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JACQUI NAYLOR can only be described as supremely versatile. This San Francisco-based vocalist and songwriter, who is about to launch her fifth CD, The Color Five, shines through jazz, pop, and rock while adding touches of gospel, folk, blues, and even a little humor into the mix.With The Color Five, Naylor has created an eclectic yet seamless recording of five originals, five covers, and five of her trademark "acoustic smashes." Acoustic smashing is a technique invented by Naylor, and is the singing of a rock tune over a jazz standard or vice versa. "There is true genius at work here," claims legendary DJ Ken Dashow from New Yorks only classic rock station, Q-104. For example, Naylor sings the American Songbook classic "Summertime" over the music from The Allman Brothers southern rock classic "Whipping Post." Another surprising acoustic smash on the new album is U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" sung over Miles Davis' "All Blues."She also takes Rod Stewarts Hot Legs and sings it over her fellow Buddhist Herbie Hancocks Cantaloupe Island. Its a blend so seamless that its quite possible to forget this is not the tunes original music.
The Color Five is just the next step on Jacqui's successful path, one that has taken many twists and turns along the way.
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The Color Five - track list
1 Blue Moon
2 Hot Legs (acoustic smash with "Canteloupe Island")
3 Easy Ride From Here
4 Summertime (acoustic smash with "Whipping Post")
5 Love Gets In The Way
6 Sit and Rest A While
7 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (acoustic smash with "All Blues")
8 History of Love
9 You Don't Know What Love Is
10 Love For Sale (acoustic smash with "Use Me")
11 Angel Of Mine
12 Lola (acoustic smash with "Sidewinder")
13 Losing My Religion
14 Drive On
15 Here's To Life