| The New Cool | ||||
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| Studio album by Bob James and Nathan East | ||||
| Released | September 18, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014-2015 | |||
| Studio | Yamaha Entertainment Group Studios (Franklin, Tennessee); Blackbird Studios, House of Blues, The Tracking Room and Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee). | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Yamaha Entertainment Group | |||
| Producer | Bob James, Nathan East, Chris Gero, Bryan Lenox | |||
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The New Cool is a jazz album by pianist Bob James and bassist Nathan East, both members of the group Fourplay released in September 2015 by the Yamaha Entertainment Group. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[1][2]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Bob James; except where indicated
- “The New Cool” - 7:08
- “Oliver’s Bag” (Nathan East, Jeff Babko) - 5:07
- “All Will Be Revealed” - 4:32
- “Midnight Magic/Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow” (James/Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) - 5:14
- “Crazy” (featuring Vince Gill) (Willie Nelson) - 5:04
- “How Deep Is the Ocean” (Irving Berlin) - 4:35
- “Canto Y La Danza” (East, Babko) - 5:06
- “Waltz for Judy” (East, Babko) - 3:27
- “Seattle Sunrise” - 4:10
- “Ghost of a Chance” (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 5:23
- “Turbulence” - 3:51
- “House of Blue” (U.S. bonus track)[3]
Personnel
- Bob James – acoustic piano, keyboards, arrangements and conductor
- Nathan East – bass, vocals
- Scott Williamson – drums
- Rafael Padilla – percussion
- David Davidson – concertmaster
- The Nashville Recording Orchestra – orchestra
- Vince Gill – vocals (5)
Production
- Nathan East – producer
- Bob James – producer
- Chris Gero – producer
- Bryan Lenox – producer, recording, mixing
- Austin Atwood – assistant engineer
- Sean Badum – assistant engineer
- Moogie Canazio – assistant engineer
- Jasper LeMaster – assistant engineer
- Christopher Wilkinson – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Sterling Koerpel – record coordinator
- Sonny Abelardo Management – management
- Henry Somero – personal manager
- Debbie Johnson – personal assistant
- Alysse Gafkjen – photography
- Amy Fucci – packaging layout, design
- Julie Callihan – stylist, hair, make-up
References
- ^ "Nathan East | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff. "Fourplay's jazz masters finally record their long-awaited duo project". Music and Musicians Magazine. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
- ^ "Masterfully "Cool": An Album Unlike Any Other by Bob James and Nathan East". 7 July 2015.
External links
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