BRANNAN LANE: BLUEPRINT (smooth jazz)

Brannan Lane

BLUEPRINT (smooth jazz)

© 2001 Brannan Lane (682020800121)

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ON SALE for HALF PRICE. (Smooth Jazz Music) Great smooth jazz music from Emit recording artist Brannan Lane. Featuring: Stan Lane and Dino Pacifici. This Cd is dedicated in loving memory to my father.

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This Cd smooth/urban jazz CD is dedicated in loving memory to my father, Stan Lane. It only seemed fitting to do a cd with a jazz influence, since he loved performing and listening to jazz.

Lane’s music can be heard on DATELINE NBC, SPIKE TV, UNIVISION, SONY PLAY STATION II, as well as outstanding syndicated radio shows like "STAR'S END", "MUSICAL STARSTREAMS", "E-MUSIC", "ECHEOS” and the #2 most popular Contemporary Music program on NPR (National Public Radio) "MUSIC FROM THE HEARTS OF SPACE".

Brannan Lane is an international recording artist with 20 CDs to his credit in ambient, new age and world music fields. He has collaborated with artists, VIDNA OBMANA, ZERO OHMS, ASHERA, AMIR BAGHIRI, ROBERT CARTY, BIFF JOHNSON, SILVERCORD, TOM LARSON, MATT BORGHI, and JASON SLOAN.

Lane has five titles on the “BEST OF YEAR” from BACKROADS MUSIC, “#1 TOP AMBIENT CD" from AMBIENT NAVIGATOR e-zing, #1 and #2 “BEST SELLING CDs OF 2002" on SPACE FOR MUSIC RECORDS, "TOP 10 AMBIENT CDs 2003” from ELECTROAMBIENT SPACE MAGAZINE and TOP 10 FAVORITE AMBIENT RECORDING from WIND & WIRE MAGAZINE.

Brannan Lane's debut (world music) CD entitled CARIBBEAN DREAM received world-wide airplay, chart success and critical acclaim in the world music and new age formats. His debut charted at NUMBER 10 on the NAV TOP 100 AIRWAVES, receiving radio play in the US, AUSTRALIA, GERMANY, RUSSIA, BRAZIL, ITALY, ROMANIA, FINLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC, and CANADA.

~~BRANNAN LANE AMBIENT SOLO WORKS & COLLABORATION CDS~~

LOST CAVERNS OF THERA - Brannan Lane
(Thera is the Greek word for fear.)
Featured on "Music From The Hearts Of Space" radio.
Best Of 2001 - Backroads Music

DEEP UNKNOWN - Brannan Lane with Vidna Obmana
Featured on "Star's End" radio.
Best Of 2002 - Backroads Music.

SLEEP CYCLE - Brannan Lane
Featured on "Music From The Hearts Of Space" radio.
Best Of Year - Backroads Music.

TROPOSPHERE - Brannan Lane
(Soundtrack For Your Head) Ambient debut!

PIANO DREAMS & NIGHTSCAPES - Brannan Lane
Nominated for a Morpheus Music Award.
genre: electro ambient acoustic

DISTANT FRIENDS (A Compilations Of Collaborations)
artist: Amir Baghiri, Robert Carty, Biff Johnson, Brannan Lane, Vidna Obmana, Zero Ohms & Silvercord

LUCID CIRCLES - Amir Baghiri & Brannan Lane
Long awaited release now available!
Featured on "Music From The Hearts Of Space" radio

SEXTANT - Brannan Lane & Ashera
Featured on "Star's End" radio.
Top 10 Ambient CDs Of 2003 - Electroambient Space Magazine.

TRIBAL SPIRIT - Brannan Lane & Tom Larson
Best Of 2002 - Backroads Music.
Top CDs Of 2002 - Ambient Navigator

HYPNOTIC DRIFT - Brannan Lane
Best Of Year - Backroads Music.

