Track Listing

1. Good To Go
2. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
3. Window Of The Soul
4. Starting Over
5. Llevame
6. Presence
7. Music Outside
8. Western Sky
9. Hangin' With You
10. Mr Martino
11. Shed A Little Light

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #155870 in Music
• Released on: 2007-02-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
More than just a jazz guitarist, Chuck Loeb has proven himself to be a versatile composer, arranger and producer in a wide range of musical styles and contexts. In addition to fronting several of his own bands and projects, and compiling an impressive discography stretching back to the late 1980s, Loeb has also worked the other side of the mixing board to produce a number of high-profile artists, including Spyro Gyra, Bob James, Walter Beasley, Larry Coryell and Kim Waters. He's also composed the score for numerous television programmes, has crafted the theme music for the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves, and has performed on several motion picture soundtracks.

For his debut release on Heads Up, Loeb performs an eclectic mix of music: originals, collaborative efforts with other musicians and covers of contemporary material by the likes of Steely Dan and James Taylor. The musicians include some with whom he's worked for many years as well as the latest line-up of his working band.

Personnel: Chuck Loeb - (guitars), Andy Snitzer - (saxophone), Dave Mann - (sax/flute), Carmen Cuesta-Loeb - (guitar, vocals), Matt King - (piano, organ), Brian Killeen - (bass), Josh Dion - (drums), Mike Ricchiuti - (keyboards), Ron Jenkins - (bass), Brian Dunne - (drums)

Customer Reviews

Smooth return finds Loeb in fine style
Presence finds Chuck Loeb squarely back in the smooth jazz camp after two solo releases that veered more toward straight ahead. It's a welcome return. While the New York guitarist's work with projects such as Steps Ahead and Metro prove that he has the chops to play straight, his pop-jazz style is more accomplished.

One of the veterans of the smooth jazz scene, Lobe has, besides recording more than half a dozen of his own solo projects, produced for Spyro Gyra, Bob James, Walter Beasley, Larry Coryell, Jeff Kashiwa, and Kim Waters, among others. He has written for film and television, and in his early career in the 70's was the composer, arranger and bandleader for the Stan Getz Orchestra.

Like the best of his previous work, Presence is remarkable for Loeb's light touch on the guitar, on songs like the elegiac title track written for Loeb's recently deceased father-in-law, or in his lilting acoustic lines on the James Taylor cover, Shed a Little Light, or in just the right amount of country twang in The Western Sky (in which Loeb trades lead with Till Bronner's plaintive trumpet).

On hand for this recording, his first on Heads Up Records, is a host of Loeb's past and present touring band mates, as well as guests Andy Snitzer, Paul Brown, Dave Mann, Till Bronner, Wolfgang Haffner, Mitchel Forman, and vocalist Carmen Cuesta-Loeb. Altogether a stellar cast for a fine recording.

Welcome back, Chuck.