Steve Tyrell - Back To Bacharach (2008)

Steve Tyrell recalls the classic American vocalists such as Nat "King" Cole and Frank Sinatra. Tyrell doesn't sound like either, but he does shares their eclectic, all-inclusive musical approach. Tyrell is also influenced by jazz and classic/old-school R&B, and he's contributed music to movies (FATHER OF THE BRIDE, MYSTIC PIZZA). In addition, he worked for Scepter Records at the time of the classic Burt Bacharach/Hal David/Dionne Warwick recordings. So BACK TO BACHARACH, a tribute to the great '60s pop composer, is very much a return to Tyrell's roots. Tyrell's vocal style here draws upon jazz, blues, and pop, down-to-earth and sophisticated all at once, and very much in the Bacharach mode.

Personnel: Darryl Tookes, Lauren Tyrell, Fred White , LaTanya Hall, Lynne Fiddmont (vocals, background vocals); Springhurst Elementary School Harmonaires (vocals); Bob Mann (guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer); Abe Appleman, Barry Finclair, Karl Kawahara, Anne Leathers, Shinwon Kim, Richard Sortomme, Carol Webb, Jonathan Dinklage (violin); Karen Ritscher, Vince Lionti (viola); Semyon Fridman, Roger Shell (cello); Warren Luening (trumpet, flugelhorn); Herb Alpert (trumpet); Lew Soloff, Matt Fronke (flugelhorn); Dave Bargeron (baritone horn); Burt Bacharach (piano, keyboards); Kenny Ascher, Quinn Johnson (piano); Guy Moon (organ); Jon Allen (keyboards); Allan Schwartzberg (drums, percussion); John Guerin (drums); Dorian Holley, Patti Austin (background vocals).