| All Artists: James Last, David Sanborn Title: Seduction Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Collector's Choice Release Date: 8/2/2005 Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists Styles: Europe, Continental Europe, Swing Jazz, Easy Listening, Cabaret Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 617742056624, 0617742056624 |
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 | James Last, David Sanborn Seduction Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists This album was among the vanguard of Euro-pop releases that swept onto the American charts during the mid-?70s, fitting in right next to the ABBA albums on your shelf albeit with a much better band: Tony Levin, Lee Riteno... more » |
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Album Description This album was among the vanguard of Euro-pop releases that swept onto the American charts during the mid-?70s, fitting in right next to the ABBA albums on your shelf albeit with a much better band: Tony Levin, Lee Ritenour, Waddy Wachtel, Ernie Watts and Michael Brecker to name but a few! Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsIn The "Seduction Zone" Erik North | San Gabriel, CA USA | 11/21/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Nowadays, in part due to the noodlings of Kenny G., it is common to dismiss instrumental pop and rock music as nothing more than glorified Muzak, even though quite a few of those instrumental records have endured over time. Such is the case with this album from German-born band leader and arranger James Last which was originally released in 1980. Straddling the worlds of disco, synth-pop, new wave, and smooth jazz, this is a thoroughly underappreciated ten-track collection of instrumental pop. All but two of the tracks were composed either by Last himself or by his son Ronald Last, and are extremely inventive combinations of jazz-rock fusion influences and synthesizers. The two non-original ones both have their origins in Giorgio Moroder's score for the Paul Schrader-directed 1980 film AMERICAN GIGOLO. One of them is "Night Drive", whose main melody is derived from the Blondie song "Call Me" that is on the AMERICAN GIGOLO soundtrack. The other one, of course, is "The Seduction", this album's title track and that movie's haunting love theme, with an uncredited alto sax solo by David Sanborn. That track was widely played on the radio and actually peaked at #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1980. Last's "band", so to speak, consists of a lot of great musicians, including string arranger Sid Sharp; drummer Rick Marotta; guitarists Robert "Waddy" Wachtel and Lee Ritenour; keyboardists Don Grolnick and Michael Boddicker; bassist Abe Laboriel; and sax maestro Ernie Watts. All combine on this album for a lush but not syrupy experience from a time when production gimmickry had yet to swamp the recording process. A hugely worthwhile album for anyone with a taste for instrumental pop and rock of a compelling kind." The long wait is finally over Dennis Molinar | San Antonio, TX USA | 09/13/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "I've waited, what seems like forever, for this album to be released in CD format. My cassette tape version was played so many times that the sound quality degraded. I even got desperate enough to purchase an LP version a few years ago and bought a second-hand turntable so that I could listen to every song on this album. Excellent instrumentals and beautifully arranged. Very evocative and romantic . . . the best James Last album ever produced." This is an awesome album VaGuy | Virginia | 08/25/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "I've been waiting 20 years for this album to come to CD. Nothing but high quality instrumental talent. You will not be disappointed with this album."
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