MP3 Waterfront Bar - LATIN: Latin Jazz

Smooth Latin jazz and tropical grooves with outstanding improvised solos by some of the greatest players in the USA. Some bossa novas, cha-chas, sambas, but all with a definite leaning towards jazz.

8 MP3 Songs
LATIN: Latin Jazz, JAZZ: Smooth Jazz

Details:
Drunken laughter rings out from the bar and itâs only afternoon. Bright Latin grooves are heard. The sun blazes down on the beach where a small bird prints his running feet. Shall we go in for a drink?

I composed these tunes while living in Los Angeles after I imagined hearing some Latin music coming from a waterfront bar, along with itâs accompanying temptations.

Iâm grateful I was able to recruit these nine top caliber musicians. Their ability to transcend technique and play straight from the heart is what I find most remarkable. They were all so very generous in providing me with the benefits of their skills â especially Michael Rosen for recording, producing, and playing, too. I hope you will enjoy their multiple talents. Many thanks to the lot of them:

Trumpet & flugelhorn: Carl Saunders
Trombone: Les Benedict
Saxes & flute: Doug Webb
Vocal: Michie Sahara
Guitar: Jinshi Ozaki
Piano: Karen Hernandez
Keyboards: Teddy Yamada
Bass: Jeffrey Takiguchi
Percussion: Carlos Hatem
Drums & chromatic harmonica: Michael Rosen
All compositions and arrangements by Teddy Yamada
Lyrics for âFarewellâ by Michie Sahara
Produced and recorded by Teddy Yamada & Michael Rosen
Mixed and mastered by Michael Rosen

Track #8, Farewell, is sung by a jazz singer I highly respect, Michie Sahara, who also wrote the lyrics. Using her original vocal performance from the demo she and I made
together in 2000, I reorchestrated and recorded this new arrangement. This song is our one and only collaboration, since sadly, she passed away in 2001.

I was born in 1952 in Tokyo, Japan, where I studied piano as a child. I later attended Nihon University, College of Art, where I studied classical music, and continued my piano studies with Taeko Hirao. Eventually, I met jazz pianist, Yoshitaka Akimitsu, who started me on the path to jazz. I played in Japan in hotels, night clubs and restaurants. In 1989 I moved to Los Angeles to compose, per-form and arrange music as my career. Many thanks go to my parents for the piano lessons as a child and for encouraging me forward.

Today, Iâm able to appreciate how much richer my life is, thanks to the influence of the many talented musicians Iâve met along my path of âlife lessons.â

Now about that drinkâ¦
â Teddy Yamada

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