Customer Reviews

Steppin' Up

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Andre Ward is blowing up and for good reason. This second CD follows the debut in grand style, loaded with great tracks throughout. He's completely at home with renditions of classics like "All I Ever Ask" and "Holding Back the Years", as well as his original compositions like "Heaven In My Life", "Just Chillin" and "Every Time I Open My Eyes". It's a wonderful listen and his star is rising.

I am what you call one of the R&B and Hip Hop lovers. But, when I heard Andre's 2 CDs i was in shock. He is the first jazz musician I payed attention to and was a get introduction to jazz for me. I heard a lot of people talking about Grover Washington and bought some of his albums to compare and Andre seems to be pretty close to becoming the next best thing. I also seen a lot of people asking about the BONUS TRACK. It appears he wanted to try something new and put it at the beginning of the CD b4 the first track. start the CD and manually rewind to hear it. (Does not work on computers) Good luck in finding it.
and keep on Steppin up Andre cause we all defionately Feelin' You.

The best "New Jack" sax man out! I host a weekly "Smooth Urban" Jazz(S.U.)radio show and I love "Andre's" Steppin Up... Hands Down!...The best S.U. Jazz release of 2004.This CD compares to Gerald Albright's "Smooth" Project. The music on Steppin'Up is "full" and "complete".If you enjoyed Andre's "Feeling You" CD,then you are going to love "Steppin' Up." If it is not in your collection,you are missing something very,very,special.
Track #10 "Just Chillin" is a favorite of mine,the music flows and it is quality packed. This is an enjoyable and fun expression of "Smooth Urban Jazz" and the radio listeners love it! I rate this CD #1 on the "Jazzy J's Smooth Urban Chart"!! Thanks A.W. for the "sounds"
DJ Jazzyj

i had alot of fun listening to this album and looking forward to more of his music in the future

I LOVE THIS CD...DONT KNOW WHY I HAVENT BEEN LISTENING TO ANDRE A LONG TIME AGO...REALLY SMOOTH SATISFYING STUFF! THE VERSION OF HOLDING BACK THE YEARS RIVALS THE ORIGINAL. GET THIS CD!!

Andre Ward did his thing with this. Every cut has a nice groove to it. He is very consistant with his work. This is the type of music you would want to groove to at the end of a long day.

The debut was good but this puts andre up there with the likes of meadows and najee great from start to finish

This was the first cd I heard by him and had no idea that it was his second effort. I've had this since it first came out and recently picked it up again and was reminded why I fell in love with it in the first place. A solid performance throughout and its really hard for me to pick favorites because I play it completely from beginning to end. It is my opinion that comparisons to any other saxophonists are unfair. When I listen to him there really aren't any nuances that remind me of other musicians. I hear him and his is a sound that I look forward to hearing more of in the future. Some of the songs that stand out for me are Keep Running, Warm Passion....absolutely gorgeous!! I also love All I Ever Ask which features a young lady I've never heard sing before but she's wonderful! The remakes include Step In The Name of Love and If You Leave Me Now which are both very good. My very favorites are City Vibe and Heaven In My Life (Andre'a). Very shortly he'll be releasing his third project and from the snippets I've heard I believe this will place him in a class by himself. Again I would recommend you adding this to your music library. You'll be very glad you did!

The sound is great, Andre truly has come into his own as a musician.

I've had this CD for a few months but last weekend I took the time to give it a serious listen. It blew me away!! Every cut is OUTSTANDING!! This cat is great! He's got his own thing going on and its working!!Don't sleep on this one. I'm calling it like I hear it. Five stars!