Paula Abdul & Randy Jackson "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow"
"Randy Jackson's Music Club" EPK
Paula & Randy Perform "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" Before Superbowl XLII
Paula Abdul "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" Video Sneak Peek
Randy and Paula Abdul debut "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" on KIIS-FM / Los Angeles
RANDY JACKSON DRAFTS
ALL-STAR TEAM OF ARTISTS
FOR HIS NEW ALBUM
RANDY JACKSON'S MUSIC CLUB, VOL. 1
PRODUCER-MUSICIAN-IDOL JUDGE'S DEBUT ALBUM
HITS RANGE OF STYLES
In Stores on March 11, 2008, the new album's first single is fellow Idol judge, Paula Abdul's first new recording in over a decade - “Dance Like There's No Tomorrow”
The Collection will also include appearances by Mariah Carey, Katherine McPhee, Elliot Yamin, Joss Stone, Jason Mraz, Richie Sambora, John Rich, Angie Stone, Travis Tritt & More!
LOS ANGELES, January 14, 2008 — Grammy-winning producer, virtuoso musician, hit songwriter, legendary A&R executive and, of course, lovable American Idol judge – Randy Jackson has called upon every aspect of his staggering career to produce Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1, his first solo album, which is due March 11, 2008, on his new label, Dream Merchant 21, and released through the Concord Music Group.
The album includes a stellar ensemble of artists and features the return of fellow Idol judge Paula Abdul who's track “Dance Like There's No Tomorrow” is her first release of new music in over a decade. Other guests on the album include Idol standouts Katherine McPhee and Elliot Yamin, U.K. phenom Joss Stone, country trailblazer Travis Tritt, pop-rock hitmaker Jason Mraz, ace country songwriter-producer John Rich (of Big & Rich), R&B luminary Sam Moore and Bon Jovi guitarist-harmonizer Richie Sambora. Randy also works once more with the incredible Mariah Carey who guests on the gospel track “Understand” along with Bebe Winans and Hezekiah Walker, Kim Burrell & Rance Allen. The collection also features major up and coming talent such as the wonderful Barbie Esco on the track “My R&B” and Kelli Selah on “Who's Gonna Love You Now” among many others.
With the release of Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1, Jackson has created a record he likens to “listening to a great radio station,” albeit one that kicks down the walls of conventional formatting. Touching on R&B, pop, country, blues, hip-hop, rock, jazz, fusion, gospel and more, Jackson – who produced all the tracks, demonstrates his facility with virtually every modern musical style. “I didn't want to make it all one genre, because that's not who I am,” Jackson insists. “There's something here for every listener.”
“I'm really pleased that a bunch of wonderful, talented people showed up,” Jackson said of his experience producing Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1. “I'm really blessed by the way it all came together.”
The native of Baton Rouge, La., was recently named Senior A&R Consultant and Producer for Concord/Stax – which is apt, given that the Stax label's gritty, indelible R&B hits were among his earliest influences. “Growing up in the South, I loved James Brown, Motown and Stax,” he remembers. “So working with Sam Moore of Sam & Dave has been incredible.”
Moore, for whom Jackson produced the Grammy-nominated album Overnight Sensational, sings the blues classic “Wang Dang Doodle” on Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1, assisted by young lions Keb Mo and Angie Stone. “I always say the greats just get better,” Jackson reflects. “Sam sounds better than ever, and he's in his seventies now.”
He expresses gratitude to Idol for bringing him together with Elliot Yamin and Katherine McPhee. “When people hear them sing on this track,” Jackson declares of ‘Real Love', “they're going to be completely blown away.”
Jackson adds that his Louisiana upbringing instilled in him not only a love for all kinds of music, but also a disregard for genre barriers; as he grew up, he came to adore the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Hank Williams – in his words, “every kind of music known to man.”
“I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh,” he points out. “I'm still true to my Southern roots.” The disc's Tritt-Sambora collaboration, “Willing to Try” and the producer-musician's work with John Rich underscore this restlessly inventive Southern sensibility.
He describes Randy Jackson's Music Club, Vol. 1 as “a great way to announce my new label, hear from some great established and new artists, and share a little musical history,” adding “in a way, it's autobiographical – it covers a lot of my life experience.”
That experience, of course, includes session and touring work with a who's who of popular music, 15 years as a major-label A&R executive and a sterling track record as a producer. Over the years, Jackson has worked, in one capacity or another, with Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, *NSYNC, Madonna, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Journey, Billy Joel, Herbie Hancock, Destiny's Child and countless others.
“After everything I've done, I wasn't dying to make a solo album,” the tireless music maker admits. “But this was an opportunity to bring together an amazing roster of artists and make a kind of potpourri of all the things I love. At the end of the day, I'm a song guy – and working on these songs has been a way to express my passion for music, which has never been stronger.”
Complete track listing:
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Dance Like There's No Tomorrow – featuring Paula Abdul
Something To Believe In – featuring Jason Mraz, Van Hunt & Jon McLaughlin
What Am I So Afraid Of – featuring Keke Wyatt, Trisha Covington & Kylie Dean
Just Walk On By – featuring Joss Stone
Home – featuring John Rich & Anthony Hamilton
Wang Dang Doodle – featuring Sam Moore, Keb' Mo' & Angie Stone
Like A – featuring Crunk Squad
Who's Gonna Love You Now – featuring Kelli Selah
My R&B – featuring Barbi Esco
Real Love – featuring Katharine McPhee & Elliott Yamin
Willing To Try – featuring Richie Sambora, Travis Tritt & Lucy Woodward
I Understand – featuring Bebe Winans, Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Mariah Carey & Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir