COLORS & LIGHT: SMILE

Colors & Light

SMILE

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New style, soft with orignal and wonderful Melodies, Smooth Jazz, Jazz influences, never heard before with Mike Porcaro, Oscar Cartaya, Francois Quillet, Robin Dimaggio, David Herzhaft and Samuel Garcia.

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UNiverse Melody, LLC
Presents
The CD :
Colors And Light "Smile"

The CD : Colors And Light "Smile" is an original and amazing collection of Melodies, also the result of an international adventure gathering fantastic persons named Mike Porcaro (bass), Oscar Cartaya (bass), Robin dimaggio (drums), Francois Quillet (Keys), David Herzhaft (Harmonica), Samuel Garcia (Accordeon), Ross Hogarth (Sound Engineer), ...
and 8 years of perseverance !

Big thanks to one of the most talented, visionary drummer on Planet Earth:
Robin Dimaggio.
He has the ability and the skill to rearrange a Music already composed in a blink of an eye, instantly, giving it a new form, space and time. Playing with also Paul Simon (side by side with Steve Gadd) or percussions with Diana Ross...and many more.
His enthousiasm, his professionalism and high degree of Integrity have been the Key factor to achieve the goals on this very particular production .
His music is at the highest level.

Why SMILE? Well, Keeping your Smile when difficulties suddenly jump out the Malicious Box is the best way to react and get the strength to achieve your goals.
"Life is too long to live like this" says Ricky Skaggs.
So feel the amazing power of love and forgiveness is better than to keep anger or to feed day after day any kind of hate...
The best is to come!

Tr #1 : Louisiane (F. Quillet, R.Dimaggio, Dr; O. Cartaya, Bass;)

This piano song has been composed during a night in a Music Club of Montpellier, based on the 1,3,5 of a chord. simple construction , major chord arpeggios.
the name came from two impressive trips, visiting Louisiana (USA) in 1993 and 1997 and at the same time a tribute to the truly inspiring and inspired bassist Anne-Louise.
You will be impressed by Oscar Cartaya powerful Bass line and solo and Francois Quillet virtuosity...

Tr #2 : Baby Cakes (R.Dimaggio, Dr; O. Cartaya, Bass; F. Quillet, Keys)
Inspired by Joe Zawinul "Black Market" using the Bb pentatonic.
This song (french Lyrics)originally created with the 5tet Colors and Light (Samuel Devauchelle-Dr, Jean Bertrand Carbou-Bass, Christine Flowers-Vocal, Pascal Coriu-guit)Lyrics by Christine Flowers. Funny story. This is definetely a soft version.

Tr #3 : The Cat "Beethoven"
This one is the Black cat! Totally independant, rarely happy, A grumpy Cat!
Francois Quillet met this special cat during 4 years, "Scared about anything and at the same time Majestic, Royal, Strong, someone that you wished to be friend but unfortunately it didn't share the same enthousiasm.
David Herzhaft fit perfectly the mental of such felinistic behavior, He performs here an unbelievable prestation, full of "multi-melodies", International talent, feelings, virtuosity on a diatonic Harmonica, witch seems hard to believe, wrapped in an overide effect.

Tr #4 : Smile ( F. Quillet, Keys; Mike Porcaro, Bass; R.Dimaggio, Dr;)

This very famous melody has a Background full of kids and adults talking all the time, they laugh louder only at the end , letting the nostalgic music melt in a Huge Smile...something funny happened to the artist...Maybe Lady Luck just came in! Mike Porcaro plays the Bass, we had never heard before such a powerful bass line and quality of Sound , Mike is absolutely a Music Master who everybody would like to work with and learn from.


