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Soft Touch (Brian Tarquin album)

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Soft Touch
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1999 (1999-05)
RecordedJanuary–March 1999
StudioBoogie Back Studios London, UK
GenreJazz fusion, instrumental guitar
Length45:00
LabelInstinct
ProducerErnie McKone, Chris Ingram, Tony Campbell
Brian Tarquin chronology
Last Kiss Goodbye
(1997)
Soft Touch
(1999)
High Life
(2001)
Singles from Soft Touch
  1. "Darlin Darlin Baby, Tangled Web, Jive Town, Catalina Breeze"

Soft Touch is the third studio album by guitarist Brian Tarquin, released in May 1999 on Instinct records. Tarquin recorded Soft Touch in London once again with producer Ernie McKone, bass player from the UK acid jazz band Galliano. Once the tracks were all recorded, Instinct didn't want to keep the live playing on the album. This was due mainly because one of the A&R people attended a Radio & Records conference, and had noted that radio was playing programmed grooves. So two other producers Tony Campbell and Chris Ingram were brought in to program the songs and re-record everything. Despite the setbacks, this was another commercially successful album as Smooth Jazz radio embraced the featured single, Darlin Darlin Baby, originally recorded by The O'Jays. Another single from the album, Tangled Web, was a very big radio hit as well, becoming #1 in the New York City market on CD101.9 as well as reaching # 9 nationwide on the Smooth Jazz radio charts. Tarquin also covered another Jeff Beck song, You Know What I Mean.

In lieu of the experience, Tarquin came away from the recording very discouraged. The indecisiveness of the record company switching between three different producers, became a frustrating ordeal. Instinct was becoming too concerned with radio approval and less with the actual music. This period planted seeds for the future musical endeavors Tarquin would undertake in the coming years.

Track listing

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No.TitleMusicLength
1."Darlin Darlin Baby"Gamble and Huff3:27
2."Sedona"Brian Tarquin, Chris Ingram3:37
3."Rainfall"Brian Tarquin, Chris Ingram, John Mastronardi4:47
4."Tangled Web"Brian Tarquin4:03
5."Jive Town'"Brian Tarquin, Chris Ingram4:19
6."Catalina Breeze"Brian Tarquin, Chris Ingram3:51
7."You Know What I Mean"Jeff Beck, Max Middleton5:01
8."Read My Mind"Brian Tarquin, Chris Ingram, John Mastronardi4:19
9."Baby Come Back"J.C. Crowley, Peter Beckett3:32
10."English Rose"Brian Tarquin, Chris Ingram4:14
11."Tabatha"Chris Ingram3:56
Total length:45:00

Personnel

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References

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  • "All About Jazz". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  • "All Music". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  • "Discogs". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  • "Smooth Jazz Therapy". Retrieved 2016-10-29.