Description
Release Date: 2011
Label: O.T.S. Music
Track List
- Sweet Ladies
- Our Day Will Come
- Like This Like That
- When Things Don’t Go So Well
- Before It’s Gone
- Night Time Pleasure
- The Asymptote
- Foster’s Child
- Be happy People
- Words Can’t Explain
- Buy That Ring
- Nevada Nights
- Test My Love Again
Notes
Before It s Gone gets off to a seductive start with the sweet, soulfully atmospheric soprano ballads Sweet Ladies and Words Can t Describe, then eases into a hypnotically trippy chill mode (complete with cool ambiance, spacey sound effects and clever sax-flute harmonizing) on an invitation to Buy That Ring. A lovely and soothing female voice invites the listener to experience Nighttime Pleasures during a brief but emotional interlude that leads to the other side of the coin on the reflective and slightly melancholy beauty of When Things Don t Go So Well. Dramatic film score lush ambiance meets some of Quintin s dynamic sax improvisations on the melodic, vocal-laden title track before the Sax man eases into the upbeat, lighthearted call during these trying times to Be Happy People. He was studying calculus when he wrote The Asymptote, a throwback to high energy 90s house music whose title refers to two lines which come together but never quite touch a romantic metaphor! Quintin taps into his love of gospel on the uptempo Our Day Will Come, then adds graceful flute touches to the thought provoking, futuristic ballad Nevada Nights ; while Quintin handles the album s keyboards himself, the throwback track called Like This, Like That features a lovely Fender Rhodes piano solo by Eric Nicholas. When Scott O Brien from SmoothJazz.com dubbed Quintin Gerard W. a Smooth Jazz Star, he got the Star part right, but Smooth is only one part of the equation for this romantic and highly rhythmic player who rightly brands himself The Fnkysax Player. In defining what he does, the versatile composer and performer mentions elements of funk, R&B, gospel, blues and jazz, and all these textures are wonderfully and amply represented on his latest album Before It s Gone. The first half rolls like a classic, candlelit baby making set, all dreamy, sensual and soulful, with his soprano charming and tugging the heart. Later he gets more into the groove, mixing retro house and contemporary beats to bridge eras and forge a unique, bright path for artists to emulate in the future! Also gotta love the harmony touches of flute which the urban instrumental genre doesn’t have that much of anymore. Quintin s success as a sideman and producer could afford him a successful career even without being in the spotlight but anyone who loves heartfelt Contemporary Jazz will be glad, to paraphrase one of his album titles, that he Persevered long enough to get his Fnkysax out to the mainstream.
