Richard Elliot - Like Butter

Richard Elliot chose to go with the production expertise of Steve Dubin on his Chill Factor (1999), yet the silky, simmering soul influence of Paul Brown -- who produced the veteran saxman's previous hit, Jumpin' Off -- has stuck.

Where Elliot once routinely went for the jugular and blistering approach to his tenor, he lives up to this disc's name by bringing out some of his best hooks in a gentler, restrained mode.

In the past, you might never mistake an Elliot horn lick for one by the master of funky cool, Boney James, but he's in that zone from the first easygoing notes of the bluesy opening track "Moomba."

That's not to say he won't let out occasional gushes of the old intensity during certain break points in a tune; however, it has to be the right occasion, like wrapping around Tim Heintz's bouncy Rhodes and Rick Braun's sassy flügelhorn on the title track.

With other guests like Peter White, Elliot sets the example; rather than let White chime in with nylon string gymnastics, he instead asks the acoustic guitarist to simply embrace his gentle sax melody so tightly that you can hardly tell he's there.

The most remarkable evidences of the new, more mature Elliot are the low bass tone he uses on the smoky ballad "Deep Touch" (what Gerry Mulligan might have sounded like on tenor) and the elegant, folksy duet "Mikayla's Smile," where he picks up his rarely used soprano and wraps a loving melody around the swaying acoustic guitar harmony lines of Dwight Sills.

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[LoungeTom]

L♥ve it‼ Great ☺ne! :D

[RobertoCastillo2184]

Richard's style is simply amazing. Thank you for your time. God bless!!!

[HaIIoweenKingDiamond]

Yes indeed Robert ... Smooth

[RobertoCastillo2184]

Hey there! That's exactly what I love most about this wonderful music. Thank you for stopping bye, pal. God bless!!!

[Drayton42677]

Yo... Great Post. This is a sho' nuff jam for the ride

[RobertoCastillo2184]

Hey, my man. You're right. I once had the chance of listening some Smooth Jazz tunes while traveling and... Wow! It was amazing. Thank you for stopping by. Peace!!!

[thesoledad25]

Sometimes, beautiful music brings back memories, and yes; when I first held her, she was literally like butter. Amazing.

[MrAmnongoull]

Wanna make love to this song so bad!

[anacostia73]

I am glad to hear this song again. I had worn the this CD out so much that it no longer plays such a smooth song.

[mizu88KA]

I like this song by Richard Elliot. I was blessed to see him preform it live at the Thorton Winery in temecula,CA. Rick Braun was their with him to perform to.

[j0hnny175]

You Are the man wooh  your amazing keep up the pleasure

[j0hnny175]

You Are the man wooh

[xdestiny]

Love it! It's so smooth. :D

[freedompatriot1]

SIMPLY AWESOME!

PEACE :)

[Nawno1313]

@ackjlo Thanks for the info .

[ackjlo]

@Nawno1313

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