DAVID GARFIELD “Outside the Box -Vocal Edition-” CD

★Supervision, music selection and commentary: Kanazawa Toshikazu (Light Mellow)
★Japan exclusive release

An astonishing array of super-luxurious musicians are taking part! This is a Japan-exclusive best selection of the finest songs from the popular cover series of LA keyboard master David Garfield!

David Garfield, a man of many talents, who is the kyd player of George Benson's band, the leader of the fusion unit Charisma, and the founder of the Creatchy label, has launched a new project called "Outside The Box." From that series, we have extracted only the most captivating vocal tunes, exclusively for Japan - Kanazawa Toshikazu

David Garfield, the LA keyboardist/producer/leader of the popular fusion group Charisma, has re-released his collaborative cover album series "Outside the Box" with superb musicians, which he has released one after another since 2018. This is a Japanese-only album that compiles only the finest vocal tracks from all four of his albums, "Jazz," "Jammin'," and "Alex Ligetwood," with a focus on the tracks from his latest album "Vox: Outside the Box." There are so many highlights on this album, including "Stay" by Rufus feat. Chaka Khan, featuring a guitar solo by George Benson and a sax solo by David Sanborn, Minnie Riperton's timeless classic "Lovin' You," Smokey Robinson's self-cover of a song he wrote for Benson called "One Like You" (with Michael McDonald on the chorus!), and Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady" (with Bill Champlin on the chorus!), where Bernard Purdie lays out a superb groove. There are so many highlights on this album that it's impossible to list them all here!

■Track list