Dan Siegel: ST (1982)

Smooth jazz keyboardist Dan Siegel has been helping to shape the genre since his recording debut in 1980. Born in Seattle and raised in Eugene, OR, Siegel started taking piano lessons at age eight and was fronting a rock band at 12. After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he received a degree in composition from the University of Oregon and began recording his own works. Soon thereafter, well-known independent jazz label Inner City Records signed the young keyboardist, releasing 1980's Nite Ride, which featured guitarist Lee Ritenour. Siegel's second album for Inner City, 1981's The Hot Spot, was more successful and spent ten weeks in the Top Ten of Billboard's jazz chart. In 1983, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue film and television work, as well as a more active recording career.

Spending half of the decade composing TV and film scores as well as releasing several albums of varying interest, he signed with Epic in 1986 and began moving away from the ailing jazz fusion scene and into the adult contemporary jazz sound that he had been toying with all along. Highlights of this era include 1994's worldbeat-influenced Hemispheres and the urban-flavored Clairvoyance, released in 1998. Siegel spent the 1990s recording for a variety of labels, working with some of the bigger names in smooth jazz (Boney James, Larry Carlton, John Patitucci), and leading the hard bop combo Birds of a Feather. In 2000, Legacy Recordings released a greatest hits compilation called Along the Way: The Best of Dan Siegel.
Tracklist:

1. GREAT EXPECTATIONS
2. ENCHANTED FOREST
3. UPTOWN
4. SOARING
5. THE LONE RANGER
6. TOUCH AND GO
7. DESERTED BEACH
8. PASSING TIME
9. THE CONQUEROR
Personnel:
Paul Jackson Jr., Larry Carlton, Marlon McCLain: Guitar
Tom Scott, Jeff Homan: Saxophone
Tom Brown: Trumpet
Mark Hatch: Fluegel Horn
Rob Thomas, Abraham Laboriel: Bass
Moyes Lucas Jr., John Robinson: Drums
Lenny Castro: Percussion
Dan Siegel: Keyboards
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V.A.: GRP Christmas Collection Vol. 3 (1993)

GRP's third edition features key artists, e.g. Dave Grusin, David Benoit, Diane Schuur and Tom Scott, who have appeared on the previous volumes returning to render their interpretations of new Christmas material. GRP artists appearing for the first time on any holiday recording include Yellowjackets performing "Go Tell It on the Mountain," and B.B. King's joyful "Merry Christmas, Baby," and Billy Taylor swinging the traditional "Deck the Halls..." ”

Tracklist
1. Feliz Navidad - Tom Scott - 4:17
2. Merry Christmas Baby - B.B. King - 3:57
3. Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Ramsey Lewis - 4:25
4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - David Benoit - 4:35
5. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Diane Schuur - 4:16
6. Go Tell It On The Mountain - Yellowjackets - 4:32
7. There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays - Sergio Salvatore - 5:32
8. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming - Dave Grusin - 5:25
9. Joy To The World - Kim Pensyl - 2:32
10. Deck The Halls - Billy Taylor - 3:52
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