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Sax for Stax | 
 enlarge | Artist: Gerald Albright
Label: Peak Records
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 4390
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 30604
UPC: 888072306042
EAN: 0888072306042
ASIN: B0017V8PI0
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Theme From "The Men" | | • | Knock On Wood | | • | Never Can Say Goodbye (featuring Will Downing) | | • | Memphis Passion | | • | Respect Yourself (featuring Ledisi) | | • | I Stand Accused | | • | Cheaper To Keep Her | | • | Walkin' Down Beale Street (featuring Kirk Whalum) | | • | What You See Is What You Get (featuring Phillip Bailey) | | • | Who's Makin' Love | | • | W.C. Handy Hop |
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Album Description
Gerald Albright has been serving up "sweet pain" on his soulful saxophone for an ever-growing audience that spans across R&B, "Quiet Storm," traditional jazz and smooth jazz lines. On his latest release Albright once again demonstrates his unique soulful sound while paying homage to one of the greatest eras of American music history.
Album Description
Sax for Stax by Gerald Albright features Will Downing, Ledisi, Kirk Whalum, and Philip Bailey. Gerald Albright has been serving up "Sweet Pain" on his soulful saxophone for an ever-growing audience that spans across R&B, "Quiet Storm," traditional jazz and smooth jazz lines. Albright once again demonstrates his unique soulful sound while paying homage to one of the greatest eras of american music history.
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| Customer Reviews:
Great! October 17, 2008
This is Gerald Albright at his best! He does great covers on many cuts and it is a driving CD for listening and partying.
As usual, Gerald Albright at his best! August 31, 2008
I just purchased Sax for Stax by Gerald Albright, and am pleased to add it to my collection. I have most of his CD's and find him to be awesome on the sax. He plays with such passion and heart, and this CD is just as good as the rest. You will not be disappointed especially if you are a true fan of jazz and Gerald Albright.
Stax Renewed August 17, 2008
This is the best thing Gerald Albright has done in years, though is hard to fail with these songs!
He has taken some old classic soul-songs from legendary label Stax from Memphis and sort of renewed them by rearranging and make more "Gerald" but still true the orginal versions.
Another thing i like is that he has a drummer on all tracks!
You recognize them though they're in different arrangements.
If you want the two worlds(soul/jazz) combined this album you just gotta have!
Music CD July 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Music CD is Excellent. I play it often! I love Smooth Jazz Music!Gerald Albright is one of my favorite Artist.
 A stirring amalgam of jazz and R&B roots. July 1, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The smooth jazz saxophone Maestro Gerald Albright is no one-dimensional purveyor of musical wallpaper.
He has recorded seven successful solo albums for Atlantic when he wasn't busy, assisting an impressive roster of popular R&B artists. Some of the more well-known artists Albright assisted during his career include Anita Baker, Regina Belle, Quincy Jones, the Temptations, Phil Collins, Whitney Houston, and many, many more.
His new release, his eleventh solo offering, "Sax For Stax" (Peak Records)) is a refreshing, well balanced authentic and innovative work which sets out to unashamedly do what it says on the packet!
Always a consistent upholder of authenticity and purity, he turns the soul music of Stax Records, the legendary Memphis-based recording company that defined southern soul from the late `50s to the mid '70s, into a soul stirring stew of down home rhythm and blues chased with a mason jar of jazz.
It is an amalgam of eight passionately rendered covers of Stax classics and some lesser known compositions, plus three originals written with Memphis in mind. It pays tribute to the legendary Memphis-based record label that defined Southern soul from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, coinciding with Concord Music Group's re-launching of the Stax label, and also Stax's 50th anniversary.
Co-produced by Rex Rideout, it features guest appearances from Earth Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey on "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get" (a 1971 hit by vocal quintet The Dramatics), Will Downing on "Never Can Say Goodbye" (a Top 5 hit for Isaac Hayes) and the R&B ubiquitous vocalist Ledisi, who duets with Albright on the Staple Singers classic "Respect Yourself".
While paying homage to some of the most celebrated R&B classics in history, Albright manages to put his own signature twist on each song, only further solidifying his position as one of the most respected and sought after saxophonists to straddle the fence of jazz and R&B.
"Memphis is a great city from which many great musicians have made tremendous contributions to music", Albright says.
"But the sax guru does more than simply toot out contemporary Muzak facsimiles of such classics as "Knock on Wood" and "Cheaper to Keep Her." Rhythmically intertwining his jazz and R&B roots within fresh, creative arrangements, Albright brings a welcome snap, crackle and pop to the proceedings.
Rounding out the album are three Memphis-vibed Albright compositions. As he navigates the project, Albright never loses sight of his mission: giving listeners real music they can also feel". --Gail Mitchell/Billboard
Every track highlights the true talent that Gerald Albright was blessed with.
It's rare you come across a disc that jams on every track, but I have to give it up, this jams from start to finish.
Well worth a listen.
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