BOBBY CALDWELL - CATALINA JAZZ CLUB 2016
Ultra Rare. Mister AOR Live Awesome Concert. Inc Songs later covered By Bozz Scaggs, Peter Cetera, Al Jarreau or Go West Among Others + The Everly Brothers Cover* !!!
TRACKLIST
1.All or Nothing at All
2.Break Away
3.Heart of Mine
4. Miami Nights
5. Instrumental
6. Taxi Driver
7. What You Won't Do For Love
8. I Only Have Eyes For You
9. Embrace the Night
10.Janet
11.Let It Be Me*
LINE-UP
Bobby Caldwell, Mark McMillen, Carlyle Barriteau, Lan Richards, Robert Valle, Andrew Neu
SONGWRITERS
Bobby Caldwell, Jason Scheff, Dennis Matkosky, Jack Splash, Alfons Kettner, Harry Warren, Al Dubin, John Winston Lennon; Paul James Mccartney
-----------------------------------------------------------------
What You Won’t Do For Love”
Go West (#1 AC)
Tupac Shakur (#1 Rap, Gold Single)
Over 80 covers and samples, including Michael Bolton/Tatyana Ali
Dionne Warwick/Pride & Politix
Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson/Phyllis Hyman
David Sanborn/Roy Ayers/Ricky Peterson/Luniz
Aretha Franklin - Classic Soul Ballads (2004)
Stray Cats
“Heart Of Mine”
Boz Scaggs (#3 AC); “Night of Van Gogh”
Bobby Caldwell
Background information
Birth name Robert Hunter Caldwell
Born August 15, 1951 (age 67)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin Miami, Florida, U.S.
Genres
R&B smooth jazz traditional pop
Occupation(s)
Singer songwriter musician
Instruments
Vocals guitar piano
Years active 1968–present
Labels
TK Atlantic Polydor Sin-Drome
Robert Hunter Caldwell (born August 15, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter who recorded the hit single "What You Won't Do for Love" in 1978. After several R&B and smooth jazz albums, Caldwell turned to singing standards from the Great American Songbook. He maintains a loyal following in Japan.
Career
Bobby Caldwell was born in Manhattan[1] but grew up in Miami. His mother sold real estate, and one of her clients was reggae singer Bob Marley; Caldwell and Marley became friends. Growing up in Miami exposed Caldwell to a variety of music, such as Haitian, Latin, reggae, and R&B.[2] He grew up listening to the music of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.[3]
When he was 12, Caldwell started playing piano and guitar. He was drawn to rock and roll, as well as jazz and rhythm and blues. At 17, he worked with his band in Las Vegas then moved to Los Angeles.[1]
He signed with TK Records in Miami. In 1978, after songs for his first album were recorded, executives told Caldwell they enjoyed the album but thought it was lacking a hit. Caldwell returned to the studio for two days and wrote "What You Won't Do for Love". TK was mainly an R&B label popular among African American listeners. Executives at the label wanted to conceal the fact that Caldwell was white, so they kept his face off the album cover. When he toured with Natalie Cole to support the album, most of the audience was black, and many were surprised that he turned out to be white.[2][3]
"What You Won't Do for Love" reached the top ten on the Billboard magazine Pop (No. 9)[4] R&B (No. 6), and Adult Contemporary (No. 10) charts. The song has been covered, remade, and sampled many times. Caldwell remade it in 1998. It was covered by Go West, Phyllis Hyman, and Boyz II Men, and has been sampled by Tupac Shakur. It was also covered by Elliott Yamin during the fifth season of American Idol in 2006. The 1980 track "Open Your Eyes" was sampled by J Dilla on Common's "The Light" from his 2000 album "Like Water For Chocolate".[5]
The debut album was followed by Cat in the Hat (1980) and Carry On (1982). For the latter album, Caldwell played all the instruments, was the producer, and helped with arranging and mixing.[6] In 1983, Caldwell released August Moon only in Japan. It was released in the United States in the 1990s.
Singer Boz Scaggs advised Caldwell to write songs for other musicians after TK Records shut down. Caldwell wrote "The Next Time I Fall", which became a hit for Amy Grant and Peter Cetera,[7] and songs for Roy Ayers, Chicago, Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, Roberta Flack, Al Jarreau, and Boz Scaggs.[8]
On Blue Condition (1996), Caldwell turned from R&B to recording big band arrangements of songs from the Great American Songbook, particularly those sung by Frank Sinatra. He also portrayed Sinatra in tributes to the Rat Pack in Las Vegas.[3][9][10] He continued to sing standards on Come Rain or Come Shine (1999), The Consummate Bobby Caldwell (2010), and After Dark (2014). In 2015, he collaborated with record producer Jack Splash on the album Cool Uncle.[8]
Film soundtracks
Caldwell wrote and performed songs for the movies Back to School ("Educated Girl"), Mac and Me ("Take Me, I'll Follow You"), Salsa ("Puerto Rico"), and its sequel ("Every Teardrop"). Due to what he has cited in interviews as a lower cost of use than the original recordings, his versions of big band standards have appeared in several films. Examples include Simone (2001) and Lake Boat (2002).
Aside from a minor role in 1988's Salsa, Caldwell portrayed Frank Sinatra from October 1999 to January 2000 in the Las Vegas musical The Rat Pack is Back.
Japanese audience
Caldwell is popular in Japan, where he was nicknamed "Mister AOR." In Japan, the term "AOR" (AOR short for "Adult Oriented Rock" in Japan circa 1980, means rock music not for youth but for more socially matured people) is used to describe the style commonly called Adult Contemporary in the United States. In 1992, he received the Japan's equivalent of a Grammy Award for Best International Artist.
Discography
Albums
Year Title Billboard chart peak Certification
1978 Bobby Caldwell No. 21 Albums, No. 7 R&B US: Double Platinum, Japan: Platinum
1980 Cat in the Hat No. 113 Albums, No. 46 R&B US: Gold, Japan: Platinum
1982 Carry On No. 133 Albums, No. 41 R&B Japan: Gold
1983 August Moon Japan: Gold
1989 Heart of Mine
1992 Stuck on You No. 65 R&B
1993 Where is Love
1995 Soul Survivor No. 6 Jazz Albums, No. 23 R&B
1996 Blue Condition No. 18 Jazz Albums
1999 Come Rain or Shine
2005 Perfect Island Nights No. 5 Jazz Albums
2007 Live at the Blue Note Tokyo
2010 The Consummate Caldwell
2012 House of Cards
2014 After Dark
2015 Cool Uncle No. 18 Jazz Albums
Compilation albums
Year Title Notes
1998 Timeline: The Anthology No. 8 US Jazz Albums
2001 Time and Again: The Anthology Part 2