Special EFX

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Ballerina 05:09 Tools
Awakening 00:00 Tools
Bella 00:00 Tools
Miami 00:00 Tools
Dream Come True 00:00 Tools
Jaan Pehechaan Ho - Mohammed Rafi 00:00 Tools
Ladies Man 00:00 Tools
Oceanna 00:00 Tools
Dusk Till Dawn 00:00 Tools
Seduction 00:00 Tools
Party 00:00 Tools
Fantasies (bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Uptown East 00:00 Tools
Jaan Pehechaan Ho 00:00 Tools
Silent Night 00:00 Tools
Speak To Me 00:00 Tools
Masterpiece 00:00 Tools
Get On Up 00:00 Tools
Two Hearts 00:00 Tools
Ready For Anything 00:00 Tools
Mystical Remedies 00:00 Tools
Behold 00:00 Tools
Hold On 00:00 Tools
Mi Amore 00:00 Tools
Devil Got My Woman - Skip James 00:00 Tools
Sunsplash 00:00 Tools
Cruise Control 00:00 Tools
Fantasia Blue 00:00 Tools
Devil Got My Woman 00:00 Tools
No Money, No Honey 00:00 Tools
Much Too Soon 00:00 Tools
Butterfly 00:00 Tools
Lavish 00:00 Tools
She Will Remember 00:00 Tools
I Must Have It - Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks 00:00 Tools
No More Goodbyes 00:00 Tools
Miranda - Lionel Belasco 00:00 Tools
Graduation Rap - Vanilla, Jade And Ebony 00:00 Tools
Dancing Cobra 00:00 Tools
Sunset 00:00 Tools
Theme From Ghost World - David Kitay 00:00 Tools
Everyone's A Star 00:00 Tools
Passions 00:00 Tools
Bodybeat 00:00 Tools
Speak To Me (Down To The Bone Remix) 00:00 Tools
Happy, Happy 00:00 Tools
Let's Go Riding - Mr. Freddie 00:00 Tools
Till We Meet Again 00:00 Tools
Night Rhythm 00:00 Tools
Concrete Jungle 00:00 Tools
Going Home 00:00 Tools
Cinnamon 00:00 Tools
George Can't Dance 00:00 Tools
Free 00:00 Tools
Mercy Mercy Me 00:00 Tools
Las Palmas De Maracaibo - Lionel Belasco 00:00 Tools
Stay A While 00:00 Tools
Euro Cowboy 00:00 Tools
Georgia On My Mind - Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks 00:00 Tools
Close Encounters 00:00 Tools
Spy vs. Spy 00:00 Tools
Jamaica, Jamaica 04:05 Tools
Fountain Of You 00:00 Tools
Scalding Hot Coffee Rag - Craig Ventresco 00:00 Tools
Quiet Beauty 00:00 Tools
Clarice - Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks 00:00 Tools
Your Love Has Lifted Me 00:00 Tools
You're Just My Type - Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks 00:00 Tools
Venezuela - Lionel Belasco 00:00 Tools
Love Your Smile 00:00 Tools
Sianna 00:00 Tools
My Place In The Sun 00:00 Tools
When Love Cries 00:00 Tools
Mikey D. 00:00 Tools
Daybreak 05:43 Tools
Rites of Passage 00:00 Tools
Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott 00:00 Tools
The Lady And The Sea 05:14 Tools
C-h-i-c-k-e-n Spells Chicken - McGee Brothers 00:00 Tools
Hip Hop Bop 00:00 Tools
C.C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hat Jones 00:00 Tools
Papa Jinda 00:00 Tools
Pickin' Cotton Blues - Blueshammer 00:00 Tools
That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins 00:00 Tools
Hands Of The Healer 00:00 Tools
Just A Little Time 03:57 Tools
Deep as the Night 03:57 Tools
Theme From Ghost World 00:00 Tools
Katalin 00:00 Tools
Summer's End 00:00 Tools
So Tired - Dallas String Band 00:00 Tools
The Nitty Gritty 00:00 Tools
Modern Manners 00:00 Tools
Sambuca Nights 00:00 Tools
On The Sly 00:00 Tools
Miranda 00:00 Tools
Jazz Lambada 00:00 Tools
Formal Invitation 00:00 Tools
I Must Have It 00:00 Tools
So Happy, So Sad 00:00 Tools
Graduation Rap 00:00 Tools
Let's Go Riding 00:00 Tools
Udu Voodoo 00:00 Tools
If Only 00:00 Tools
