Kevin Toney "Strut" Smooth Jazz Music CD Review

Kevin Toney, the richly talented Smooth Jazz artist2. Karizma
has released his latest album titled Strut and Wow! It's3. Passion Dance - (featuring Ronnie Laws)
really a good one.4. Yearning For Your Love - (featuring Evelyn
It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist"Champagne" King)
that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in5. Secret Agent
the bunch. I'm more than happy to announce that's6. Special Occasion
exactly what I must say about this one. There simply7. Interlude
isn't a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all.8. Keeping It Real - (featuring Chieli Minucci)
One of the nicer things about a CD like this is with this9. After Midnight
level of talent even if Smooth Jazz isn't your favorite10. If I Don't Have Your Love - (featuring Jeremy
genre you still can't help but appreciate the greatnessMonroe)
of the artist.11. All Day Long
Listen to and I think you'll agree that the song choices12. Aunt Mary
are excellent, the production is outstanding and Kevin13. Postlude
Toney's piano playing is certainly in top form. OfPersonnel includes: Kevin Toney (arranger, piano,
particular note on this offering is his amazing renditionsynthesizer); Jeremy Monroe (vocals, synthesizer);
of Yearning For Your Love with Evelyn "Champagne"Evelyn "Champagne" King (vocals); Lewis Taylor
King.(soprano saxophone, flute); Ronnie Laws, Gerald
My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got SoreSpikes (soprano saxophone); Andy Cleaves, Rahmlee
[...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 6, Special Occasion.Davis (trumpet); Tetsuya "Weeping Willow" Nakamura
It's a great track!(harmonica); Johnny Britt, Georgette Franklin
Strut Release Notes:(synthesizer); Craig T. Cooper, Tariqh Akoni, Chieli
Kevin Toney originally released Strut on Jul 10, 2001 onMinucci (guitar); Mel Brown (bass); Trevor Lawrence, Jr.
the Shanachie Records label.(drums); Kevin Richard (percussion). Engineers include:
CD Track List Follows:Bossman, Khaliq Glover, Ray Taylor Smith. Principally
1. Strutrecorded at K-Tone Studios, Chatsworth, California.