Dance For The New World-Rob Mullins CD

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"Dance For The New World" CD

ROB MULLINS-DANCE FOR THE NEW WORLD

Solo Project-1997
Zebra Records

TRACK LIST

   1.   Obsession (Mullins) - 5:04
   2.   The Time Has Come (Mullins) - 4:44
   3.   Island Girls (Mullins) - 4:32
   4.   Wednesday (Mullins) - 5:16
   5.   Dance for the New World (Intro) (Mullins) - 1:41
   6.   Dance for the New World (Mullins) - 5:20
   7.   When Love Gets Deeper (Mullins/Russell) - 4:56
   8.   To Begin Again (Mullins) - 4:59
   9.   Ocean Breeze (Mullins) - 4:45
   10.   Bustin' Out (Mullins) - 3:52
   11.   Planet Mullins (Brown/Mullins) - 6:16
   12.   Midnite Rendezvous (Mullins) - 4:26
   13.   House of Broken Dreams (Mullins) - 4:43

Personnel

    Rob Mullins-piano, keyboards, programming
    Alex Al- bass
    Eric Marienthal-sax
    Brenda Russell-vocals
    Val Watson-vocals
    Greg Vail-sax
    Tony Guerrero-trumpet
    Eric McCain-percussion
    Adwin Brown-spoken word, rap
    Recorded 1996-7 at Much Too Loud Studios
    Producer: Rob Mullins
    Engineer-Rob Mullins
    Additional Recording and mixes by Dave Rideau
    Some cuts Co-produced by Gerald McCauley

    Description: Wide range of vibe from smooth to rap.
    Sound: Diverse collection..
    Zebra version available at amazon.com
    All songs published by Rob Mullins Publishing (BMI).
    All Rights Reserved. Copyright 1993-2002 Rob Mullins Publishing

NOTES by Rob Mullins on a separate page...click here.

REVIEW by Jonathan Widran from All Music Guide

"One of the true unsung heroes of contemporary jazz, this diverse keyboardist has encountered poor luck with indie labels at almost every turn, building a frequently brilliant catalog that has never been properly marketed to the masses. If Zebra can't do it with this all at once elegant, funky, bold and often humorous dance, genre fans will be denied these pleasures once again. On a disc that incorporates rhythms of the world (samba, Latin, African), Crusaders-influenced soul, and a frenzied hodgepodge sampling tune called "Planetmullins" which tries to make sense of the frenzied age of the information superhighway, the one remarkable consistency is the smart way Mullins interacts with horns. He and Wilton Felder capture a "Mercy Mercy Mercy" like vibe on the opener, "Obsession"; Eric Marienthal matches him note for note on the Latin sizzler "Island Girls"; Hollis Gentry's soprano adds eloquence to the laid back "Wednesday"; Greg Vail's tenor parties hard with Mullins on the one true relentless funk piece, "Bustin' Out"; and Tony Guerrero's real trumpet plays along with Mullins' keyboard horns on "To Begin Again". Pretty impressive collaborations, but Mullins saves his greatest duet for the urban-flavored title cut, which breaks in the middle for a transcendant solo by Mark Cargill after the two have already played in unison. Mullins' liner notes inform us that this disc is his attempt to reflect the craziness of the modern world, and he musically captures that vibe without getting self indulgent or inaccessible. Happily, he also finds a a moment in the madness for an affair of the heart, on the closing piano solo, "House of Broken Dreams." — Jonathan Widran