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No up and coming performer has electrified the urban side of smooth jazzthese past few years like the Chicago native Jimmy Sommers, who became a true media sensation via his slick and ambitious, ultra-funky hit albums 360 Urban Groove (2001) and Lovelife (2003), which featured numerous superstar contributions (Norman Brown, Ginuwine, Eric Benet, Rahsaan Patterson and Macy Gray), and spawned the Top Ten airplay hits with “Lowdown”, “360 Urban Groove” and “You Can Have It”. His 2001 breakthrough 360 Urban Groove spent over a year and a half on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart, spawning two huge hit singles, a cover of Boz Scaggs’ classic “Lowdown” which hit #2 on Radio & Records’ Smooth Jazz chart, and the title track, which went Top Ten. His combination of feisty sax licks and charismatic good lookshave earned him guest spots on The Today Show, Dateline NBC, E! Entertainment, Live With Regis and Kelly and BET on Jazz:Impressions, among many other shows.  “Take My Heart,” the first single from Lovelife, hit the Top Ten on R&R as well.A Holiday Wish
by Jimmy Sommers
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Time Stands Still is a luscious reflection on 14 of the most mesmerizing melodies of all time. Sommers was inspired to embark upon this sentimental journey after completing his 2004 Christmas album, A Holiday Wish. “What made doing that album so special,” Sommers shares, “was doing songs people already knew and loved.” This dreamy disc stretches from standards such as “Georgia On My Mind” (in memory of “The Genius” Ray Charles), “Besame Mucho” and a bossa nova take on “Fly Me to the Moon” to more modern gems such as “You Are So Beautiful” (dedicated to its late composer Billy Preston), Norah Jones’ Grammy-winning “Don’t Know Why” (buoyed by piano and harmonica) and Carlos Santana’s burning bolero “Europa,” which Sommers masterfully reworked into a modern alternative from the classic `70s recording by Gato Barbieri. All of the music was arranged by Hollywood jazz and session veteran Bill Cunliffe and highlighted by three guest vocalists: soul-pop crooner Eric Bene’t (singing the Judy Garland signature “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”), traditional pop veteran Gloria Loring (mother of recent chart-topper Robin Thicke who graces the sexy Peggy Lee fire-starter “Fever”) and newcomer Dena Deadly (a singer Sommers discovered on all-powerful MySpace who sings the Etta James chestnut “At Last”).Time Stands Still
by Jimmy Sommers
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