Onaje Allan Gumbs - Dare To Dream (Expanded Edition) (2018)

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Title: Dare To Dream (Expanded Edition)
Year Of Release: 1991/2018
Label: Geffen Records
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Soul, Funk
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 00:55:11
Total Size: 130 mb | 415 mb
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Tracklist:

01. No Question
02. Second Thoughts
03. The Look
04. Dare To Dream
05. Don't Touch My Heart (Unless You're Serious)
06. Think About It (Interlude)
07. So Nice
08. For All It's Worth
09. Think About It
10. Are They Only Dreams
11. No Question (Rap Reprise)

Personnel:

Onaje Allan Gumbs - piano, synthesizer horn, synthesizer strings
Kevin Eubanks - acoustic guitar
Oskar Cartaya - bass
Steve Moss - percussion
Steve Thornton - percussion
Dennis Collins - vocals
Leonard Gibbs - djembe, flexatones, shaker, temple blocks
Daryl Burgee - djembe, flexatones, jun-jun, vibraslap
Jef Lee Johnson - acoustic guitar
Roger Byam - alto, soprano and tenor saxophones
Tommy Campbell - drums
Buddy Williams - drums
Shunzo Ohno - flugelhorn
Kenny Davis - acoustic bass
Gerri Griffin - vocals
V. Jeffrey Smith - synthesizer bass, synthesizer programming, drum programming

Dare To Dream is a tour de force of Onaje Allen Gumbs' talents as a composer, producer, arranger and keyboardist. Co-produced by V.Jeffrey Smith of The Family Stand,the opening track,"No Question," is propulsive funk in the style of The System and Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon." The mellow Sunday afternoon groove of "Second Thoughts," is led by the tenor sax of Roger Byam,the engaging interplay of drummer Buddy Williams,the shaker,tambourine and soft conga of Steve Thornton and gently,plucked bass of Oscar Carataya as Gumbs interweaves tasty piano solos and lays down warm,sustained digital piano.Co-written with Benny Russell,"The Look," is solid,midtempo jazz funk that features a unison lead line by Shunzo Ono on flugelhorn,Byam's sax and a sustained guitar figure by Jef Lee Johnson.Gumbs spices the mix with blocked acoustic piano riffs and otherworld synthesized horns and voices.Dedicated to the quest for world peace through individual happiness,the title track,"Dare To Dream," is a vocal duet between Gerri Griffin and Dennis Collins.This track is as beautiful as Gumbs's work on Phyllis Hyman's "The Answer Is You,."Other highlights are the upbeat "Don't Touch My Heart(Unless You're Serious),,"the samba-flavored "So Nice,,"the soft "For All It's Worth," and the languid "Are They Only Dreams," which features guitarist Kevin Eubanks of The Tonight Show starring Jay Leno.