Steve Smith & Vital Informatio - New Perspective (2025) [Official Digital Download]

The music for New Perspective developed while Steve Smith & Vital Information were touring the USA promoting their 40th Anniversary album Time Flies. Keyboardist Manuel Valera and bassist Janek Gwizdala asked Smith if he was interested in playing any jazz interpretations of Journey songs. That question has been coming up for the past 40 years and his answer had always been “No.”

"Ignoring my 'No,' Manuel decided to come up with a radical treatment of "Don’t Stop Believin." We tried it at a soundcheck, played it that night and it got a positive response, which shifted my perspective. On June 29, 2023, near the end of our east coast tour, we stopped at Studio Mozart in Little Falls, NJ to record 'Don’t Stop Believin,' 'Open Arms,' plus new versions of Vital Information classics 'The Perfect Date' and 'Charukeshi Express.' A theme for our next album was born: Record songs that I had previously played on during my career but with new arrangements that are quite different from the original versions, bringing a New Perspective to the music."

TRACKLIST

01. Steve Smith & Vital Information - Don't Stop Believin'
02. Steve Smith & Vital Information - The Perfect Date
03. Steve Smith & Vital Information - Charukeshi Express
04. Steve Smith & Vital Information - Open Arms
05. Steve Smith & Vital Information - Sumo
06. Steve Smith & Vital Information - Eight +Five
07. Steve Smith & Vital Information - Who's Crying Now
08. Steve Smith & Vital Information - Three Of A Kind
09. Steve Smith & Vital Information - Josef The Alchemist



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