Album Notes

The philosophical concept of the album Planet Chill: Memoirs of a Jazz Band is a compilation of ten memoir entries that represent ten of L.Zaide's most profound, intense and personal experiences in love and life through the use of ten of the most popular jazz classics ever written. L.Zaide's intimate vocal interpretation of each song leads one to believe that he is expressing himself to you, and only you, with a flavor reminiscent of Chet Baker. The musical concept of the album is that it's a fantastic collection of great songs, blending the fiery-hot, swinging instrumentals of Las Vegas' best jazz musicians; blended in with the cool, whispery and sexy sound of L.Zaide's vocal performance to create an overall exciting, melodic and artistic jazz album.

The album begins with the classic song "Fly Me to the Moon," a smooth bossa nova arrangement featuring solos by guitarist Richard Forrester and pianist Tony Branco. The overall performance of this song takes the listener back to the last time they were so in love that they felt as if they had wings. The second song features solos by bassist Geoff Neuman and guitarist Joe Lano in the classic hit, "I Only Have Eyes for You." The song is introduced very intimately as if you were the only one that exists in L.Zaide's eyes, but with a joyfully, swinging ending to celebrate love. The songs "I Fall In Love Too Easily," "Blue & Sentimental" and "Blue Moon" all feature great solos by saxophonist Jon Geever, trumpet player Gil Kaupp and guitarist Joe Lano. Each of these three "memoir entries" represent the intensely lonely time in a man's life when he yearns for the touch of a woman's hand; the desire for a woman's love; and how much it hurts when she's gone.

With an Afro-Cuban rhythm, the hit classic "Night & Day" features a fiery solo from guitarist Joe Lano to help L.Zaide express the deep carnal desire for the woman he loves. True romance comes to life in the great bossa nova classic "Corcovado," with melodic solos by pianist Tony Branco and guitarist Richard Forrester to bring to life the feeling of romance a man may have when walking the beaches of Rio de Janeiro with the woman he loves. Vernon Duke's, "April In Paris" is interpreted by L.Zaide as a song of nostalgia, that if it were possible to be enamored with something other than one specific person, then it could be possible to fall in love with the energy, the vitality and the beauty that is Paris. There is proof that love can be exciting in L.Zaide's vocal arrangement of "Caravan," featuring three rhythm changes: the primitive toms of afro-cuban beats; to the dancing rhythm of disco; to the hot nature of down-home swing. In the final memoir entry "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To," L.Zaide takes jazz home to the basics of "swingin' hard as hell," with the fiery instrumental solos by guitarist Richard Forrester, bassist Geoff Neuman, pianist Tony Branco and drummer (and co-producer) Nolan Stolz. This song brings a man to life, aggressively and confidently pursuing the woman of his dreams while keeping himself chill as ice, and cool as jazz.

Although the album's philosophical concept is complex and the musical concept is dynamic, the ultimate goal of these memoirs is to remind you that although we live in this age of arrogance, pretense, violence and hate, sometimes all we need to do is sit back, relax, grab a cocktail...

...and just chill.

If you would like to read the actual memoirs and written interpretations of each song in full, please visit L.Zaide's website at: http://www.lzaide.com