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Pieces Of A Dream – Just Funkin’ Around (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 47:34 minutes | 573 MB | Genre: Jazz, Fusion
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Contemporary Jazz crowd pleasers Pieces Of A Dream featuring James Lloyd and Curtis Harmon, celebrate another new recording. Just Funkin’ Around, as the title suggests, is a funky, joyful musical celebration, filled with melodic grooves that have made Pieces of a Dream fan favorites. The 10 brilliant originals that run the gamut from ‘in the pocket’ R&B to sensuous smooth jazz jams are proof that Pieces of a Dream are at the top of their game!
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Pieces Of A Dream – On Another Note (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:03 minutes | 507 MB | Genre: Jazz
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‘On Another Note’ is a funky, joyful musical celebration, filled with melodic grooves that have made Pieces Of A Dream fan favorites. The 10 brilliant originals that run the gamut from ‘in the pocket’ R&B to sensuous Smooth Jazz jams are proof that Pieces Of A Dream are at the top of their game!!
Lead producer and founding member James Lloyd, who has been a go-to hit maker and accompanist for Mary J. Blige, Najee and others, shines here with such highlights as the funky “Kickin’ And Screamin'” and the romantic ballad “Smooth Dreams.” Additionally, co-founder Curtis Harmon’s composition, the hard grooving “Real To Me,” demonstrates why the “Pieces” sound is a unique crowd pleaser!
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Pieces Of A Dream – All In (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:57 minutes | 526 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Powerhouse contemporary jazz combo… “the sublime essence of smooth jazz.” – AllMusic.com “Talent and togetherness… my recommendation is yes!” – theurbanmusicscene.com The great Grover Washington, Jr. discovered, nurtured and produced Pieces Of A Dream while they were teenage phenoms still in high school. Since then they have toured the world, sold over one million albums, and scored both Smooth Jazz and R&B radio hits while garnering legions of dedicated fans. ‘All In’ represents Pieces Of A Dream at their creative peak. Joined by superstar guitarist Rohn Lawrence (Will Downing, Boney James, Najee) and up and coming saxophonist Tony Watson Jr., the group has composed 10 brilliant originals that run the gamut from the ‘in the pocket’ R&B to the sensuous Smooth jazz jams that have made them legends. Lead producer and founding member James Lloyd, who has been a go-to hit maker and accompanist for such artists as Mary J. Blige, BB King, Najee, Wayman Tisdale and others, is at the top of his game here with such highlights as the funky “In The City” and the romantic ballad “Alone With You”. And co-founder Curtis Harmon’s composition, the title track “All In,” is a joyful celebration of Pieces Of A Deam’s 21st album and their brilliant career. Superstar producers Herman Jackson (Norman Brown) and Chris “Big Dog” Davis (Will Downing, Maysa, Gerald Albright) round out the stellar production cast, making ‘All In’ a truly special release.
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Pieces Of A Dream – No Assembly Required (2004)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 47:19 minutes | Full Scans included | 3,14 GB
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz | Publisher (label): Heads Up – HUSA 9080
Run down the roster of some of the greatest jazz and pop music collectives of the late 20th century – the Beatles, Earth, Wind and Fire, Weather Report, just to name a few – and the old adage rings true: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
In a career that spans nearly thirty years, Pieces of a Dream has remained true to that lesson, maximizing the talents and ideas that each individual member has brought to the mix over the years and distilling them into a compelling and satisfying whole. Their latest effort, No Assembly Required, merges the seasoned songwriting skills of charter and founding members James Lloyd and Curtis Harmon with the talents of some newer members of the roster. The resulting whole is indeed greater than the sum of the individual parts.
Heads Up International released No Assembly Required (HUCD 3080) with a simultaneous worldwide release in 5.1 surround sound (HUSA 9080).
The creative dynamic may have been a little different with this project – more collaborations than usual for Pieces, according to Lloyd – but the resulting album is consistent with the band’s usual entertaining and compelling groove. “It’s really cool when you work with people whom you respect musically and personally,” he says. “You just sort of get a vibe going and bam, there it is.”
As with any Pieces album, the high points among the ten tracks are numerous. Vocalist Tracy Hamlin returns (following her debut with the band on their 2002 release, Love’s Silhouette) with an upbeat and inspiring rendition of Earth Wind and Fire’s “Devotion,” a tune first heard thirty years ago on EWF’s 1974 release, Open Our Eyes.
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Pieces Of A Dream – Love’s Silhouette (2002)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 67:48 minutes | Artwork | 4,52 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | 66:58 mins | 1,56 GB
Love’s Silhouette contains 14 tracks that swing and sing in the easy-flowing and genre-crossing style that has made Pieces of a Dream a staple in contemporary jazz. The group, who celebrated 25 years in the music business in 2001, continues to push stylistic boundaries and add more hard grooves, a few Latin flavors, and more funk than on their previous chart-topping hit, Acquainted With the Night.
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Pieces Of A Dream – Love’s Silhouette (2002)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 1:07:41 minutes | 1.36 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Heads Up International
Love’s Silhouette contains 14 tracks that swing and sing in the easy-flowing and genre-crossing style that has made Pieces of a Dream a staple in contemporary jazz. The group, who celebrated 25 years in the music business in 2001, continues to push stylistic boundaries and add more hard grooves, a few Latin flavors, and more funk than on their previous chart-topping hit, Acquainted With the Night. This sonic diversity is mostly heard on the urbane, mid-tempo “Turning It Up” and “Mission Possible,” while the reverent, bluesy, gospel-tinged “Remembrance (9/11/01)” is a plaintive, poetic elegy to that tragic day. The addition of saxophonist Eddie Baccus Jr. on several tracks was a good move and his sound helps the listener’s interests to grow at a much faster pace than it took for these compositions to come to light. The title track was written several years ago but only made the cut after highly prolific composer/keyboardist James Lloyd played it for his family, who urged him to redo it. The beautiful song emerged from its own uncomplicated, loving silhouette, so to speak. Other major highlights include “I Feel Like Singin'” and the reharmonized update of “My Funny Valentine,” which features the dynamic vocals of Tracy Hamlin and the bass genius of labelmate Gerald Veasley. The latter song closes the set and leaves the listener bathed in a glow of exotic retrospection and with a premonition of discovering something even more wonderful on subsequent listens. ~~ AllMusic Review by Paula Edelstein
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Pieces of a Dream – In The Moment (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 00:51:10 minutes | 568 MB | Genre: Jazz, Fusion, R&B
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Source: HDTracks | @ Shanachie Entertainment
In the world of jazz, commodities are fleeting. Styles come and go. Artists at the top of this week’s charts could be history by the end of next month. Words like “staying power” and “longevity” are for anyone or anything that sticks around for more than a couple years.
But then there are those rare few, gifted with the right stuff, who hang in for the long haul – musical collectives that continue to explore and evolve album after album, year after year, decade after decade, eschewing fashion and fad and reaching instead for something much more permanent. This is the story of Pieces of a Dream, a contemporary jazz band that opens the next chapter in a career that spans more than three decades.
The R&B legends are at their creative best with In The Moment, an inspired celebration of their 20th album!
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