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Jonathan Butler, guitarist, Brian Simpson, Keyboard Player, Saxophonist and Michael Paulo Perform Jonathan’s “Do You Love Me” Live @ La Quinta Resort.Watch these three all-star musicians bring the house down. Jonathan Butler’s daughter adds a beautiful voice to this already melodic song.

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Singer/Songwriter Julia Fordham & Composer/Comedian Paul Reiser give a shoutout to Smooth Jazz Live prior to their highly anticipated performance @ The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on 7/21/11.. If you are a music lover you can’t miss this opportunity! We saw them last year & it was one of he best performances we have ever witnessed. For details: http://www.thecoachhouse.com/

The LA Times: “Maybe you remember comedian Paul Reiser from his roles in “Diner,” “Aliens” or most likely “Mad About You,” where he and Helen Hunt essentially defined sitcom couplehood for much of the ’90s. What you may not consciously remember are Reiser’s musical talents, which were on display in co-writing the show’s piano-pop theme music.

Having studied piano and composition in college, Reiser had been exploring his musical side in the last few years since leaving his TV character Paul Buchman behind, and the results of that tinkering eventually led him to pass his music along to one of his favorite musicians — U.K. favorite Julia Fordham, who  recently relocated to L.A.

What began as a casual collaboration developed into “Unusual Suspects,” a 10-song CD released last month on Muttley Bosco Records. Though Reiser doesn’t seem close to making a career change (another NBC sitcom is planned for 2011), his musical side-project has been gathering steam thanks in part to the song “UnSung Hero,” a heartfelt tribute to families of troops stationed abroad that the group recently performed live on “The Tonight Show.”

Paul Reiser and Julia Fordham

Singer/Songwriter Julia Fordham performs Minnie Riperton’s “lovin You” live 35 years after Minnie first did it. Minnie Riperton was known for her vocal range and only Julia Fordham could do justice to this song.

Wikipedia: Julia Fordham  is a British singer-songwriter based in California. Her professional career started in the early 1980s, under the name “Jules Fordham”, as a backing singer for Mari Wilson and Kim Wilde.

In 1988, she released her first album on Circa Records, Julia Fordham. The album, which contained the UK Top 40 single “Happy Ever After” (#27 in August),^[1] introduced her as a singer with considerable vocal range, and her deeply emotional lyrics endeared her to a small, committed audience.^[2] Licensed to Virgin Records America, the album was a minor hit and paved the way for the success of 1989′s Porcelain. The single, “Manhattan Skyline”, was an adult contemporary radio and VH-1 hit.

Fordham has had chart success since that time, and she continued to record throughout the 1990s. Three subsequent albums: 1991′s Swept which featured the UK Top 20 single “Love Moves (In Mysterious Ways)” (#19 in February 1992)^[1] (The Butcher’s Wife soundtrack – a movie starring Demi Moore), 1994′s Falling Forward and 1997′s East West received some critical praise. 1998′s The Julia Fordham Collection recapped the best-known songs from these five albums, and included new versions of recordings including “Where Does The Time Go”, which featured the vocals of Curtis Stigers.

See Julia  and Actor/Comedian/Composer Paul Reiser @ the Coach House on 7/21/11. http://www.www.thecoachhouse.com/

Mindi Abair performs “True Blue” – LIve @ The Hyatt Aviara 7/16/11. This was one the most beautiful settings the Smooth Jazz Live crew has been to. Mindi Abair performance made it a perfect night! Check out this wonderful concert series at http://www.jazzatthepark.com/.

Wikipedia says of Mindi:

Mindi Abair (born May 23, 1969 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist with a strong Top-40 pop music background. Mindi has toured and/or recorded with the Backstreet Boys, Duran Duran, Mandy Moore, Josh Groban, Adam Sandler, Keb’ Mo’, Lalah Hathaway, Lee Ritenour, Teena Marie, John Tesh, Bobby Lyle, Jonathan Butler, Peter White and Rick Braun.

In 2003, Abair moved from pop to jazz. She signed to Verve Records and released the album It Just Happens That Way, which peaked at #7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart^[2] and remained in the Top 10 for 19 consecutive weeks.^{[citation needed]} Billboard magazine named It Just Happens That Way one of the top 10 Contemporary Jazz CDs of the year.^{[citation needed]} Her hit single “Lucy’s,” was #1 on R&R^{[clarification needed]} for a record-breaking eight weeks. Her 2004 release Come As You Are peaked at #9 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz charts.^[3] Her 2006 release Life Less Ordinary peaked at #2 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart^[4] and remained in the top 20 for 45 weeks.^{[citation needed]} Her songs “True Blue” and “Bloom” hit #1 on R&R. She signed to Concord Records in 2007, and her latest 2008 release Stars broke the usual genre barriers, with her single “Stars” (written and produced by Matthew Hager) charting #29 Adult Contemporary R&R simultaneously with her single “Smile” hitting top ten on the R&R jazz airplay charts.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010, Abair released a CD called “In Hi-Fi Stereo,” produced by Rex Rideout.^[5]

Abair also plays the flute and keyboard and sings, and she has hosted the nationally syndicated radio program Chill with Mindi Abair since 2007, which focuses on chill out music.^[6]

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