Jazz

Joyce Cooling - Global Cooling (2009)

2014-12-30T16:53:33Z

Joyce Cooling - Global Cooling (2009)


1 	Grass Roots 	4:12
2 	Global Cooling 	3:38
3 	Save This Dance For Me 	4:15
4 	Cobra 	4:36
5 	What Are We Waiting For? 	2:50
6 	Dolores In Pink 	4:21
7 	We Can 	3:05
8 	Rhythm Kitchen 	4:27
9 	The Red Rose 	4:05
10 	Chit Chat 	3:58
11 	In The Streets 	1:24

Global Cooling features Cooling’s signature, colorful, body-moving sound, blending funky contemporary jazz with flavors and vibes from around the world. “It's eclectic - you can dance to it, you can trance to it. It's up to you."

Global Cooling is like taking a transcontinental flight, touching down in fun, exciting and beautiful places. “We were inspired to travel into uncharted territory, so we really stretched ourselves to get our passports in order! We played with a lot of new instruments and layered tablas, congas, bongos, sitar, berimbau and even accordion over funk, rock and jazz. It was a trip.”

Joyce Cooling and songwriting partner, Jay Wagner, have crafted a stunning collection of songs that embody places, feelings and thoughts. “Cobra” and “The Red Rose” paint sound-scapes of exotic lands. Other songs are born of ideas and concepts near and dear to Joyce. In particular, the title track, “Global Cooling,” and “We Can” are driven by Cooling's optimism and love of things global and universal. “Jay and I wanted to make music in the spirit of that interconnectedness that I like to call our global neighborhood.”

Cooling, who is known for her eclectic and swinging style, is recognized as one of the most dynamic and popular contemporary jazz guitarists in the world. She invites her fans to join her on the fantastic Global Cooling trek.

Global Cooling continues Cooling’s advocacy and commitment to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Joyce will donate a portion of the proceeds from her CD sales to NAM. ---cdbaby.com

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Joyce Cooling ‎– Third Wish (2001)

2017-02-03T16:25:21Z

Joyce Cooling ‎– Third Wish (2001)


1 	Third Wish 	4:41
2 	Tamba 	5:19
3 	Mm-Mm Good 	5:08
4 	Daddy-O 	5:54
5 	Don't Mind If I Do 	4:07
6 	Jelly On My Jacket 	5:23
7 	It'll Come Back To Me 	3:54
8 	East Side 	5:35
9 	Whenever The Rain Falls 	4:18
10 	It's All Because Of Loving You 	3:17

Joyce Cooling - Guitar, Vocals
Gary Calvin – Bass
Pete Escovedo – Percussion
Billy Friday Johnson – Drums
Hélcio Milito - Percussion
Bill Ortiz – Trumpet
Jay Wagner - Keyboards, Vocals, Whistle (Instrument)
Peter Welker - Flugelhorn

Joyce Cooling raises the bar on her contemporary, smooth jazz statements to make a unique instrumental collection of ten original songs with Third Wish. Her individual artistry is highly melodic, more aggressive, powerfully rhythmic and possesses the confidence and poise that comes from years of study and playing with successful musicians. Artistically, the recording features more percussive talent than her previous efforts: Keeping Cool and Playing It Cool. Teaming with Joyce Cooling on Third Wish is her longtime collaborator and keyboard player Jay Wagner, Gary Calvin on bass, Billy Johnson on drums, and Peter Michael Escovedo on percussion, among others. The songs are a delightful mix of upbeat musical tapestries that feature funk, smooth, cool jazz, and Brazilian rhythms. One great highlight on the CD is Al Jarreau's vocalese on a very funky version of "Mm-Mm Good." The guitar influences of Lee Ritenour seep through on "Daddy-O" and on the smooth bop-flavored "East Side." Michael Ortiz's cool, muted trumpet voice supplies some real nice comments to the musical conversation happening among Joyce Cooling, Jay Wagner, and Peter Michael Escovedo on "East Side." Listeners get an added treat: Cooling's smooth, folksy vocals on several tunes including the reflective "It'll Come Back to Me." With the release of Third Wish, Joyce Cooling has come full circle, and continues to exceed the expectations of her fans and musical peers. --- Paula Edelstein, AllMusic Review

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Joyce Cooling – Keeping Cool (1999)

2010-09-14T15:33:44Z

Joyce Cooling – Keeping Cool (1999)


1. Callie
2. Want To Coast? - (intro)
3. Coasting
4. Ain’t Life Grand?
5. Out Of A Movie
6. Before Dawn
7. China Basin
8. Simple Kind Of Love
9. Little Five Points
10. Gliding By

Personnel :
Billy Johnson - drums
Joyce Cooling - guitar , keyboard, voc
Peter Michael Escovedo - percusion
Jay Wagner - voc, keyboard

This slick electric guitarist seemed to come out of nowhere in 1997, becoming The Gavin Report's artist of the year based on the enormous reception of her radio smash "South of Market" and her Heads Up debut Playing It Cool (pun intended). In reality, she had been (and still is) one of the Bay Area's premier club and festival performers, trading off between straight-ahead jazz, Brazilian rhythms, and the funky, lighthearted kind of perfection we find on her even better follow-up (pun still intended and not quite yet wearing thin). Her precise, crisp, and relaxed style serves melodies that are instantly catchy throughout; she and her keyboardist/partner have emerged from years of playing more free-form music in clubs and have the smooth jazz hook thing down pat. What makes this so much more fun than the average genre guitar release are the varied trappings that reflect a myriad of influences. "Callie" bounces in with a retro-bluesy disco groove, Cooling blending her delightful wordless vocalizing and easy punch before giving way to Wagner's piano frolic. The title "Coasting" might imply "laid-back, bland, " but in this case, it finds her being spunky with a hypnotic lead riff over an artsy jazz piano groove. The irrepressible blues pieces "Ain't Life Grand" and "China Basin" give her a chance to show off her Stevie Ray Vaughn influence. When she's not being the queen of perky, Cooling simmers down on the meditative moods of "Out of a Movie" and "Little Five Points," which features her understated but still smart improvisation over Wagner's Rhodes harmony. While more a guitarist who sings than vice versa, the Brazilian-flavored vocal track "Gliding By" -- with just her voice and an acoustic guitar -- gives a fuller view of one of the genre's premier new talents. Kudos for also finally realizing that she can use her knockout looks and sex appeal in the packaging design. --- Jonathan Widran, Rovi

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