No More Goodbyes (feat. Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Dancing With A Ghost 00:00 Tools
Forever Hold Your Peace 00:00 Tools
Another Day, Another Smile 00:00 Tools
Las Palmas De Maracaibo 00:00 Tools
Georgia On My Mind 00:00 Tools
For Cryin' Out Loud 00:00 Tools
On The Run 00:00 Tools
Fantasies 00:00 Tools
Forever This Love 00:00 Tools
Clarice 00:00 Tools
Rainy Sunday 00:00 Tools
Venezuela 00:00 Tools
The Flow 00:00 Tools
You're Just My Type 00:00 Tools
New Beginnings 00:00 Tools
Scalding Hot Coffee Rag 00:00 Tools
The Sleeping Tiger 00:00 Tools
Nine Lives Of The Cat 00:00 Tools
Cinammon 00:00 Tools
High Society 00:00 Tools
Fare Thee Well Blues 00:00 Tools
New Passage 00:00 Tools
Safari 00:00 Tools
Nivia 00:00 Tools
That's No Way to Get Along 00:00 Tools
C.C. & O. Blues 00:00 Tools
C-h-i-c-k-e-n Spells Chicken 00:00 Tools
Plesance 00:00 Tools
Bye Bye Baby Blues 00:00 Tools
So Tired 00:00 Tools
Pickin' Cotton Blues 00:00 Tools
Foggy Streets of London 00:00 Tools
That's Happiness 00:00 Tools
Yesterday's Memories 00:00 Tools
Fun in the Sun 00:00 Tools
A Sidestreet in Paradise 00:00 Tools
Vacation For Life 00:00 Tools
Islands 00:00 Tools
Pastoral 00:00 Tools
Northern Light 00:00 Tools
Noel 00:00 Tools
Ritual 00:00 Tools
When the Earth Was Flat 00:00 Tools
Bethany Beach 00:00 Tools
Aquabogue 00:00 Tools
Sabariah 00:00 Tools
Romantic Fool 00:00 Tools
Ozone Alert 00:00 Tools
Golden Days 00:00 Tools
Festival 00:00 Tools
Lady From Rio 00:00 Tools
Who's Smiling Now 00:00 Tools
Passages 03:11 Tools
Dreamer of Dreams 00:00 Tools
After One Empty Step 00:00 Tools
Festival of the Evergreens 00:00 Tools
Sunflower 00:00 Tools
Freedom Flight 00:00 Tools
Buttermilk Falls 00:00 Tools
Oasis 00:00 Tools
Free the Forest 00:00 Tools
Heavenly Delight (Your Face) 00:00 Tools
Thy Kingdom Come 00:00 Tools
Sunshine Thru The Rain 00:00 Tools
The Toy Shop 00:00 Tools
Greenpeace 00:00 Tools
Mirrors 00:00 Tools
Across the Seven Seas 00:00 Tools
Waiting 00:00 Tools
Serenity 00:00 Tools
Lights Out 00:00 Tools
Speak To Me (remix) 00:00 Tools
Search for a Rainbow 00:00 Tools
The Effect 00:00 Tools
Diamond in the Sand 04:33 Tools
Valentine 00:00 Tools
One Day 00:00 Tools
Big Night Out 00:00 Tools
Greenway North 00:00 Tools
The Real Deal 00:00 Tools
The Slug 00:00 Tools
Santa Barbara Beach 00:00 Tools
Lovely Michelle 00:00 Tools
On-Screen Romance 00:00 Tools
Looking for Seventh Heaven 00:00 Tools
Forever 00:00 Tools
Confidential 04:50 Tools
Since You've Been Away 00:00 Tools
Mystical 00:00 Tools
Nature Boy 06:31 Tools
Global Village 00:00 Tools
Unfinished Business 00:00 Tools
Jamaica Jamaica 00:00 Tools
Let's Go Downtown 00:00 Tools
Garden of Eden 00:00 Tools
The Last Dance 00:00 Tools
Lullaby for Julia 00:00 Tools
Peace of the World 00:00 Tools
Here To Stay 00:00 Tools
Joyous 00:00 Tools
Close Encounter 00:00 Tools
Brave New World 00:00 Tools
Elixir 00:00 Tools
Jungle Talk 00:00 Tools
Night Shift 00:00 Tools
The Toy Shop (reprise) 00:00 Tools
Sweet Surrender 00:00 Tools
Gianluca 00:00 Tools
Guitarzzz 00:00 Tools
You Were the One 00:00 Tools
Dance on the Delta 00:00 Tools
Lucky Seven 00:00 Tools
Never Ending Love 00:00 Tools
Beautiful Gold 00:00 Tools
Mother of Pearl 00:00 Tools
Endless Us 00:00 Tools
Play With Me 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life (Timeless Mood) 00:00 Tools
Cry Of My Soul 00:00 Tools
Secret Storm (Part I & Part II) 00:00 Tools
Astralcats 00:00 Tools
Another Day Another Smile 00:00 Tools
Au Naturale 00:00 Tools
