Chieli Minucci - Got It Goin' On

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 2005
Time: 60:43
Size: 139,5 MB
Label: Shanachie Entertainment
Styles: Jazz/Smooth Jazz
Art: Front

Tracks Listing:
 1. Stars In Your Eyes - 4:54
 2. Got It Goin' On - 4:50
 3. Good Times Ahead - 5:38
 4. Love Is Always Young - 5:53
 5. Chic - 6:06
 6. Deeper Than Deep - 6:04
 7. Destiny - 8:12
 8. The Juice - 4:48
 9. Denial - 5:47
10. Still Waiting - 8:27

Musicians:
Chieli Minucci - guitars, keyboards, programming
Jerry Brooks - bass
Lionel Cordew - drums
Jay Rowe - keyboards, piano
Philip Hamilton - vocal, percussion
David Mann - saxophones
Guests:
Jeff Kashiwa - sax on Stars in Your Eyes & Goodtimes Ahead
Kim Waters - sax on Got It Goin' On
Steve Oliver - vocals on Stars in Your Eyes, Good times Ahead, & Chic
Gerald Veasley - bass on Deeper Than Deep
Marion Meadows - sax on The Juice

Got It Goin On is the culmination of Chieli's evolving vision for instrumental music. Featuring such special guests as hit-making saxophonists Jeff Kashiwa, Kim Waters and Marion Meadows, guitarist Steve Oliver, and bassist Gerald Veasley, all solo recording artists in their own right, Chieli explores many facets of his musical world. For instance, "Love Is Always Young" is a beautiful version of a song written by his father, the noted Italian born composer Ulpio Minucci, when he was in his eighties. Chieli’s father had an impressive career in the music business and wrote songs for such stars as Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Julius La Rosa. "I could write a whole chapter on my Dad's life in music and his inspiration on me," Chieli says. " I felt a guitar rendition of his song would say enough about how I feel."
There are also good-time funk tracks such as "Good Times Ahead" and "Juice" as well as interesting re-imagining of "Still Waiting," one of Special EFX's signature tunes which is notable for the way it juxtaposes uptempo percussion and drums against semi-classical chord movement. Philip Hamilton delivers an impressive vocal on the studio version of the arrangement Chieli and his band have been playing in concert.

Got It Goin On