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Bottom Line

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Bass players respect other players who play the bass and the bass guitar particularly when they play both well. MM is slamming on both. Most know of him because of work he does with other "big" name arists. MM's first release has several great tunes. Outer Drive has rec'd lots of airplay on Smoot Jazz formats. My favorite is Bottom Line for the slamming bass riffs and the clean horn sound of Roy Haynes. The story behind Keys To My Heart will make you cry. It was my inspiration to buy the CD when I saw MM play with Kirk Whalum. Now that I have seen him perform his own set, can't wait to go listen to it again. Get This! NOW!

I saw this phenomenal bassist when he was touring with Kirk Whalum. At the concert they mentioned that he had a CD out - so I bought it. I was not disappointed in the least. This is one of those CDs where you can just put it in and play it all the way through - every song on it is a jam.

This guy is going to blow up - I heard he will be opening for that new BWB group (Braun,Whalum, and Brown) when they go on tour. If you like smooth jazz - but tired of the same old sound, get this CD!!

We received a free copy of the album at the concert where the album was released. I immediately listen to it and was awe struck. The sounds range from smooth & mellow to very upbeat. You can definately tell Mr. Manson put his heart into this one.

Kirk Whalum mentioned The Bottom Line in "The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter 2", so I thought I'd check this fella out, The Bottom Line. Went to his website and downloaded a couple of tracks, and knew I needed to get a hold of his record, so I searched around, but in vain.

Then I walked through the jazz section at Borders some weeks later, and to my delight I accidentally bumped into the CD, under the wrong alphabetical section. That was 8 months ago, and my biggest compliment is that, to this day, the music still sounds fresh. Definitely one of my all time favourite CD's. My favourite tracks are "Outer Drive", "Just One Touch" and "Close Your Eyes".

Quick Michael, release another one! :)

THIS CD RANKS RIGHT UP THERE AS ONE OF THE BEST IN MY COLLECTION. MICHAEL MANSON IS THE KIND OF ARTIST THAT KEEPS YOU WANTING MORE. HIS TALENTS ARE SUPERB AS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS CD. YOU CAN'T GO "WRONG" WITH THIS ONE. IT IS TRULY OUTSTANDING.