Your Move

Gerald Veasley

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 2008)
• Original Release Date: March 11, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Heads Up
• ASIN: B0013A0P8I
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #114,519 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist

"After all those years, after all the records I've made, I'm really mindful of the fact that not just music but life in general is a lot like that too," says bassist/composer Gerald Veasley. "There are so many decisions that you have to make. You get the best information you can, and then you take the next step. Sometimes you have to be willing to make a leap and take a chance. There are always situations where you have to be flexible and adjust, and you have to adjust quickly."

Product Description

Contemporary jazz bassist Gerald Veasley makes no claim to be a master chess player, but there are certain unmistakable parallels between his line of work and the small-scale war game that has challenged great minds for centuries. Like chess, Veasley sees music as a pursuit that involves a combination of strategy, quick thinking and even a bit of blind faith.

"There's a multiplicity of decision making in the game of chess, and there are consequences to every action," says Veasley. "In a lot of ways, making music is like that too. There are so many choices, especially in jazz, where the situation is never the same twice. That's always exciting to me. You're creating new scenarios at every turn - every time you step in front of an audience, or every time you step into the studio. That's what drew me to this kind of music in the first place - the idea that it was always fresh, there was always an opportunity and a new challenge. Unlike chess, though, winning in jazz doesn't mean someone else has to lose."

That same combination of challenges, opportunities and win-win is at the heart of Your Move (HUCD 3130), Veasley's new Heads Up International CD. The album is the latest - and perhaps most innovative and audacious - maneuver in the game that Veasley has been playing since his early days as an up-and-coming musician in his native Philadelphia.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Emotional set., March 21, 2008

By	peterhoof (London, UK) - See all my reviews

Renowned bass player releases another fine Smooth Jazz album.
Collaboration has been an important feature of Gerald's musical career. He had a long and fruitful association with Grover Washington, Jr., and Joe Zawinul. He not only toured and recorded with those two masters, but he also contributed songs to their repertoire. Gerald's also worked with such important jazz artists as: Pat Martino, Special EFX , Pieces of a Dream and the Jaco Pasorius Big Band.
His latest set, "Your Move" is the follow-up to the 2007 live recording "Live At The Jazz Base".
Veasley gets support on several album tracks with songwriting, production, and guitar by Chuck Loeb.
The Fusion flavoured "Cross Currents" and bass dominated take on Sly Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" are among the highlights.
Smooth Jazz groovers like the opener "Hear Now", the riff laden and upbeat "Your Move" and "Traveling Light" will please those who are familiar with his style.
The first single from the set is the up-tempo Loeb composition "Slip 'N Slide".
Gerald says that he didn't really have a high concept for the theme of the new set, which shows off his four- and six-string bass playing in a number of styles. He explained that he just wanted it to be emotionally affecting: The only real theme was to kinda make the music have as much emotional content as possible, which is pretty much always an underlying purpose of all the music I put out. Didn't really think much about making a theme record like maybe I have in the past on some of my other records."
The Fusion flavoured "Cross Currents" and bass dominated take on Sly's "Thank You (Faletin..)" are among the highlights.
Smooth Jazz groovers like the opener "Hear Now", the riff laden and upbeat "Your Move" and "Traveling Light" will please those who are familiar with his style.
Other great tracks are the smooth cuts like "Greenwood" and "So Close To The Sun".
I like it.
You will like it.
At the Jazz Base!
Tequila Moon
The Sax Pack
Rhythm & Romance
Cannon Re-Loaded: An All-Star Celebration of Cannonball Adderley
Up Front
Marcus
First Protocol

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not enough Bass Abuse, March 28, 2008

By	M. Hedges "Squirell nutkin" (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

An Extremely Gifted Bass Slayer,And well Overdue Release.The only reason i have taken off a Star is because there was not enough tracks and my personal fave tune is the Loeb penned 'your move'.

If you like this check 'on the right track' His best by far.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He does it again!, March 11, 2008

By	Patrick Houlihan "Houly" (Dover, DE) - See all my reviews

Gerald Veasley's latest project is as smooth as smooth jazz gets! Gerald and his band (featuring smooth jazz celebrity Chuck Loeb) continue to create that sophisticasted and resplendent sound that is so distinct, it touches your soul in ways words can't define. This is definitely one of those "no need to press the >> button" CD's. Slip n' Slide, Three Tears and Traveling Light were the tracks I enjoyed most, but the highlight is the last jam, Roxanne's Dance, which is fantastically rhythmic and hypnotic as Gerald's bass and Chris Farr's sax combine to put you in that state you long to be in! Do yourself a big favor and buy this CD.