Paul Taylor “Night Life” Smooth Jazz Music CD Review

Not sure what’s happening with me on this one, but it seems like the more I listen to it, the better Night Life gets. Night Life put simply is one of Paul Taylor’s best CDs to date.

Night Life kicks off with an outstanding track, Nightlife, that I anticipate will be heard on radio stations everywhere, and deservedly so. It really is a very nice track.

Night Life is a pleasantly varied, mix of 11 tracks that are very well written songs by this clearly superb artist. Most of the songs display a lot of the kind emotion that makes for a really great listen. Clearly drawing from what I can only imagine are his own real life experiences. At different points touching on the most real emotions of love, and the pain of failed relationships can certainly be heard.

The nice thing about a CD like this is when the talent is this rich even if Smooth Jazz isn’t your favorite style you still can’t help but appreciate the greatness of the artist.

Overall Night Life is an outstanding release. Quite possibly Paul Taylor’s best to date. Really spectacular from beginning to end. If you’re even mildly into Smooth Jazz music you’ll enjoy this album.

My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 4, Enjoy The Ride. This is a great track!

Night Life Release Notes:

Paul Taylor originally released Night Life on Mar 15, 2005 on the Peak Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Nightlife
2. Easy Bay Bounce
3. Around The Corner
4. Enjoy The Ride
5. Tender Love
6. Anything You Say
7. Candelight
8. Don’t Wait Up
9. After Hours
10. Things Left Unsaid
11. Silk ‘N’ Lace

Personnel include: Paul Taylor (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Maxi Priest (vocals); Dwight Sills, John “Jubu” Smith (guitar); Walt Fowler (flugelhorn); Barry J. Eastmond (keyboards, percussion, drum programming); Dino Esposito (keyboards, programming, bass programming, drum programming); Rex Rideout (keyboards, programming); Jeff Lorber (keyboards); Freddie Washington (bass instrument); Michael White (drums, percussion); Ricky Lawson (drums).

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Clyde Lee Dennis, a.k.a. smoothlee.com SmoothLee is a life long music fanatic, smooth jazz in particular, and does a daily online radio show featuring smooth jazz music that can be heard at phoenixsmoothjazz.com PhoenixSmoothJazz.com