Zachary BREAUX - LaidBack 1994

Zachary BREAUX - LaidBack 1994
Label: NYC
Recorded at River Sound Studios, New York

Jazz

All songs written by Zachary Breaux except "Going Out Of My Head" (Teddy Randazzo/Bobby Weinstein) and "Midnight Cowboy" (John Barry).
jazz guitarist was given the title of "Top Ten Contemporary Jazz Artist" in 1993 & was the featured ...    Full Descriptionguitarist on Guru's hip hop classic "Jazzmatazz" - on his 2nd album, he's joined by turntablist DJ Ski, harmonica master Toots Thielemans & others.
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Another of the Breaux's jewelry. Being one of the lucky one's to go throught the Groovin experience, this last cd is great! The harmonica in it adds a great turn, making your mind not forget its lines, the whole cd has a great balance between moved songs and others more relaxed. Breaux experiences with programmed drums and otehr sounds and arrives into a totally new experience, which, as I said, adds to a perfect balance since now we have the kind of tunes that we could experience in Groovin' and others so fresh and new. Also introduces voices of chorus and even Breaux sings! Pay attention to Small Town in Texas, In the Midst of it All and the supergreat Midnight Cowboy! A must!
By  Fabián Kelso.
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Influenced by George Benson and Wes Montgomery, Zachary Breaux was a flexible guitarist who could handle soul-jazz, post-bop and hard bop as well as more commercial pop-jazz and NAC music. Though the jazzman only recorded a handful of albums--including 1992's Groovin' and 1994's Laidback, both on NYC, and Uptown Groove on Zebra--he kept busy as a sideman in the 1980s and 1990s and backed such major artists as Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, Donald Byrd, Lonnie Liston Smith and Dee Dee Bridgewater. It was in 1984 that he met vibist/singer Roy Ayers, who he played with extensively. Signed to Zebra in 1996, Breaux seemed to have a bright future ahead of him, but tragically, the guitarist was only in his 30s when he died in Miami on February 27, 1997.
By Alex Henderson, All Music Guide.
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Zachary Breaux- (Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass);
Andrika Hall, John James, Audrey Wheeler- (Vocals);
Toots Thielemans- (Harmonica);
Rex Rideout- (Piano);
Cliff Carter- (Piano, Organ);
Ronnie Garrett- (Bass);
Will Calhoun, Buddy Williams- (Drums);
Steve Thornton- (Percussion).
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01. Small Town in Texas 4:37
02. Laid Back 5:33
03. West Side Worry 5:37
04. Find a Place 4:48
05. Going Out of My Head 5:30
06. Intro 0:30
07. Remember the Sixties 4:20
08. 10 Days Before 5:07
09. Intro 1:09
10. Midnight Cowboy 5:02
11. In the Midst of It All 4:46
12. On 6th Street 0:28
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