{"id":200,"date":"2010-03-13T18:23:47","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T23:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chielimusic.com\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2023-05-28T22:30:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:30:41","slug":"sweet-surrender","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chielimusic.com\/cds-dvds\/audio-samples-chieli-minucci-special-efx\/sweet-surrender\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Surrender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweet Surrender <\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Chieli<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Chieli Minucci & Special EFX
\n<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n

(Shanachie\/2007)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Guitarzzz<\/span>
\n2. Mystical<\/span>
\n3. Astralcats<\/span>
\n4. Sweet Surrender<\/span>
\n5. Ascension<\/span>
\n6. Chant<\/span>
\n7. Cry Of My Soul<\/span>
\n8. Play With Me<\/span>
\n9. Rush Hour (Dawn)<\/span>
\n10. Rush Hour (Rush)<\/span>
\n11. Children’s Day<\/span>
\n12. New Bop<\/span>
\n13. Au Naturale<\/span><\/p>\n

Produced by Chieli Minucci\u00a0 6\/02-1\/07<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>
\nExecutive producer Danny Weiss<\/span><\/p>\n

_____________________________<\/span>
\nMixed & Mastered by Paul Wickliffe at Skyline Productions<\/span>
\nRecorded by Paul Wickliffe at Charlestown Road Studios, NJ<\/span>
\nAdditional recording and all pre-produciton by Chieli Minucci at Baci Studios, NYC<\/span>
\nAdditional recording by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Studios, NYC<\/span>
\nAdditional recording by David Mann at Studio 107, NYC<\/span><\/p>\n

_____________________________<\/span>
\nall titles composed & arranged by C. Minucci (ASCAP)
\npublished by Chieli Music (ASCAP)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

except Chant, written by Philip Hamilton & Chieli Minucci<\/span>
\npublished by Milimaya Music (BMI) & Chieli Music (ASCAP)<\/span><\/p>\n

Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards, vocals, programming<\/span>
\nJerry Brooks – bass<\/span>
\nLionel Cordew – drums<\/span>
\nJay Rowe – acoustic grand piano, keyboards<\/span>
\nPhilip Hamilton – percussion, vocals<\/span>
\nDavid Mann – saxophones, flute<\/span><\/p>\n

additional musicians<\/span>
\nWill Brock – background vocals on Sweet Surrender,<\/span>
\nPlay With Me, & Guitarzzz<\/span>
\nDave Anderson – fretless bass on Cry Of My Soul & Chant<\/span>
\nWayne Batchelor – double bass on Au Naturale<\/span>
\nAda Luz Jiron, Julietta, Danny Madden – additional vocals on Chant<\/span>
\n_____________________________<\/span>
\n1. Guitarzzz<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards, drum programming<\/span>
\nJerry Brooks – electric bass<\/span>
\nDavid Mann – saxophones<\/span>
\nWill Brock – background vocals<\/span><\/p>\n

I wrote this piece specifically for the group, Guitarzz (myself, Chuck Loeb, and Paul Jackson Jr), for our performance at the Capitol Jazz music festival in the Washington, DC area. I always wanted to try to write a song which somehow crossed the style of the Allman Brothers with contmeporary jazz. Anyway, somehow this was the result, with me ending up performing the 3 guitar parts.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Mystical<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards, drum programming<\/span>
\nJerry Brooks – electric bass<\/span>
\nDavid Mann – saxophones<\/span><\/p>\n

This is actually a spinoff of an old Special EFX tune from our 2nd year as a band (1985), but completely rewritten, as well as totally rearranged. I wanted to write something \u2018commercial\u2019 , yet which was extremely syncopated as well, and funky, and with a catchy melody. This tune always had been in the back of my mind to recut with a more modern arrangement.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Astralcats<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards, drum programming<\/span>
\nJerry Brooks – electric bass<\/span>
\nLionel Cordew – drums<\/span>
\nPhilip Hamilton – congas<\/span><\/p>\n

A longshot cousin to \u2018Courageous Cats\u2019, from solo CD #1, ‘Jewels’. Astralcats is all about cruising through time and space, at a high speed! A bunch of fusion cats are joined onstage by a jazzy bop nerd, and the results are just crazy!<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Sweet Surrender<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, synth bass,<\/span>
\ndrum programming, melody vocal<\/span>
\nDavid Mann – soprano saxophone<\/span>
\nWill Brock – background vocals<\/span><\/p>\n

