An early piano sensation on the burgeoning new age circuit of the 1980s, Chappell leaned more toward fusion, funk, and smooth jazz for a few albums when he signed with Real Music in the early '90s.
Now that he's back in the elegant, reflective mode, conveying sweet, emotionally rich melodies with minimal accompaniment, he'd fit perfectly into Real Music's current ambient agenda.
Though there aren't the radio outlets for Chappell's type of romantic meditations that there were when he began, all human hearts still have a place for the kind of gentle, easily rhythmic passages he writes here.
His liner-note message indicates that these came after a time of challenge and loneliness, the loss of his father, and, significantly, a few years of neither writing nor performing.
A few individual tracks stand out, most significantly the elegant, lush opener, "Mockingbird Days," and the hypnotic "Sweet Country" (which features a sweet acoustic guitar harmony line), but the general recommendation is to listen to this as one big rush of stress-reducing calm.
It's beautiful, and it works.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mockingbird Days | Jim Chappell | Play | 04:50 | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| 2 | Water Spirits | Jim Chappell | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | Candlelight and Lace | Jim Chappell | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 12 MB |
| 4 | Painting May | Jim Chappell | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| 5 | Sweet Country | Jim Chappell | Play | 03:30 | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| 6 | On That Day | Jim Chappell | Play | 04:54 | 11 MB | 20 MB |
| 7 | Street Story | Jim Chappell | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 13 MB |
| 8 | Holy Night | Jim Chappell | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 14 MB |
| 9 | Slow Road to Heaven | Jim Chappell | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 13 MB |
| 10 | The Great Prairie | Jim Chappell | Play | 06:10 | 14 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | Almost Goodbye | Jim Chappell | Play | 05:51 | 13 MB | 25 MB |
| 12 | Somewhere | Jim Chappell | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 20 MB |
| 13 | Greensleeves | Jim Chappell | Play | 04:38 | 10 MB | 18 MB |
| 14 | Her Lovliness | Jim Chappell | Play | 05:33 | 12 MB | 23 MB |
| 62 mins | 142 MB | |||||
| 62 mins | 255 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Chappell | Primary Artist |
| 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). |