Walter Beasley latest jazz release, Free Your Mind, the music is to help you let go and lose yourself in the moment.
Free Your Mind: Steady as she goes, Love Calls, Oh Yeah, the message Mark, Shirlitta, Free Your Mind, DukeZillia, Just Breathe Barack's Groove, she can not help you, Miss Minnie
Staff: Walter Beasley: saxophone, vocals, Tony Watson Jr.: Introduction saxophone; Randall Bowland: guitar, James K. Lloyd: keyboard and programming; Lynne Fiddmont: Vocals, Jeff Lockhart: Guitar, Webster Roach: Bass, David "Pookie" Cole: drum programming, Walter Barnes: Bass, Derek Cannon: Trumpet, Craig Shaw: Bass, Phil Davis: Keyboards, Drum Programming, John Roberts: drums, backing vocals, percussion, Raymond McKinley: Bass, Rafael Pereira: percussion, Mark Strowbridge: Guitar, Sam Sims: Bass, Rick Watford guitar Sean Michael Ray: Bass
.Free Your Mind was released in January 2009 on the Heads Up label. Music is the interpretation of the writer / performer 's feelings, emotions, and creativity, and the "Free Your Mind" Walter Beasley wants listeners to free your mind in the midst of an endless flood of information, phone numbers and personal challenges. Music can, as Walter says, "to help people let go of concern for some time and just get lost in the moment ."
Free Your Mind is the follow-up to release "Ready For Love, " which showed his love and dedication to the art of music. Walter Beasley is expressed through his music in a way that captures the hearts of his listeners, who can feel the person behind the music. Opening track Steady as she goes is involved in both life and music. Steady as she goes , written by James K. Lloyd keyboardist and timeless jazz group "Pieces of Dream, " Walter fuses glow on the saxophone with the rhythms made famous by Pieces of sleep in 80-a, and who still hold their own in today's music scene. Love Calls allows Walter to step out from behind his horn as he opens his heart to us through his powerful vocals and a duet with singer Lynne Fiddmont.
to follow Oh yeah James K. Lloyd returns as writer and producer as he creates a funk groove allowing Walter to take a moment to reflect and say, "oh yeah" through his enchanting saxophone. Mark Message is a very personal and touching tribute to Mark Ledford fellow musicians, friends and the person who made the young age of 44 years. As we have all experienced, time goes faster than the opportunity to maintain close and meaningful friendships, and Walter who has lost touch with his close friend Mark, there is only one way to remember his friend and fellow musician, and this is the tie that are bound together - the music. trail is not only touching and reflective, but it says more than most people can say with words.
Shirlitta has a swagger, designed by Walter's saxophone, to convey a sense of confidence and belief that we can deal with whatever we face. The title track Free Your Mind is located in the middle of the release to remind us to breath, relax, forget your sorrows, and look on the bright side of life, and Walter's unique ability to carry a dialogue with his listeners through his music.
DukeZillia is written from the influence of composer George Duke. What originally began as a session on the keyboard resulted in a series of chord changes that are drawn from the masterful music George Duke, and Walter states, "Music should not let that get lost in the moment", and that's what Walter did not subconsciously with George Duke. resultant track melds George's melodies with Walter and the feelings are contagious and infectious Brazilian rhythms to create a special slot that can breathe life into any situation.
to follow Barack's Groove with a tribute to history in the making and the presidency Barack Obama. A little sassy, a little tipsy, and a lot of soul, Walter captured the feeling that regardless of race, religion or belief, there are opportunities for you. Other notable songs that will relieve your mind include Just Breathe , I can not help and Miss Minnie , which was dedicated to Minnie Dangerfield, an important influence during his youth and early adult years, a woman who has always said what he needed to hear, not what he wanted to hear, and the track carries the admiration and respect held Walter Miss Minnie.
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