Reuploaded 11/28/2025
Wow, this far around the
globe & the first time I’ve posted any quiet storm, or smooth jazz as they
say. Well, here ya go, trying to cover most all bases (just no
country/western).
Michael Boothman is a
musician, songwriter, producer, band leader, & recording artist, with over 45
years in the business. A multi-instrumentalist (primarily a guitarist &
bassist) with a repertoire that spans a wide musical genre embracing jazz,
funk, blues, Latin, samba, reggae, zouk, calypso, & soca (the last two being
particularly indigenous to Trinidad & Tobago).
Michael was born to a
family of artists & entertainers. His brother David who plays organ has played
with him on his releases & in bands, namely the Boothman Brothers-led
Kysofusion. Michael has toured many times, appearing on both sides of the Atlantic with many of the greats in music. He is always in
demand at jazz festivals around the Caribbean
region. His band fuses the sound of jazz & steelpan or steeldrum creating a
unique style in Caribbean Jazz fusion.
Heaven is Michael
Boothman’s first release in the United
States. The sounds recorded here combine the
music of the world in 77 with the soft laid back rhythms of an island heaven.
His music has been labeled the Trinidad Experience.
On Heaven, the musicians are: Michael Boothman – guitar: David Boothman –
organ; Sunny Burke – piano on “Greasy”; L. Leon Pendarvis –
keyboards; Dennis Morouse, Frank Wess, & Seldon Powell – saxophones; Jon
Faddis, Marvin Stamm, & Victor Paz – trumpet; David Taylor & Paul Faulise
– trombone; Frank Wess, Harold Bennett, & Harold Jones – flutes; Charles
Libove, Gene Orloff, Harry Lookofsky, & Marvin Morgenstern – violins; Alfred
V. Brown & Selwart Clarke – viola; Kermit Moore – cello; David ‘Happy’
Williams – bass; Errol ‘Crusher’ Bennett – congas & percussion; & Chris
Parker & Michael ‘Megi’ Clarke (on “Greasy” & “Diego Shuffle”) – drums;
with Edna Holt, Lani Groves, Lou Courtney, & Priscilla Baskerville on
backing vocals.
Michael Boothman – Heaven,
Tabu Records BQL1-1996, 1977.
Side A -
Heaven
Greasy
Say it with Music
Song for My Soul
Side B -
Scorpio Stew
Maya Mosquito
Diego Shuffle
Heaven Prelude
Enjoy,
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