Tom Coster - Did Jah Miss Me?!? (1989) CD Rip

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Title: Did Jah Miss Me?!?
Year Of Release: 1989
Label: JVC[2028-2]
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 46:51
Total Size: 279 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Ant Dance
02. It's Just A Matter Of Love
03. Did Jah Miss Me?!?
04. Bad Short
05. Funk Me Up
06. Tommy
07. La Luna Bella
08. Tell Me Why [
09. The Thang
10. In A Smoke Filled Room
Tom Coster - Did Jah Miss Me?!? (1989) CD Rip

personnel :

Tom Coster - Keyboards
Ernie Watts - Saxophones, and Yamaha WX-7
Frank Gambale - Guitars
Randy Jackson - Electric Bass
Dennis Chambers - Drums

With:
Steve Smith - Drums (7)
Larry Grenadier - Acoustic Bass (10)

What was true of Gato Barbieri's commercial pop-jazz projects was also true of Tom Coster's -- you knew that he was capable of a lot more, but you had to give him credit for being commercial in a generally tasteful fashion. Did Jah Miss Me?!? which came out on Headfirst in 1989 and was reissued by JVC several years later, finds the former Santana keyboardist trying to balance commercial and artistic considerations. In the late '80s, many instrumentalists were all too willing to throw integrity out the window in order to get on commercial NAC stations -- if insuring airplay meant recording outright elevator muzak, they were quite willing to do it. But Coster generally maintains his dignity on this album, which unites him with saxman Ernie Watts, guitarist Frank Gambale, bassist Randy Jackson and drummer Dennis Chambers. Groove-oriented, pop-jazz instrumentals like "Ant Dance," "Bad Short" and "It's Just a Matter of Love" aren't fabulous, but they're decent and aren't without some grit. The only really embarrassing songs on the CD are the saccharine "La Luna Bella" and the schmaltzy title tune, which finds Watts sounding too Kenny G-ish for his own good. But for the most part, Coster refrains from prostituting himself on this crossover date.~Alex Henderson