Don't Talk Dance

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Product Description Chris Standring returns in 2014 with another musical left turn with Don't Talk, Dance!, a deep European progressive soul-jazz-dance influenced project featuring the best funk and soul studio musicians in Los Angeles. This 13-track set features Chris as arranger, orchestrator and producer, along with his signature solo jazz and fusion guitar sounds. Drawing on 70's style funk and soul inspiration, Chris raises the bar once again with an album that is impossible to sit still to. The first radio single "Sneakin' Out The Front Door," features Chris on guitar talkbox, and harks back to a time reminiscent of early Jeff Beck or Herbie Hancock, with a hook that is clearly all Chris Standring. Review While this is a Chris Standring joint from top to bottom, the mixing here may be the best work Standring has ever done. Never consistently out front nor buried behind the beat, Chris Standring is a lyrical chameleon of controlled sonic fury methodically weaving his voice in and out of the mix as needed. Never ostentatious. Never boring. Never out of style.Contemporary jazz has just been put on notice! --criticaljazz.comIn an age where many musicians are content to recycle the same patented riffs time and again with different titles, it's rewarding to hear one who keeps going beyond expectations as Standring does here. Don't be surprised when Don't Talk, Dance! ends up appearing high on numerous 2014 "Best of" lists! --allaboutjazz.comYet again, Standring boldly goes where few will venture outside the boundaries of contemporary jazz ...Don't Talk, Dance!travels beyond the realm of coolness, merging dance, electronic, chill and soul to offer the perfect melange of music ...the album is so hip, it hurts! --wave.fm