Paul Hardcastle's Jazzmasters series reaches its sixth installment with this cool, rhythmic, jazzy collection, which is similar to its five predecessors.
The album cover shows a sun setting over water, and that's a good indication that the music is intended to serve as the background to a tropic vacation, or perhaps to a depiction of a tropic vacation on a TV channel devoted to travel programs.
Beki Biggins occasionally contributes romantic or philosophical lyrics and sings them in a calm, emotionally disconnected voice reminiscent of Sade.
Sometimes a flute or saxophone, courtesy of Chris "Snake" Davis or Rock Hendrix, plays a flowing lead line.
But always, the steady percussion track rolls along through each selection for three to five minutes before the music fades out (it has to, since there is no development), to be replaced by another, equally undemanding one.
Hardcastle makes a vocal appearance at the end in the form of an interview with a smooth jazz DJ during a replay of "One Chance," and he repeats Biggins' carpe diem notion from her lyrics.
Here today, gone tomorrow, is the conclusion, and the Jazzmasters albums seem intended to embody that idea.
While they play, they work as ear candy; when they're over, they're quickly forgotten.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awakening ThoughtsPaul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 01:36 | 0 MB | 8 MB |
| 2 | Touch and GoPaul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 04:33 | 0 MB | 34 MB |
| 3 | One ChanceBeki Biggins, Paul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 03:33 | 0 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | Cloud WatchingPaul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 05:29 | 0 MB | 36 MB |
| 5 | I Really LikeBeki Biggins, Paul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 03:56 | 0 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | Solar SkyPaul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 04:17 | 0 MB | 30 MB |
| 7 | I Can't Get ByBeki Biggins, Paul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 04:19 | 0 MB | 31 MB |
| 8 | In the Key of TimePaul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 04:50 | 0 MB | 32 MB |
| 9 | The VisionPaul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 04:09 | 0 MB | 28 MB |
| 10 | Dimensions of LightPaul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 04:29 | 0 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | So Into YouBeki Biggins, Paul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 03:48 | 0 MB | 26 MB |
| 12 | Return of the Rainman ReprisePaul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 04:16 | 0 MB | 22 MB |
| 13 | One Chance [Full Version]Paul Hardcastle | Paul Hardcastle | Play | 05:56 | 0 MB | 39 MB |
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 368 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beki Biggins | Composer, Vocals |
| 2 | Chris "Snake" Davis | Flute, Saxophone, Shakuhachi |
| 3 | Maxine Hardcastle | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Paul Hardcastle | Composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Liner Notes, Mixing, Percussion, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 5 | Paul Hardcastle, Jr. | Saxophone |
| 6 | Rock Hendrix | Saxophone |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |