A sophisticated showcase for his varied jazz styles, Jeff Lorber's He Had a Hat finds the pianist moving from softly funky pop-jazz numbers to a few straight-ahead swingers. Always an urbane and tasteful musician, Lorber has often found a good balance between contemporary pop oriented material and more cerebral improvisational cuts, and He Had a Hat is a prime example of this duality. To these ends, tracks like the title cut and the frenetic "Surreptitious" evince a kind of Tower of Power meets Brecker Brothers funk. Fittingly, trumpeter Randy Brecker adds his supple chops to the latter track. Similarly engaging big-band numbers like "All Most Blues" and the afterglow ballad "Orchid" bring to mind both early- and late-period Miles Davis, respectively. Also joining Lorber here are a bevy of name artists including trumpeter Chris Botti, vocalist Paula Cole, saxophonist Gerald Albright, and many others.This CD was nominated for a Grammy award in 2007 for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. ~ Matt Collar, All Music Guide
He Had a Hat
04/03/2007 | Narada
All Music Guide Review
He Had a Hat Track Listing
Credits of He Had a Hat
- Bob McChesney
- Trombone
- Teddy Mulet
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Orchestration, Horn Arrangements
- David Rideau
- Engineer
- Bob Shepard
- Flute, Flute (Alto)
- Tom Timko
- Saxophone
- Dave Weckl
- Drums
- Kirk Whalum
- Sax (Tenor), Horn Section
- Bobby Columby
- Producer, Orchestration
- Eric Benet
- Vocals
- Chris Bellman
- Mastering
- Carla Leighton
- Art Direction, Design
- Gordon Jee
- Creative Director
- Steve Jankowski
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
- Jeff Bender
- Photography
- Adam Barber
- Orchestration, Copyist
- Eli Wolf
- A&R
- Ada Rovatti
- Sax (Tenor)
- Josh Gold
- Product Manager
- Craig Gosnell
- Trombone (Bass)
- John D Mitchell
- Clarinet (Bass)
- Paul Rayner Brown
- Guitar, Mixing
- Keith Karwelies
- A&R
- Russell Malone
- Guitar
- Richard Todd
- French Horn
- Paula Cole
- Vocals
- Alex Al
- Bass
- Chris Botti
- Trumpet
- Randy Brecker
- Trumpet, Horn Arrangements, Orchestration
- Lenny Castro
- Percussion, Tambourine
- Vinnie Colaiuta
- Drums
- Bobby Colomby
- Producer, Horn Arrangements
- Steve Durnin
- French Horn
- Larry Goetz
- Assistant Engineer, Assistant
- Gary Grant
- Trumpet
- Bud Harner
- Management
- Paul Jackson, Jr.
- Guitar
- Kevin Killen
- Engineer
- Abraham Laboriel
- Drums
- Gerald Albright
- Sax (Alto)
- Brian Bromberg
- Bass
- Hubert Laws
- Flute
- Jeremy Lubbock
- Orchestration
- Tom Scott
- Sax (Alto), Orchestration, Horn Arrangements, Horn Section
- Bob Sheppard
- Sax (Tenor)
- Jeff Lorber
- Keyboards, Engineer, Horn Arrangements, Mixing, Soloist, Horn Engineer














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