Jazz Funk Soul - Forecast (2022)

Posted By: delpotro
Date: Sept. 1, 2025

Jazz Funk Soul - Forecast (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 296 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 106 Mb | 00:44:47
Jazz-Funk, Smooth Jazz | Label: Shanachie Records

The leaders of supergroup Jazz Funk Soul are three of the most important Contemporary Jazz hit makers on the scene today: Jeff Lorber, Everett Harp and Paul Jackson, Jr. - artists and producers responsible for selling millions of albums and scoring more than 50 #1 Smooth Jazz radio hits! As a touring ensemble, they are wowing audiences from coast to coast. Grammy Winner Jeff Lorber is famous for launching the career of Kenny G and his productions and collaborations with such greats as Dave Koz, Janet Jackson, Lalah Hathaway and Miles Davis! Grammy Nominated Paul Jackson, Jr. Is one of the world's most sought after guitarists, having been featured on Michael Jackson's Thriller, many Whitney Houston hits, and much more. Grammy Nominated Everette Harp has recorded and shared the stage with such musical giants as Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Billy Joel and Patti LaBelle.

AllMusic Review by Matt Collar
On their fourth album, 2022's wryly titled Forecast, instrumental jazz supergroup Jazz Funk Soul further embrace their hooky, soulful sound. The record follows 2019's Life and Times, which found guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr. taking over for original guitarist Chuck Loeb (who tragically died from cancer in 2017) and joining forces with the other founding members, saxophonist Everette Harp and keyboardist Jeff Lorber. Though subtle, the change from Loeb to Jackson was significant, as each player brought his own distinctive style to the band's overall sound. With Loeb, the trio favored soaring, brightly attenuated pop-jazz melodies. While that melodicism remains a core part of the group's style (just check out "Count Me In"), Jackson brings a crisp, rhythmic R&B sensibility to their sound, informed by his many years of working with artists like Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston. If Life and Times evoked the funky soul-jazz of the Crusaders and sax icon David Sanborn, then Forecast makes such comparisons vibrantly explicit. Cuts like the opening "Hustle," "Fish Grease," and "Funkin' in AZ" spotlight the warm interplay between Harp's juicy sax lines, Lorber's rich keyboard harmonies, and Jackson's bluesy fretboard riffs. Particularly evocative of the Crusaders' sound is "When the Time Comes," with its warm acoustic bass groove and summery, laid-back atmosphere. The trio even pay tribute to their late bandmate with the poignant slow-jam album closer "CSL (For Charles Samuel Loeb)." With Forecast, Jazz Funk Soul underline their reputation as masters of no-nonsense, soulful contemporary jazz.
Tracklist:
01. Hustle (3:33)
02. Keep Holding On (5:43)
03. Funkin' in AZ (5:17)
04. Forecast (4:23)
05. Bouncing Back (3:50)
06. Fish Grease (5:16)
07. Count Me In (3:15)
08. When the Time Comes (5:44)
09. Hidden in Plain Sight (3:44)
10. CSL (For Charles Samuel Loeb) (4:03)

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EAC extraction logfile from 28. October 2023, 10:55

Jazz Funk Soul / Forecast

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