Chant 00:00 Tools
Ascension 00:00 Tools
Children's Day 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life (Jinji's Magic Bottle) 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life (Escape to Reality) 00:00 Tools
New Bop 00:00 Tools
Rush Hour - Dawn 00:00 Tools
Party To Domascus 00:00 Tools
Slice Of Life-C. Escape to Reality 00:00 Tools
Butterfly (feat. Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
On The Sly (feat. Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Ready For Anythying 00:00 Tools
Rush Hour (Dawn) 00:00 Tools
Slice Of Life-A. Timeless Mood 00:00 Tools
Rush Hour - Rush 00:00 Tools
Slug 00:00 Tools
Up Town East 00:00 Tools
Slice Of Life-B. Jinji's Magic Bottle 00:00 Tools
Rush Hour (Rush) 00:00 Tools
Timeless mood 00:00 Tools
Cruise Control (feat. Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Dreams Come True 00:00 Tools
Slice Of Life - A. Timeless Mood 00:00 Tools
Two Hearts (feat. Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Another Day, Another Smile (Brand New) 00:00 Tools
Everyone's A Star (feat. Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Freedon Flight 00:00 Tools
Slice Of Life - C. Escape To Reality 00:00 Tools
No Money No Honey 00:00 Tools
Secret Storm (Part 1 & Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) 00:00 Tools
Slice Of Life - B. Jinji's Magic Bottle 00:00 Tools
Secret Storm 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life (B) Jinji's Magic Bottle 00:00 Tools
Escape To Reality 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life (A) Timeless Mood 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life (C) Escape to Reality 00:00 Tools
The Lady & The Sea 00:00 Tools
Gobal Village 00:00 Tools
Speak to Me (DTTB Remix) (Featuring Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Heavenly delight 00:00 Tools
Happy , Happy 00:00 Tools
Cinammon (feat. Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Jinji's magic bottle 00:00 Tools
Rights of Passage 00:00 Tools
Passions ( Live ) 00:00 Tools
Ladies Man - Party 00:00 Tools
Speak To Me (Down To The Bone 00:00 Tools
Speak To Me - Down To The Bone Remix 00:00 Tools
The Toy Shop [Reprise] 00:00 Tools
Bella - Special EFX 00:00 Tools
Yesterday`s Memories 00:00 Tools
Happy,Happy 00:00 Tools
Slice Of Life C. Escape To Reality 00:00 Tools
Forever Hold Your Peace - Special EFX - General Jazz - GRP Digital Sampler Vol. 1 00:00 Tools
16 - Your Love Has Lifted Me 00:00 Tools
Cmon! 00:00 Tools
Drop Da Beat 00:00 Tools
Daybreak (feat. George Jinda & Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Plésance 00:00 Tools
13-Awakening 00:00 Tools
Secret Storm, Pts. 1-2 00:00 Tools
RadioTunes.com 00:00 Tools
JOYOUS featuring Chieli Minucci 00:00 Tools
BALLERINA- 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life - Timeless Mood 00:00 Tools
SKY.FM Radio TSTAG_60 ADWTAG 00:00 Tools
Bella-SPECIAL EFX 00:00 Tools
Diamond in the Sun 00:00 Tools
Freedom Flight (feat. George Jinda & Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
05 - Ladies Man 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life- Escape to reali 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life- Jinji's magic b 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life C: Escape to Reality 00:00 Tools
Speak To Me (Down To The Bone-Remix) 00:00 Tools
A. Timeless Mood 00:00 Tools
You Make Me Blue 00:00 Tools
Lavish - Lavish 00:00 Tools
Quivering 00:00 Tools
Hushabye 00:00 Tools
