When I'm With You

Chuck Loeb | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B0006TRO68
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,835 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Double Life

2. Tropical

3. Uppercut

4. The Girl From Ipanema

5. Brother Ray

6. Anytime, Anywhere

7. When I’m With You

8. Spanish Night

9. And Then Some

10. Jumpstart

11. Home, James

Editorial Reviews

The New York Times

"The Clark Kent of jazz guitar."

Product Description

Loeb’s new CD, When I’m with You, is his seventh recording as a leader on Shanachie Entertainment, and it confirms what his fans intuitively understand about the New York-based guitarist: that stellar musicianship, engaging tunes and a variety of imaginative arrangements still trump flash and hype. Arriving on the heels of his bold genre-bending collection eBop, released in 2002, and last year’s all-star take on popular TV show themes which he masterminded, Jazz for Couch Potatoes, the new disc is a triumphant return for Loeb, who continues to prove why he is among the best in jazz.

For When I’m with You Loeb decided to slow down his creative process some and let his ideas for the project fully germinate. "I went for a spell without writing any new songs after eBop, and then I was out on tour playing for several months," recalls Loeb. "In the hotel rooms, when I was practicing, a lot of new riffs and melodies started bubbling to the surface, though, and with all these new musical ideas came a desire to give recognition to some of the individuals who’d been big factors in my life and career. As a result, there are a lot of song dedications on When I’m with You, to people like Jim Hall, Stan Getz and Ray Charles, plus my wife and two daughters, of course." The title-track is a song that Loeb says "is a message to the people who listen to my music that’s indicative of how I feel to be a musician visiting and playing in someone else’s world."

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Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Smoothjazz.com Review, March 1, 2005

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Sandy Shore (Monterey, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: When I'm With You (Audio CD)

There comes a time with certain artists when they've become so good, so reliably in-the-pocket, yet always fresh and innovative, that you feel totally comfortable trusting anything new that comes from them. Such is the case with guitarist Chuck Loeb. I picked up the new project from the NY based virtuoso expecting it to be outstanding, and it most certainly is, even surpassing my expectations with the variety of material on the disc, but all of it perfectly suited to Smooth Jazz listening. WHEN I'M WITH YOU finds Mr. Loeb and his guitar playing in top form, from the Smooth Jazz radio hit "Tropical" to a fresh new "chilled-out" interpretation of "The Girl from Ipanema," to a beautiful, winsome vocal from his wife, Carmen Cuesta on the title track.  There's just no doubt about his talent when you listen to the music on WHEN I'M WITH YOU, and it's so appealing, so Smooth Jazz perfect, if you will, that there shouldn't be any question in your mind about whether you want to add this to your library. There's nothing on this CD that would turn you away, or spoil the mood, or not be pleasing to your ear, from the ballads to the bluesy, the sweet to the funky. The harmony in it all is the outstanding material, arranging, and playing. Smooth Jazz just doesn't get any better than this. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! ~Scott O'Brien

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointing, March 21, 2005

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Latinosoulboy (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When I'm With You (Audio CD)

I think Sandy Shore must've been stoned when he wrote his review. Don't get me wrong, there are some good tracks on this CD. But, sadly it is one of those albums where you are reaching for the remote control and in a hurry too. This album vears more towards a straight jazz sound which will dissapoint his smooth jazz fans. Some cuts feature organ and sounds awful!

"Tropical" will please smooth jazz lovers. The cover of "Girl from Ipanema" is quite nice. Carmen Cuesta sounds very nice on "When i'm with you" and "Spanish Nights" has a nice soft latino feel to it.The mastering is a big dissapointment too. My CD has 16 tracks when there should only be 11. These aren't bonus tracks at all, just recording errors of blank gaps of silence around 9 seconds long. Very poor indeed. I own every Chuck Loeb CD and am a big fan, but something's urging me to sell this whilst the CD is still new for the highest possible return. Chuck, please do what you do best, and stick to cool smooth jazz sounds. Fans do not want a mixture of organ drenched smulch blended with smooth jazz tracks. It doesn't work for me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why the critical reviews?, September 6, 2009

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Jazz B. - See all my reviews

This review is from: When I'm With You (Audio CD)

Don't listen to what "latinosoulboy" said in his review. The music is not at all like that. Also he made a very poor choice in blackening the review of the guy above. Not very nice. The organ was a great choice in the CD. Also, usually if the artist wants to have a bonus track connected to the last track of the disc, you will have to wait for the song to end & then wait the silence out to get to the hidden bonus track. Here however, Chuck makes the silence parts tracks so you can get right to the unmarked bonus track. Good job Chuck! musicians: Chuck~guitars & keys; Dave Darlington~programming; the band: Mike Ricchiuti~piano & keys; Carl Carter~bass; Josh Dion~drums & percussion with other musicians: Ralph MacDonald, Dave Charles & Brian Dunne~percussion; Brian Dunne~drums; Dave Finck & Will Lee~bass; Carmen Cuesta (Loeb)~featured vocalist (check out her CD Peace of Mind); Jeff Kashiwa~sax; horn section: Barry Danielian, Dave Mann & Mike Davis; bonus track contains just the band (Mike Ricchiuti is on Rhodes). Enjoy this CD!