited number of Pre-Release Copies are now available.
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Influences
Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Kirk Whalum, Gerald Albright, Earth Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, Bob Shepherd, Ronnie Cuber, Stevie Wonder, Brecker Brothers, Eric Johnson, Frank Gambale, Rob Mullins, Leo Potts, Phil Sobel, Mike Stern, Yellow Jackets, Doyle Dykes, Bob Berg, Stealy Dan, Steve Tavaloni, Ernie Watts, Grover Washington Jr., Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sting, Phil Perry, Kenny Logins, Dextor Gordon, Greg Adams, Brandon Fields, Eric Marienthal,
In a word, Greg Vail sounds a little confused! People seem to need neat little boxes for art so they can feel like they understand it and then feel safe enough to like it. Greg dances around many boxes in the Music World covering styles that are Smooth Jazz, Pop/Rock, R&B, Traditional Jazz, Rock Fusion, Gospel, Christian Music, Funk, Experimental, Christmas Music and more.
Greg Vail has 5 solo CD releases on Greg Vail Music in a few different styles and genres. Who Greg sounds like is Greg. Others have compared him to Kirk Whalum, Eric Mariethal, Gerald Albright, Bonny James, David Sanborn or even Kenny G. But then sometimes people are surprised to hear a cool new track, and then find out it is Greg, because it doesn't fit in there neat little box of what Greg Vail sounds like.
Bottom line - You take a listen and tell me!
I have CD Samples here you can listen to. Each Sample has 5-6 pieces of that CD to give you an idea what that overall CD sounds like. You might need to stop the My Space player, page top, right.
EWI stands for Electronic Wind Instrument. This new video clip shows Greg Vail on EWI at the 2007 KSBR Birthday Bash, Smooth Jazz Jam held every Memorial Day Weekend on the last Sunday of the month; courtesy of COX Cable. Tickets available at KSBR.net.
Greg Vail VIDEO from KSBR BASH a few Years ago. Tony Guerrero hands off to Greg Vail on a great tune by Max Bennett at the KSBR Birthday Bash.
This one comes from Saddleback Church - No Solo in this one but got lots of cool fill space and blowing a bit over the back side. My buddy Blake Aaron sounds great on it as does Scott Reed!!
I Love the song - AMAZING GRACE!! THis version comes from a great DVD that I got to do with Gospel Singer Charles Billingsley and an all star band including Paul Jackson Jr, Melvin Davis, Julio Figaroa and more... This is a very festive version of Amazing Grace that makes me smile each time I hear it! Nice Bass Solo too...
One more Greg Vail Video from the KSBR BASH. I used to work with Steve Oliver when he was just moving into Smooth Jazz and commuting from the Bay area years ago. Steve was even the Guitar player in my band for a bit and traveled with the band to Guam on one of our tours. Steve Oliver's composition and Guitar with Greg Vail on Soprano Sax, live at the Birthday BASH.
Found some video on You Tube from the Winter NAMM SHOW. The Yamaha Groove Nights Show was awesome and here are a few of the songs posted. This first video was with Dave Weckl featured on a great Rufus Song - Tell Me Something Good. Alto Sax Solo by Greg Vail.
This next video is from the KSBR Bash - a Smooth Jazz Radio Station in Mission Viejo California - Annual Fund Raiser Concert. It features Greg Vail on Bari Sax (first solo). Why Bari you ask? With so many guys on stage holding sop/alto/tenor, Bari seemed like the right choice. The song - Watermelon Man.
Another Yamaha Groove Nights Clip - Just fun loving Horn Section stuff on a great Stevie Wonder song. You'll know this one. I'm the 4th guy over in the section in all black and this is a pretty bad visual quality. When the DVD comes out, we'll try and get good clean clips to share!
NAMM 2008 Yamaha Groove Nights Show Pictures are finally online. Pics by Julio Figueroa. Horn Section from Left to Right - Reggie Young - Trombone, Tom Marino - Trumpet, Jon Papenbrook - Trumpet, Greg Vail - Alto and Tenor Saxophones, Albert Wing - Tenor and Baritone Saxophones.
Often defined as “…[playing with] raging action… stunningly rich… charismatic… totally engaging…”, saxophonist Greg Vail has established himself as a key component of the music industry.
Greg Vail has toured and recorded with some of the hottest names in the jazz, pop, and Christian music scenes including Rick Braun, Peter White, Greg Adams, Josh Groban, Petra, Crystal Lewis, Natalie Cole, Al Jarreau, Michael McDonald, Earth Wind and Fire, and Smokey Robinson.
Over the last 30 years, Vail has also made appearances for everything from television and cable, BET Jazz, History, Fox News, TBN, to the national commercial for TimeLife Records promoting the renowned Sax by Candlelight and Sax by Moonlight CDs which sold in the millions worldwide.
Vail first picked up the saxophone at the age of six and continued to play throughout his education, graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Cal State Long Beach. After graduation, he worked with many local area bands until joining smooth jazz super group, Kilauea, in 1991. Vail recorded four albums with Kilauea before joining up with smooth jazz guitar sensation Peter White.
In 1995, Greg Vail released his debut solo record, eMotion on Brainchild Records. In 1996, when he left Kilauea, he recorded Sax by Candlelight for TimeLife. In 2000, Vail began his own record label, Greg Vail Music, and currently has five releases on the label including Christmas, the Hymns 2000, The Gospel Truth 2001, the re-release of eMotion 2002, Is It Christmas Yet? 2004, and The Gospel Truth Revisited 2006.
Scheduled for release in 2008, Smooth Jazz Classics on Greg Vail Music. Smooth Jazz Classics is a 13 track collection of favorite, classic instrumentals, including Klemmer’s Touch, Grover’s Make Me a Memory, Affirmation, Feels So Good, Biggest Part of Me and more. Utilizing some of the hottest names in jazz, Vail and co-producer Tony Guerrero developed a fresh approach to these smooth standards, maintaining the heart of the originals while employing exciting new arrangements and orchestration with the latest in recording technology for an amazing sound for each track.
The band was comprised of Tony Guerrero Keys and Brass, Gannin Arnold Guitar, and Melvin Davis Bass. Special guests on this CD include David Pack, Grant Geissman, Blake Aaron, Rob Whitlock, Steve Di Stanislao, Julio Figueroa, Wayne Bergeron, Keith Smith and Shannon Kennedy.
Greg Vail has been signed as a Yamaha Performing Artist for eighteen years; he also endorses the AKAI EWI, Audio Technica Wireless and KenKase Reed Cases.
In addition to his reputation as an artist/performer, Greg Vail has made a name for himself as on educator in the Internet world with dozens of educational music sites online and ongoing contributions to Forums, Blogs and News Groups. In his own words, “We have to learn all we can, and then give it away to ever really make a difference.”
Saxophonist Greg Vail has been a vital participant in the music industry over the last few decades and will continue to grow to be one of the most prolific musicians on the instrumental jazz scene. In the words of the national jazz author, Jonathan Widran, “Whether [he is] blowing a tenderly passionate soprano sax, firing up his exciting and playful alto, or edging into a more aggressive stance with his brilliant technique on tenor sax, Greg Vail is a show stopper nonpareil, and one of the most dynamic saxophone players on today’s instrumental scene.”
Contact Greg Vail
P.O. Box 1661, Lake Forest, CA. 92609
Email saxboy@gregvail.com - Online www.gregvail.com
Phone/Fax 949-837-2807
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