PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS… ELDREDGE JACKSON
Sax man Eldredge Jackson releases “Listening Pleasure.”
Presented by Electronic Urban Report.
Jazz saxophonist Eldredge Jackson has released his highly anticipated disc, “Listening Pleasure,” and is making a name for himself with the help of some great names of the genre.
The CD boasts the “fresh, explosive energy” that the artist is bringing to contemporary jazz, laced over the production of legendary bassist Wayman Tisdale and producer Preston Glass.
“It came about from the place that any musician who looks to put a CD out or something that comes from within,” Jackson said of the inspiration for the disc. “And having this gift of music that has been given to me as a child, it’s been a long-awaited dream of mine to have a CD and to be able to finally produce a CD (with) Wayman Tisdale. When we got started on it, he was not only the first person; he was the only person – with his knowledge of the industry – to work with me on this. We collaborated on about nine or ten of the songs on the project.”
Jackson also recruited Preston Glass for the project. Glass is a renowned songwriter and producer who’s worked with the likes of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Kirk Whalum, and Earth, Wind & Fire just to name a few.
“He produced the (Lionel Richie) ‘Hello’ track and the Michael Jackson ‘Rock With You’ remix track (on the CD). I was deeply honored to have him be a part of this as well,” Jackson said.
The artist explained that he thought of redoing Richie’s 1984 hit “Hello” while he was driving and listening to the radio in his car. “I thought, ‘Wow, this song was awesome back when it originally came out. This may not be a bad song to see if we can put the sax to it and see what we can come up with.’ So when we got in the studio and started playing around with it we thought, ‘We’ve got to do this.’”
Jackson added that that was the pretty much the same process in doing the 1979 Michael Jackson hit “Rock With You.”
“Michael Jackson – another great inspiration…
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