CLIMATIC INFUSION - Robert Carty & Brannan Lane
#1 Ambient CD Of 2002 - Ambient Navigator.
Best Of 2002 - Backroads Music

RELAXING EFFECTS OF WATER - Brannan Lane
Best Of Year - Backroads Music. Top CDs Of 2002 - Ambient Navigator

TO EARTH AND BACK - Brannan Lane
#2 best Selling CD 2002 Space For Music.
Top CDs Of 2002 - Ambient Navigator

ESCAPE VELOCITY - Brannan Lane
Follow up to the #2 best selling To Earth And Back from Space For Music Records

SOUNDFALL TO THE INIFINITE - Zero Ohms & Brannan Lane
#1 Best Selling CD 2002 Space For Music Records.
Top CDs Of 2002 - Ambient Navigator

IMMENSE DISTANCE - Zero Ohms & Brannan Lane
Follow up to the #1 selling Soundfall To The Infinite. Best Of 2003 - Backroads Music

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  • Blueprint is warm and rich and yields a satisfying blend of tunes.
    author: Wind And Wire

    For the follow-up to his acclaimed album Caribbean Dream, keyboardist Brannan Lane has recorded a personal project that must be very dear to his heart. Blueprint is an homage to, as well as a remembrance of, his deceased father, Stan Lane, who was a jazz musician (sax and clarinet) with the group The Moonlighters. In addition, Stan¹s own playing graces a few cuts as well. Combining elements of jazz, jazz fusion, blues, retro-jazz (a la Richard Bone) and Brannan¹s own uniquely accessible brand of adult contemporary music, Blueprint is warm and rich and yields a satisfying blend of tunes. In addition to Brannan and Stan, Canadian keyboardist Dino Pacifici guest stars on electric guitar (and does a bang up job of it too). All of the songs are originals written by Brannan, except for the second cut, which he co-wrote with his father. The album kicks off in high fashion with ³Resurrection,² a sax riff-filled piece that wails up a storm. Stan¹s sax soars and Brannan pounds the keys for all his worth. His synth vibes light up the cut with a vibrancy that gets the album off to a great start. His Fender Rhodes-like patch is tasty too. The jointly-penned ³Blueprint,² is a bluesy duet between piano and both sax and clarinet, with some other keyboard textures added at times, such as chimes. While I refer to the piece as blues, it could also be interpreted as a slow tempo slice of classic New Orleans jazz as well. Stan¹s sax and clarinet playing are filled with longing and a smoky sensuality. I wish I could have heard him and The Moonlighters live. I¹ll bet they played a mean set! ³Blue By U² (the song starts off with some recorded frogs and crickets, so I hope you get the pun) features Brannan¹s signature breezy easy way with melody and rhythm that he showcased on Caribbean Dream. This guy can write a hook - believe you me! Synth horns, piano, and high-end synth chorus carry the song along at a brisk clip. Midway through the cut, Dino Pacifici¹s very tasteful guitar licks bring a groove-oriented texture to the song. Very nicely done, you two! ³Your Blueness² has a funky/jazz beat to it, featuring drums, piano and keys and more graceful picking from Mr. Pacifici (maybe I should start calling him the new Wes Montgomery since Dino¹s exhibition of nuance bring the late great Wes to mind). Other songs on the album remind me of personal favorites such as Richard Bone (³Poltergeist² would fit in nicely on Coxa, with its retro jazz feel and cocktail lounge vibe) and Tom Scott and the LA Express circa Tom Cat (³Miss You² with uptempo but snaky rhythms and a night-time ³catting around² feel to it). The second-to-last cut is one more number by Stan Lane, the somber tone-poemish sax solo ³Goodbye² (the sax is heavily reverbed/echoed to lend the song an emotional depth that is spine-tingling). ³Rest In Peace,² the album closer, is an eight-plus minute melodic space/ambient cut featuring Brannan on an assortment of electronic keyboards (synth bells, synth washes, synth choruses, delicate plucked strings). Talk about a perfect ending selection. The song has a slight jazz feel to it, but it is muted beneath the billowy synths and ethereal bells. I can sense the spirit of Stan¹s jazzy soul mixing with Brannan¹s more ³new age² style keyboards to yield a hybrid that celebrates both their passions. Besides being a great tribute album from a son to his father, Blueprint is further proof that Brannan Lane is a keyboard artist of many talents and possessing a natural warmth and sincerity that is sometimes lacking in this music. Much like Caribbean Dream, Blueprint put a smile on my face even while its inspiration reminded me of how much I miss my own father, as well. Brannan, if you don¹t mind my saying this, I think Stan is beaming with pride from up above - when he¹s not blowing his sax alongside Gabriel, that is! -- Bill Binkelman WIND and WIRE New Instrumental Music Reviews and More

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