The acoustic guitar based arrangement was inspired by guitarist Eric Clapton\u2019s collaboration with crooner Babyface some years ago. A touch of melancholy, but my idea of what contermporary instrumental ‘pop’ should sound like…<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Ascension<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – electric guitar<\/span>
\nJerry Brooks – electric bass<\/span>
\nLionel Cordew – drums<\/span>
\nDavid Mann – tenor saxophone<\/span>
\nJay Rowe – electric piano<\/span><\/p>\n

After we videotaped our live DVD in 2005 I became inspired to record a few more songs which would feature the band cut loose….live in the studio. This is one of those, a fast, light composition, jet-propelled by Lionel’s precise percussive work…<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Chant<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, drum programming<\/span>
\nDave Anderson – fretless bass<\/span>
\nPhilip Hamilton – lead & background vocals<\/span>
\nJulietta Cuticonne – additional background vocals<\/span><\/p>\n

Philip Hamilton\u2019s haunting spiritual vocals inspired the arrangement for this gorgeous epic! The vocal arrangement was originally used for a musical Philip had scored, ‘River Deep’, which ran off-off Broadway in NYC in 2005 & 2006. I took those vocal melodies and moved them around a bit, then added everything else around them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh Lord, I did what you told me<\/span>
\nBut I\u2019m only a man<\/span>
\nand I believe what I see<\/span>
\nOh…<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh lord, looks like it\u2019s crazy<\/span>
\nI know you got a plan, yeah<\/span>
\nand I wait patiently…..<\/span>
\nOh Lord<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Cry Of My Soul<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – electirc & acoustic guitars, keyboards, drum programming<\/span>
\nDave Anderson – fretless bass<\/span>
\nJay Rowe – acoustic grand piano<\/span><\/p>\n

This piece originated at a soundcheck from a tour last year in Detroit. We needed a mid-temp groove to test the stage levels, and these 4 chords just did the trick! Later on I remembered those harmonies which inspired this melody! I also wanted to dress it all up as if it was a Pink Floyd kind of piece, slow, yearning, crying…<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Play With Me<\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards, synth bass, drum programming<\/span>
\nDavid Mann – soprano saxophone<\/span>
\nWill Brock – background vocal<\/span><\/p>\n

Originally written with lyrics in mind, this piece is reminicient of the spirit of some of the music on my solo CD from some years back, \u2018Renaissance\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Rush Hour a)Dawn <\/strong><\/span>
\n10. Rush Hour b)Rush <\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – electric guitar<\/span>
\nJerry Brooks – electric bass<\/span><\/p>\n

Jerry and I have been playing this ditty at almost all of our live concerts for a while now. I thought it was time to finally get it recorded in the studio. We often perform this as part of our \u2018jazz fusion medley\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

11. Children’s Day<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, drum programming<\/span>
\nJerry Brooks – electric bass<\/span>
\nDavid Mann – flute<\/span>
\nPhilip Hamilton – conga, main melody vocals<\/span>
\nJay Rowe – acoustic grand piano<\/span>
\nDanny Madden, Ada Luz Giron, Chieli, Philip Hamilton – \u2018children’s vocals’<\/span><\/p>\n

This is in honor of my hometown’s annual \u2018Children’s Day\u2019 neighborhood celebration in Forest Hills, Queens, when Greenway North & Greenway South are closed off and the streets become a kind of kid’s carnival every first Saturday in June! As a teenager I performed here with my first junior high school band, year after year. The recording features many musicians, and many instruments…a real \u2018classic\u2019 Special EFX kind of world party piece!<\/span><\/p>\n

12. New Bop<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – guitars, percussion programmingJerry Brooks – electric bass<\/span>
\nLionel Cordew – drums<\/span>
\nDavid Mann – tenor saxophone<\/span>
\nJay Rowe – electric piano<\/span><\/p>\n

Another live band song, inspired by the Special EFX DVD performance. There is a lot of play with rhythm figureshere…hemiolas within hemiolas…<\/span><\/p>\n

13. Au Naturale<\/strong><\/span>
\nChieli Minucci – acoustic guitar<\/span>
\nWayne Batchelor – acoustic double bass<\/span><\/p>\n

I met Wayne performing together in \u2018River Deep,\u2019 a staged musical adaptation of Tina Turner\u2019s life story, performed in NYC over the last 2 years. The idea was to record an upright bass and acoustic guitar, old fashioned style, no overdubs, no click track.<\/span><\/p>\n

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