Deep Chill

Tom Schuman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: January 10, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: JazzBridge/Monogram Records
• ASIN: B000BOW2OC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,517 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

ContemporaryJazz.com, October 2005

Strongly recommend for anyone who is looking for contemporary, fresh and feel good music with a lot of soul.

Product Description

"DEEP Chill" is an eclectic blend of original and familiar melodies. Tom Schuman has invited some of the greatest artists in the business to join him: Peter White, Chuck Loeb, Jeff Kashiwa and vocalist Angei, just to name a few. The music on this CD is fresh and vibrant using the new "chill" format as a template for its overall demeanor. But it goes beyond anything that resembles this format and takes on a deeper, more adventurous path reinventing itself song after song. The familiar melodies previously referred to are Elton John's "Your Song", El Debarge's "All This Love", and finally, a funky gospel version of the song Aretha Franklin made famous, "Until You Comeback To Me". Tom Schuman's "Fearless Fostic" featuring Jeff Kashiwa, opens the CD with a funky groove that makes you want to dance away your troubles. Deep Chill then sets you up for a romantic evening at home or traveling in the car with your loved one. Guaranteed to chill you out with its great ballads, steaming rhythms and cool melodies.

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The chill will come, March 17, 2006

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Sherman L. Dantzler "JazzeOne Production" (Grand Blanc, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deep Chill (Audio CD)

On his fourth CD this Spyro Gyra soloist decides to take some familiar melodies and create an evening at the pops. I know Tom is a talented and innovative keyboardist and you can feel this on the album. Tom knows what he is doing and he does surround himself with some outstanding talent in Jeff Kashiwa, Vocalist Angei, Guitarists Peter White and Chuck Loeb. There are a few moments of outstanding work on this project as when he and Jeff get funky on `Fearless Fostic'. Also, the remake of 'Until You Come Back to Me' has a little gospel flair that can get you stomping your feet. Outside of that everything else will not excite you, but the chill will come. If you are looking for a easy listening, likeable, different CD that will grow on you, I believe 'Deep Chill' is it. ~the JazzeOne

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best I have, April 23, 2008

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E. Clinton "EC" (Buffalo,NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Deep Chill (Audio CD)

I have been listening to music for over 40 years and plyed music myself years ago.This Tom Schuman cd is the best that I have in my collection,from almost a thousand cd's that I posses.
I am so happy Amazon let me listen before I bought.I never new about the guy.What a great experience.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the Tom I know, September 29, 2006

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Sviatoslav Upton (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deep Chill (Audio CD)

One of my proudest possessions is a picture of me and Tom Schuman, arm in arm after a show in New York City in the band's dressing room. He is such a great guy, especially considering that he is one of the world's greatest living musicians. For me, he is the Pat Metheny on the keys. And he was right, so right to start releasing some of his very own work under his own name. I loved his first albums "Nature" and "Into your Heart" because they show his incredible virtuosity and his masterful musical creativity, just as shown on all those Spyro Gyra albums, but a lot more intense and more pure. I am a great fan of Tom Schuman, because he really has given me the chills in all his work so far - until now.

His new "Chills" are nothing like him, instead it is (and I'm terribly sorry to say so) a weak elevator-style music mix. Where is the brilliance, the musical genius? This album sounds like a weak Spyro Gyra imitation, not even close to the original, far from being as noteworthy as anything Spyro Gyra has ever released - and also far from what Tom himself has done so far. Come on Tom ! You can do SO MUCH better!