When your performance credits include the likes Roy Ayers, Hugh Masekela, Eryka Badu, Bobbie Humphrey, Maysa, Ronnie Laws and legendary bassist Ron Carter, great things are expected of you.\u00a0 Keyboardist Mark Adams lives up to those expectations with the upcoming release of his new CD \u201cLove and Dance\u201d , featuring the sexy radio single \u201cSilk Dress\u201d, written and produced by Gerey Johnson.\u00a0 For those who don\u2019t know, Gerey co-wrote the smooth jazz classic \u201cWhen I Think of you\u201d with Brian Culbertson and saxophonist Steve Cole for Steve\u2019s debut album.<\/p>\n
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The new CD \u201cLove and Dance\u201d pushes the boundaries of contemporary jazz with songs like \u201cSilk Dress\u201d, \u201cLove?\u201d\u00a0 And \u201cGoodbye\u201d which appeals to the \u201cgrown and sexy\u201d side of the smooth jazz listener, the urban seasoned vocal songs \u201cNever a Fool\u201d, featuring Cassandra Thompson and \u201cNica\u2019s Dream with Jonathan Quash and a funky take on John Coltrane\u2019s \u201cGiant Steps\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDance if you\u2019re Sexy\u201d and \u201cFeel the Groove\u201d pretty much says it all.\u00a0 Co-produced by house music master Jerry McAllister, \u201cDance if you\u2019re Sexy\u201d features hot grooves, sexy melodies and \u2018blazing\u201d guitar solos from Gerey Johnson.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDefine Me Not\u201d provides an intelligent and inspirational spoken word piece you want to listen to over and over again.<\/p>\n
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Mark has previously recorded 3 CDs under his own name, \u201cAsceticism\u201d, \u201cFeel The Groove\u201d, and \u201cEmbellishments\u201d but feels this CD release \u201cLove and Dance\u201d is his most exciting to date.\u00a0 The CD also has\u00a0some of contemporary jazz\u2019s top players… Gerey Johnson, guitars and Marqueal Jordan on sax (both currently touring with Brian Culbertson) Lamar Jones (bassist with Culbertson and Nick Collionne), Casey Benjamin (Robert Glasper) and jazz \u201cnewcomer \u201c Quinn Anderson on drums.\u00a0 The project was produced by Mark Adams and Gerey Johnson.<\/p>\n
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Listen to the beginning of the movement Mark Adam\u2019s calls \u201cSouljazz\u201d; listen to his new CD release \u201cLove and Dance\u201d.<\/p>\n
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