One of the more promising British pianists of the early 1990's (a period of time when Courtney Pine and some other like-minded jazz talents of Great Britain received some publicity in the U.S.), Jason Rebello recorded a couple of worthwhile sets for Novus. Rebello started playing classical piano when he was nine, became interested in folk and soul, and at the age of 16 (when he first heard Herbie Hancock) he switched to jazz. At the age of 19 Rebello became the first jazz musician to secure a place at England's Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a classical student. He gained experience working as a sideman with a variety of top Americans including James Moody, Bud Shank, Art Blakey, Gary Burton, Branford Marsalis and Wayne Shorter and most of the top English jazz musicians including Tommy Smith, Cleveland Watkiss, Steve Williamson and Alec Dankworth. In addition in the 1990's, Jason Rebello headed both an Acoustic Trio and an Electric Band (a la Chick Corea) and was not shy to show off his love of r&b and soul music. Biography by Scott Yanow (AMG)
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Jason Rebello

Make It Real July 1994, was Jason’s third and final album for BMG. Yet another radical change of direction from his previous work. A heady mix of jazz, latin, soul, gospel and hip-hop featuring the vocal talents of Incognito’s Maysa Leak and Joy Rose, also Cleveland Watkiss and the consequently chart-topping rapper with Faithless, Maxi Jazz. The album yielded the single Summertime, an inspirational re-working of the Gershwin original voted a KISS Classic by KISS FM listeners.

Tracklisting:
01.When words fail [0:56]
02.Summertime [5:19]
03.Compared to what [5:26]
04.Wake up [4:09]
05.It's alright [6:17]
06.The message [6:16]
07.Wait and see [4:46]
08.Beatiful day [8:26]
09.It's at times like these [7:01]
10.Heartless monster [5:42]
11.Dolphin dance [5:15]
12.When words fail (reprise) [4:10]