Stars (Mindi Abair album)
2008 studio album by Mindi Abair
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
Stars Mindi Abair 's fifth album. It was released on May 6, 2008, by Peak Records . The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart,[ 2] Jazz albums chart.[ 3] Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, "Smile" at No. 9 and "Out of the Blue" at No. 16.[ 4]
Critical reception
Jonathan Widran of AllMusic calls the album, "one of 2008's most popular and dynamic urban contemporary jazz releases."[ 1]
Brian Soergel of JazzTimes [ 5]
Track listing
All songs written by Mindi Abair and Matthew Hager , except where noted.
Title Writer(s) 1. "Smile" 4:25 2. "On and On" 4:15 3. "Out of the Blue" 4:11 4. "Stars" 3:58 5. "F.L.A. Swing" Abair, Hager, John Taylor 4:31 6. "I Wonder" 3:43 7. "Gingerbread Man" Abair, Tyrone Stevens 3:40 8. "Change" Abair, Stevens 4:20 9. "Mojo" 3:13 10. "Here for You" 4:12 11. "Gonna Be Alright" 3:53 Total length: 44:21
Musicians
Mindi Abair – vocals (1-6, 8, 10), acoustic piano (1), alto saxophone (1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11), soprano saxophone (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), flute (2), keyboards (6, 7), percussion (8), vocal arrangements (10), all saxophones (11)Ricky Peterson – organ (2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), acoustic piano (3, 6, 8, 10, 11), keyboards (7), Wurlitzer electric piano (7)
Jason Steele – string synthesizer (2)
Matthew Hager – electric guitars (1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6), bass (1-6, 9, 10), drum programming (1-4, 6-9), keyboards (2, 4, 5, 6), acoustic piano (2, 4), string arrangements (2), tambourine (3, 9), backing vocals (4), percussion (5, 7), sound effects (5)Dwight Sills – electric guitars (2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11), guitar solo (4), acoustic guitar (8)
John Taylor – acoustic guitar (5)
Shawn Davis – bass (7, 8)
Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums (2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11), tambourine (4, 8, 11)Ryan Dankanich – baritone saxophone (2, 6, 8)
Steve Tirpak – trombone (2, 6, 8), trumpet (2, 6, 8), horn arrangements (2, 6, 8)
Richard Dodd – cello (2, 4)
Charlean Carmon – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10),
DeeDee Foster – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10),
Kenya Hathaway – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10)
Production
Andi Howard – executive producer
Mark Wexler – executive producer
Matthew Hager – producer, recording
Steve Sykes – recording, mixing
Josh Blanchard – assistant engineer
Brendan Dekora – assistant engineer
Stephen Marcussen – masteringValerie Ince – label coordinator
Patty Palazzo – art direction
Reisig & Taylor Photography – photography Track information and credits adapted from Discogs [ 6] AllMusic [ 7] [ 8]
Charts
Singles
Title
Date
Chart
Peak
"Smile"
May 16, 2008
Smooth Jazz Airplay[ 4]
9
"Out of the Blue"
February 20, 2009
Smooth Jazz Airplay[ 4]
16
"Stars"
August 23, 2008
Billboard Adult Contemporary[ 4]
29
</ref>==References==
^ a b c Widran, Jonathan. Review at AllMusic . Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ a b "Billboard Contemporary Jazz" . billboard.com . Billboard. May 23, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2021 .^ a b "Mindi Abair Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)" . Billboard ^ a b c d "Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay" . billboard.com . Billboard. August 22, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2021 .^ Soergel, Brian (April 26, 2019). "Jazztimes Review" . Jazztimes. Retrieved April 10, 2021 . ^ "Discogs Credits" . Discogs. Retrieved April 10, 2021 .^ "AllMusic Credits" . AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2021 .^ Stars (liner notes). Mindi Abair. Peak Records . 2008. PKD-30637.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )
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