1. Boom Boom (Golub/Palmaro) - 4:30
2. Playin' It Cool (Golub/Lorber) - 4:50
3. Cadillac Jack (Artwick/Davis) - 5:15
4. Underneath It All performed by Golub / Mindi Abair - 5:00
5. Pass It On (Golub/Jason/McCurry) - 4:30
6. Isn't That So performed by Golub / Marc Cohn - 5:31
7. Back Home (Gant/Golub) - 5:44
8. Can't Let You Go performed by Golub / Steve Perry - 5:58
9. Vibrolux (Golub/Lorber) - 5:17
10. Nubian Blue (Golub/Palmaro) - 5:10
11. Skin Tight performed by Golub / Carwell, Sue Ann - 5:40
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CREDITS
Marc Cohn - Vocals
Richard Elliot - Sax (Tenor), Soloist
Ricky Peterson - Organ (Hammond)
Jeff Lorber - Guitar, Keyboards
Jeff Golub - Guitar, Producer
Sue Ann Carwell - Vocals
Alex Al - Bass
Andre Berry - Bass
Rick Braun - Trumpet
Dave Carpenter - Bass (Acoustic)
Luis Conte - Percussion
Nathan East - Bass
Joe Ferla - Engineer
Steve Ferrone - Drums, Shaker
Lincoln Goines - Bass (Acoustic)
Bud Harner - Producer
Nick Lane - Trombone, Horn Arrangements
Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
Stan "Be Bop" Martin - Trumpet
Chris Palmaro - Keyboards
Shawn Pelton - Drums
Steve Sykes - Engineer, Mixing
David Woodford - Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
Al Forman - Keyboards
Kenny White - Keyboards


Soul Sessions presents Jeff Golub's attempt to recreate the '60s and '70s recording sessions where musicians played live together in the studio rather than the modern way of recording each separately. It makes for a more lively Golub album than usual and does overcome the overly slick and lifeless production that so many smooth jazz albums suffer from. But it's getting harder and harder to lump Golub with other smooth jazz artists as his albums become funkier and more soulful affairs than the competition offers. It's difficult not to think of late-period Wes Montgomery while listening to the opening "Boom Boom," and when Ricky Peterson's Hammond B-3 shows up here and there it pushes the album into the soul-jazz category. Soul Sessions mixes in some satisfying pop with a sunny cover of No Doubt's "Underneath It All," and the Golub original "Can't Let You Go," with Mindi Abair and Journey's Steve Perry guesting on vocals respectively. Marc Cohn's vocalizing on Jesse Winchester's "Isn't That So," and Luis Conte's focused percussion are also highlights. The album falls prey to smooth jazz's clichйs only when saxophonist Richard Elliot sleepwalks through "Playin' It Cool," and Abair and Perry are given nothing more than their respective songs' titles as lyrics. Otherwise, the musicians' interaction is satisfying, but Golub's discography now just cries out for a live album. — David Jeffries.