Album: Velvet by Chris Standring (1998)
Genre: Jazz
Format: Album

Description: "Velvet" has enough catchy melodies, from the shuffling beat of Silhouette to the driving Velvet. Standring plays a notch above "smooth" jazz, but no means sounding like early Benson. 

Artist Background: Chris Standring (born 1960 in Buckinghamshire, England is a British-born soul jazz guitarist known for his heavy use of 1970s-style musical nuances. Before launching his own solo career with his 1998 album "Velvet", Standring represented a third of the band SolarSystem, a one-shot project that combined elements of jazz and hip-hop. His "Hipsway" was co-produced with Rodney Lee in 2000. "Groovalicious" followed in 2003, then "Soul Express" in 2006. Love & Paragraphs (2008) spawned the title tr... Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Music Scene: Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Jazz movement.

Tags: Jazz, 1990s, Album


"Velvet" has enough catchy melodies, from the shuffling beat of Silhouette to the driving Velvet. Standring plays a notch above "smooth" jazz, but no means sounding like early Benson. 

Velvet

Chris Standring

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