The Distance * by Taylor Hicks (CD, Mar-2010, Modern Whomp Records)

Personnel: Taylor Hicks (vocals, piano); Elliott Yamin (vocals); Doyle Bramhall II (guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, dobro); Michael Thompson (guitar); Simon Climie (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Dennis Caplinger (violin); Toby Baker (strings, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards); Simon Gardner (trumpet, flugelhorn); Abe Laboriel, Jr. (drums); Nicky "Misschief" Shaw (percussion, programming); Sharon White (percussion); Tim Carmen (background vocals).Programmer: Nicky "Misschief" Shaw.Audio Mixers: Joel Evenden; Don Murray ; Simon Climie.Recording information: Glenwood Place Studios, Los Angeles, CA.Arranger: Simon Climie.Shortly after winning the 2006 season of AMERICAN IDOL, blue-eyed soul singer Taylor Hicks released a hastily conceived but well-received major label album, featuring the kind of solid, R&B-inflected rock that earned him accolades with the IDOL judges and viewing public. Although the album debuted at number two on the Billboard charts and eventually went platin

Stars: Taylor Hicks; Release Date: February 17, 2009

Taylor Hicks performs a roster of his biggest hits and favorites before an enthusiastic "Soul Patrol" of fans. Mixing R&B, rock and blues into one incredible package, he'll knock you out with one show-stopping performance after another! Songs: Gonna Move, Give Me Tonight, Heart and Soul, Just to Feel That Way, My Friend, The Deal, Hold on to Your Love, Wherever I Lay My Hat, Soul Thing, Heaven Knows, The Maze, Right Place, The Runaround, The Fall, Badge, Naked in the Jungle, Just to Feel That Way, Wherever I Lay My Hat, My Friend, Heaven Knows.

Black Rose (Sweden)

Taylor Hicks performs a roster of his biggest hits and favorites before an enthusiastic "Soul Patrol" of fans. Mixing R&B, rock and blues into one incredible package, he'll knock you out with one show-stopping performance after another! Songs: Gonna Move, Give Me Tonight, Heart and Soul, Just to Feel That Way, My Friend, The Deal, Hold on to Your Love, Wherever I Lay My Hat, Soul Thing, Heaven Knows, The Maze, Right Place, The Runaround, The Fall, Badge, Naked in the Jungle, Just to Feel That Way, Wherever I Lay My Hat, My Friend, Heaven Knows.

Cuneiform Records

Personnel: Joanne Shaw Taylor (vocals, guitar, guitars); Rick Steff (keyboards); Steve Potts , Steve Potts (drums).Audio Mixer: Jim Gaines.Recording information: Bessie Blue Studios, Stantonville, TN.Photographer: Liz "Cupcake" Mackinder.British blues guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor comes off as a talented, if unfinished, young blues artist on her second album, Diamonds in the Dirt. Leading a quartet also including Steve Potts (drums), Dave Smith (bass), and Rick Steff (keyboards), Taylor turns in a set of original songs that serve as platforms for her electric lead work. The CD booklet prints all her lyrics, which she sings in a smoky, throaty alto, and the words turn out to be a succession of clichés, with a heavy emphasis on fire imagery, as titles like "Let It Burn" and "World on Fire" suggest. Bad behavior, bad luck, and bad love are alluded to, all of which are more than enough to justify the emotion Taylor expresses in her singing and the fervor with which she plays the guitar. Still, those leads often se

Nacional Records

Milestone Records

Personnel includes: Paul Taylor (soprano & alto saxophones); Keiko Matsui (piano); Derek Nakamoto (keyboards, synthesizer, bass, programming, sequencing, loops); Basil Fung (guitar).Engineers include: Joel Stoner, Derek Nakamoto, Thomas "T-Bone" Demman.Personnel: Paul Taylor (vocals, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, background vocals); Basil Fung (guitar, electric guitar); Keiko Matsui (piano); Derek Nakamoto (keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drum programming); Dino Esposito, Scot Rammer (keyboards, keyboard programming, drum programming); Rob Chiarelli (drum programming, loops); Abraham Laboriel, Sr., Marcus Miller (sampler).Audio Mixers: Dino Esposito; Thomas Demman; Joel Stoner.Recording information: Son Songs Studio, Las Vegas, NV.Photographer: Tracy Lamonica.Arrangers: Derek Nakamoto; Dino Esposito; Scot Rammer; Paul Taylor.It's an unwritten rule in smooth jazz that within every great sideman there is a solo artist itching to emerge, and saxman Paul Taylor -- who's added soulful spark and text