Tr #5 : Kids (F. Quillet, Keys; R.Dimaggio, Dr; O. Cartaya, Bass; )
This song has been composed at the ARC 1600 ; Famous Winter Resort in France (Bourg Saint-Maurice, Alpes) at "l'Abreuvoir", cafe-concert.. Created the first time by Daniel Solia, Dr; Patrick Mirales, Guit; Dominique Dipiazza, Bass; Francois Quillet, Piano;
Then Recorded with Francois Quillet, pno; Victor Johns, Dr; Philippe Petrucciani, Guit; Dominique Dipiazza, Bass.
You'll enjoy the solidity of the bass Line and the beautiful melody at the entrance of Oscar's Solo.

Tr #6 : Helena is the name of an angel (could have been Alana or Ann , Long melody composed in one take at the Acoustic Piano during his Vision sessions in Sete (south of France). (see Little pianistic Prophecies)

Tr #7 : Sonate #6 Jean-Sebastien Bach is a Challenge for the Piano since Right and Left hands play at the Unisson this difficult but fantastic and beautiful Melody and
the synchronisation with Sam is at the highest level for the best result!
Answers and Questions are the Game of that Masterpiece, relieving 400 years earlier few principles of the Quantic Physics

Tr #8 : Rap on Jazz, (R.Dimaggio, Dr; O. Cartaya, Bass; F. Quillet, Keys, Jay Gore; Guit).
Based on a Daniel Solia's rythmic idea (the low note of the octave game at the beguining of the song is the kick, the high note the snare) Amazing Drumer and composer Daniel Solia plays also with Marcia Maria, Dominique Dipiazza, Michel Perez...) Rap on Jazz is a reaction in 1990 to the Jazz "Cliche" Rearranged with Colors and light (France) with Christine Flowers
This new version is more acoustic and less sophisticated. Pure and Simple
Oscar Cartaya put a new bass line, what a great energy , Awsome!!!

Tr #9 Laurie
Composed at the age of 17 in Paris ,Francois Quillet reserved to name that song till the Birth of his daughter, Laurie.
The most amazing person, talented and gifted.
A perpuetal source of inspiration for his father...
The melody, nostalgic at the beguinning
turns in an enlightened end.

Tr #10 The Cat "Gratzky"
Named "The Wisdom", Unfortunately Gratzky died with Kidney complication in 2005...this Cat has been the Francois Quillet's best friend during 2 years , He died peacefully in F.Quillet 's arms .e was sharing the same space with another Cat named "Beethoven" silk , paranoid, afraid of nothing and everything, jaleous, greedy, selfish and hypocrite...poor thing!

Tr #11 Pacific . Fantastic universe of sound providing by the sound of Mike Porcaro's electric Bass
Pacific should have been the title of the album. Living in Los Angeles for good, Francois Quillet has been impressed by the Magnifiscence of the Pacific Ocean , not to mentionned the symbolic message of Peace ...The music has been composed by Francois quillet and Inspired by Peter Erskine ( Album: Motion Poet, song "Not a Word") Tribute to the beautiful story with the International Singer and Beautiful Christine Flowers.

Tr #12 Helena v. 1998. Composed by the visitation of an Angel named Helena or Alana, You will notice the amazing guitar part of Marc Jonhatan Cohen, Francois Richome (dr), Jean luc Mirault (Bs), Alex Auge (Sax)

The bonus Track #13 written in december 2003 in one take at the Piano for the love of Francois'wife, Elise Feinstein Quillet is a Saint-Valentine's Day gift(13th February 2008), Lightly orchestrated...

Colors And Light "Smile" has been recorded at "Sage and Sound" Studio on Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles. The Tracking has been done through the science and the expertise of Ross Hogarth (Mr World Class sound engineer).
All Universe Melody team expresses his gratitude to Ross
and thanks him thousand times for his high calibrated participation on that record...to know more about Ross and his phenomenal talent and amazing career visit : http://www.hoaxproductions.com/
The post-production has been supervised by Mr Kie at LANY Studio7, Woodland Hills and Sherman Oaks, California.

All the Universe Melody Team
hopes you'll enjoy !!!

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