Jeff Cascaro

Releases: Soul Of A Singer | Mother And Brother

Jeff Cascaro
Mother and Brother
Date of Release: 31.10.2008
Distribution: edelKULTUR
426010901012 HER

With his second album "Mother and Brother", Bochum-born singer Jeff Cascaro makes his reputation as one of Germany's major voices in soul music with a pop attitude permanent. His first album Soul of a Singer (2006) created this very special mood blending catchy songs made from pop, soul, jazz and blues elements. The new album immerges into that refreshingly different, individual, and outrageously entertaining cocktail. Jeff Cascaro - the voice... and the mood.

But let's start from the beginning: Jeff Cascaro started his carreer at the young age of 18 as the winner of a youth jazz contest. He gained experience as a background singer and guest musician with the NDR and Rias Big Bands, as well as with German stars like Ute Lemper, die Fantastischen Vier, Sasha, Joe Sample of the Crusaders, Götz Alsmann, Klaus Doldinger's band Passport, the Guano Apes, and Paul Kuhn - just to name a few, as they stand for Cascaro's wide spectrum in music of different genres. One thing that has never changed about him is that he unmistakebly wears his heart right next to his soul. Since 2000 the versatile practicioner also works academically: he is a professor of jazz singing at the "Franz List" Conservatory in Weimar. His CD debut in his own name was carefully prepared by Cascaro - here he showed at last what it means to him to have the "Soul Of A Singer".

"Mother and Brother" is also close to the singer's soul. It tells us the story of his love for music, for life itself ('Ella' or 'I Feel Fine'), it opens chapters of his path of life, his loves and suffering ('When She Sings To Me' or 'The Sun Is Shining For Our Love'), or they discreetly ask for a dance ('Love Is In The Air'). Cascaro follows the ways classic soul singers like Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, and Wilson Pickett were traveling before. But Cascaro knows that each traditions need fresh interpretations: "Of course I follow a thread, but in none of the pieces you'll find a second verse that sounds like the first. There are always slightly different notes, a different melody."

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Like good friends, a few cover versions mingle with the family on "Mother and Brother". There is John Paul Young's irresistible disco classic 'Love Is In The Air', and there is also B.B. King's urgent plea 'Help The Poor'. Finding his own approach to Genesis' classic 'Follow You, Follow Me', turned out to be challenging; a challenge that allows Jeff Cascaro to show what he is made of. He created a candlelight ballad that would go well with the bristling and cracking of a fireplace. "At first I didn't like the piece all that much. It was difficult to put it in a new context. But now it's one of my favorite pieces on the album because it came out incredibly good.""
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