ERIC VAN ARO: Friends

Eric Van Aro

Friends

© 2005 Eraki Entertainment (7640111060024)

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A fascinating mixture of jazz, jazz like and contemporary adult music, all presented in a lush, rich format, highlighting the talents of singer eric van aro and his musicians friends.

tracks

1 Put the Weight On My Shoulders
2 He's Misstra Know-it-All
3 Gershwin-king-taylor Medley
4 The Painting in My Heart
5 Miles Blowin
6 Water Under the Bridge
7 Not the Boy Next Door
8 Friends
9 Pick Up the Pieces
10 Be Somebody
11 Won't Play No More
12 My Buddy

notes

Singer Eric van Aro and his musician friends break new grounds interpreting modern standards by Gino Vannelli, Stevie Wonder, Stephen Sondheim and Led Zeppelin among others, as well as songs with lyrics penned by Eric himself.

His jazz influences come through loudly and clearly on Vannellis "PUT THE WEIGHT ON MY SHOULDERS" which includes a masterful trumpet solo by Franco Ambrosetti and "MILES BLOWIN" a tune originally sung by Chaka Khan.

Led Zeppelin's "FRIENDS"(the title track) gets an updated and essential sound and speaks clearly about the theme of the album: Friendship! "THE PAINTING IN MY HEART" (a van Aro original) is an ode to Sundance in the state of Utah and his painter friend Billy Szaggars. "WON'T PLAY NO MORE", a legendary Italian blues originally sung by Mina with Toots Thielemans on Harmonica, gets the bayou treatment, with english lyrics by Van Aro.

Stevie Wonders "MISSTRA KNOW-IT-ALL" and Peter Allen's "NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR" both take a trip to up beat Latin America, while Bruno de Filippi's amazing Harmonica underlines the dramatic vein of "THE GERSHWIN TAYLOR KING MEDLEY".

Throughout the album Eric's voice always comes over in an emotively compelling manner that matches the depths of the excellent compositions.

The sum total of this album bends the rules without breaking the spirit of the songs, managing to be instantly attractive yet certain without any doubt to reward listeners for years to come.

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  • Excepcional release
    author: Rafel Corbi RADIO RPM_FM Palafrugell, Spain

    Excepcional release. Eric's voice is with no doubt wonderful and fits perfectly into the songs.

  • Love it
    author: Mark O’Neill Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

    Love it, from start to finish. I gather that the original artists would like very much what was done to their music, very creative.

  • You need to have this CD
    author: Gi Dussault Co-Host & Co-Producer Upper Room Radio Show

    You need to have this CD in your collection. For all music lovers, no excuse to not have it right now on your CD players. Thanks for the great CD

  • Nice, very nice cd
    author: Barend and Trees Verwaal

    This cd is very wonderful to listen to, we only bought this cd because of the Gino Vannelli cover. It's very difficult to sing a Gino Vannelli song because Gino Vannelli is the BEST singer and BEST live singer on this planet !!! But it's amazing how you sing Gino Vannelli's : PUT THE WEIGHT ON MY SHOULDERS..... BRAVO !!!!! We love the whole cd because music, good music is one of life's joys !!!! THANKS FOR YOUR CD !!!!

  • Very smooth
    author: Steve Morgan; Bay FM 100.3 Australia

    very smooth and some interesting covers. some may say adventurous.The opening track is a stand out!

  • Love those vocas
    author: Bob Parzych: WRTC-FM Conneticut

    Love those vocals... Unique voice, great backing and great choice of tunes!!!

  • An excellent recording
    author: John Reid; Keith Community Radio Scotland

    This is a highly polished C.D. very professionally produced, with slick, unique arrangements with just the right nuances in the interpretation. highly original and refreshing to say the least. I certainly hope Mr Van Aro assembles his "Friends " a.s.a.p. as he alludes to in his sleeve notes. An excellent recording!

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