Greg Chambers
City Lights
© 2006 Greg Chambers (837101198233)
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The saxophone-lead pop of Dave Koz, Michael Lington, and Steve Cole meets the contemporary mainstream rock of OneRepublic and Coldplay, with subtle undertones of George Winston and Nickel Creek.
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- 1 This Friday
- 2 Chelsea's Song
- 3 City Lights
- 4 I've Let You Down
- 5 Promenade
- 6 I Burn For You
- 7 Full Throttle
- 8 In Springtime...
- 9 Midnight Rendezvous
- 10 Coming Home
- 11 I've Let You Down (instrumental)
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"City Lights", Greg's debut smooth jazz album, features 10 original songs that not only have an incredible sense of depth and meaning, but also attempt to rekindle the innate beauty that instrumental pop/smooth jazz can potentially have- but which has been too often thrown out the window with the advent of loops, drum machines, filters, and other technological sounds/applications which interfere with real people making real music. This CD relies on beautiful melodies and creative songwriting combined with natural music making and a lush saxophone sound that Dave Koz himself praised as "haunting."
About Greg:
Born into a musical family in Gilroy, California, Greg took up the saxophone at age 9. By the time he was in high school, he was playing in statewide and region-wide honor bands, local jazz bands/combos, community wind bands, and had been called to play in many local musical theater productions. It was during these years that Greg first began to juggle the pursuit of classical playing with that of jazz and contemporary jazz/pop.
As a classical saxophonist, Greg serves as an on-call saxophonist for the YMF Debut Orchestra, has been heard on the airwaves of K-Mozart in Los Angeles, has played in the festival orchestra for the Spoleto USA Music Festival, and has been selected as the Saxophone Fellowship recipient for the 2007 Aspen Music Festival. He has studied with Douglas Masek and William Trimble, has performed in masterclasses with Greg Banaszak and Gary Keller, and has performed as a soloist with Neal Stulberg and the UCLA Philharmonia as well as with the South Valley Symphony under the direction of Tony Quartuccio. Greg was a winner of the Atwater-Kent “All Star” Concerto Competition in 2006, the Elaine Krown Klein Fine Arts Scholarship, an American Youth Symphony scholarship, and recently won second prize in the Piano & Winds Division of the Rio Hondo Symphony Young Artist Competition. He is currently pursing a Masters degree in Music at UCLA.
As a jazz/instrumental pop saxophonist, Greg has recorded for independent films, studied with Eric Marienthal, and has played on projects for the LA-based production company, Indie Masters. His debut smooth jazz album, City Lights, has received praise from fellow saxophonists Dave Koz and Steve Cole, listeners, promoters, and record executives. It has made its way into internet radio playlists and podcasts (both in the US and abroad) and has received a considerable degree of attention from Smoothjazz.com and SmoothJazzTherapy.com. The song, “City Lights”, has recently been picked up for a jazz compilation album by Atlanta-based independent label, Shut Eye Records & Agency, and unanimously won a 2006 Los Angeles Music Award in the “New Jazz” category.
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A new take on Smooth Jazz!
author: ChelseaThis album presents something different than anything I've gotten from anyone else. Lyrical, refined, and soothing through and through!
A promising new Smooth Jazz musician!
author: Smoothjazz.com ReviewAs a student of classical saxophone, a fan of Smooth Jazz and a "twenty-something" young adult (he has only just recently received his BA from UCLA, which I might add he attended on a scholarship awarded by the American Youth Symphony), Greg Chambers has the ability to infuse his music with influences both new and old. The amalgamation of stimuli, ranging from Bach and Mozart to Dave Koz and Eric Marienthal, to Coldplay and Keane give Chambers an interesting perspective both as a songwriter and performer. On his debut recording, CITY LIGHTS, Chambers musically states that he is ready to take his place side by side with his mentors and influences. He was even the winner of the 2006 L.A. Music Award in the "New Jazz" category. The album opens with the amiable "This Friday." Chambers' sax and the acoustic guitar of Hide Mercury play off each other delightfully. The title track is a multi-layered journey that winds up and down a diverse variety of sensory paths. "Promenade" is playful and witty, with a melody that will remain etched in your mind. While only his first outing as a recording artist, CITY LIGHTS holds the promise of a long musical career ahead for Greg Chambers. ~ BETH LEWIS
Never gets old.
author: DayvThis CD has the variety to keep the listener interested for hours. I could listen to this for hours on end (I probably have already) without getting bored. Every track on this CD is of stellar quality. Major props to Greg Chambers
Icredible style and feeling, follow his career to the top
author: Charlene F.C.Anyone who purchases this CD will be most pleased. I have been involved in music for the past 30 years and this artist weaves notes and melodies with feelings and passion that not many musicians ever achieve. This is a truly rounded CD with something on it for every Jazz and easy listening fan. A must have for your collection. I will be watching for the next.