Blends the best of latin, flamenco influences, funk and a touch of trip-hop with jazz into a single cohesive style...from tabla to turntables, pushing upon the boundaries of jazz.

12 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Fusion, SPOKEN WORD: With Music



Details:
Sailing around classifications of jazz, Smooth-Jazz, Progressive and Avant-garde, Come to Me blends the best of Latin, flamenco influences, funk and a touch of trip-hop with jazz into a single cohesive style. Under the Stewardship of Benny Rietveld, whose adept arrangements enhance the sublimely distinctive melodies. Each track is as original as the next, and, perhaps resisting the temptation to follow traditional Jazz classification, Come To Me is instantly identifiable as a James Band production.

The seed of a possible collaboration between Benny Rietveld and Gregory James germinated after one of several performances together over the years, and finally the two joined their efforts at Fantasy Studios this year.

Bassist Benny Rietveld toured with Sheila E in 1984, opening for Prince's Purple Rain tour. He joined Miles Davis in 1988 to tour and record for two years before joining Santana.

Guitarist Gregory James has performed with a diverse range of artists from Ray Charles to Van Morrison, Jean Luc Ponty and Chico Mamilton among others. Today, James continues to write and assemble musical talent to produce fresh, improvised music.

Come To Me brings to fruition Benny's production and arrangement for The Gregory James Band and Rogue productions.

Come To Me is seductive and, listening to track five, one finds Destani Wolfs' sultry smooth voice perform the song nurtured to fame by Bjork.