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Rachel Z - Love Is The Power (1998) {GRP} **[RE-UP]**

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Rachel Z - Love Is The Power (1998) {GRP} **[RE-UP]**

Rachel Z - Love Is The Power (1998) {GRP}
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MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 132 mb
Genre: jazz, smooth jazz

Love Is The Power is the 1998 CD by Rachel Nicolazzo, who is known under the name Rachel Z. Released on the GRP label, she would marry Omar Hakim and is now known as Rachel Z Hakim.
For most artists, an album title like Love is the Power might be a cue to create songs reflecting the complexities, joys and pains of finite, human love. But Rachel Z, one of the most exciting and stylistically diverse keyboardists in contemporary jazz, has a more vast, eternal kind of love in mind. Not surprisingly for an artist with such eclectic tastes, Rachel Z tackles the musical side of her spiritual growth with a pointed shift from the acoustic jazz trio approach of her previous album A Room of One's Own to a funkier, modern electronic mindset focused on the playfulness and eloquence of the acoustic piano. From the choice to do a lively reworking of Alanis Morrisette's "Head Over Feet" to blending hip-hop grooves with a soaring vocal chant and chimes on the hypnotic and exotic "Like the Rivers Flow," Z's focus is applying her own spiritual transformation in the wake of her divorce to the universal love which connects us all. Other highlights on 1998's best smooth jazz album are "Tears 4 Your Love," a cool funk jam out of the Miles Davis tradition pairing her with Chris Botti's sassy trumpet; and the classically influenced "Walk on Water," which builds a simple, sax driven melody by Najee over a heartbeat-like rhythmic thump. She's better known for her fusion associations, but smooth jazz could use more inventive infusions like this.

Rachel Z - Love Is The Power (1998) {GRP} **[RE-UP]**

01. Tears 4 Your Love
02. Walking On Water
03. Love Is The Power
04. Bodhisattva
05. Head Over Feet
06. With U Beside Me
07. Like The Rivers Flow
08. Show Myself 2 U
09. Peace Of My Heart
10. Little House

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Rachel Z-piano, keyboards, vocals
David Mann-keyboards, soprano saxophone, drum programming
Larry Saltzman-acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Michael Bearden-keboards, drum programming, synth bass
Jimmy Earl-bass
Bashiri Johnson-bongos, percussion
Mick Moroch-acoustic guitars


Chris Botti-trumpet, flugelhorn (track 1)
Marc Antoine-acoustic guitar (tracks 3, 7, 9)
Najee-soprano saxophone (track 2)
Maysa Leak-lead and background vocals (track 8)
Chris Parks-sampling (track 8)


Produced and arranged by Michael Rearden, except tracks 1 and 5 which were produced by David Manne
Recorded by Michael Rearden, Wayne Warneke, John Pace, and Don Gellert at Mykee Studios, Wayne's World, Chunk King Studios, and Avatar Studios
Tracks 1 and 5 recorded at DDM Studio and Avatar Studios
Mixed by Don Gellert and Michael Rearden at Avatar Studios, NYC
Tracks 1 and 5 mixed by Don Gellert at Avatar Studios, NYC
Engineered by Wayne Warneke, John Pace, and Don Gellert

Mastered by Joe Palmaccio at Sterling Sound, NY

Rachel Z - Love Is The Power (1998) {GRP} **[RE-UP]**


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Rachel Z / Love Is The Power

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Rachel Z - Love Is The Power (1998) {GRP} **[RE-UP]**