Love's Lost in Translation 00:00 Tools
Jaan Pehechaan ** 00:00 Tools
You Make Me 00:00 Tools
The Night is Ours 00:00 Tools
Fantasies - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Fantasia Blue (feat. Chieli Minucci) 00:00 Tools
Sambuco nights 00:00 Tools
since youve been away 00:00 Tools
Sambuca Nights - Special EFX - General Jazz - GRP Digital Sampler Vol. 1 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life B: Jinji's Magic Bottle 00:00 Tools
Happy, Happy [*] 00:00 Tools
Lady and the Sea 00:00 Tools
Slice of Life A: Timeless Mood 00:00 Tools
C. Escape To Reality 00:00 Tools
Speak to Me [Down to the Bone Remix][*] 00:00 Tools
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Source: Chielimusic.com It's time to Party with the masters of the contemporary jazz scene, the Grammy nominated, chart-topping sensation Special EFX. Few bands in contemporary jazz have been as consistently engaging, entertaining and artistically satisfying as this seminal group. Special EFX, spearheaded by guitarist Chieli Minucci (pronounced Kee-eli Mee-noo-che), who along with George Jinda has helped to pave the road of contemporary jazz through the 80s and 90s and continues to set the trend. Once again Special EFX proves why they are among the best with their latest and 17th CD, Party. In typical fashion, the band produces a fresh mix of irresistible grooves filled with funky memorable hooks, lyrical head bopping melodies and house inspired body shaking rhythms. Party follows on the heels of the acclaimed album Butterfly, whose single "Cruise Control" held the number one spot on R&R's smooth jazz charts for five weeks! Chieli Minucci explains the secret to the band's longevity, "Special EFX has been my vision of what contemporary instrumental music should be. One of the reasons we have been able to maintain our popularity is because we have evolved and changed over the years. When the band first started we had a heavy world music influence. Later we highlighted more of a progressive rock sound, followed by acid jazz and now we have more of a rhythm and blues influence. When people hear our music, they can expect to hear a little of everything." As a multi-talented guitarist-composer-arranger-producer, Chieli Minucci has left his stamp on a broad range of musical offerings from movie soundtracks and television soap operas to high-profile session work with such illustrious pop artists as Celine Dion, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Jewel, the Backstreet Boys and Enrique Iglesias, to name a few. Along the way toward establishing himself as a smooth jazz icon, Chieli has earned several Emmy Award nominations for his music on the long running NBC daytime drama "The Guiding Light" (winning one in 1998). Chieli's latest solo effort Night Grooves has been making waves at radio. The album's single "Kickin' It Hard" has managed the impressive feat of staying on the charts for over 30 weeks! Jazziz Magazine says, "Chieli Minucci is both an influential elder statesman and true innovator." Born in Huntington, Long Island, Minucci grew up in nearby Forest Hills, Queens, where he still resides. His father, Ulpio Minucci, was an Italian-born composer who wrote songs for Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Julius La Rosa. The elder Minucci introduced his son to the piano at age six and encouraged the boy to become a composer. Chieli fell in love with guitar at age eight and has been on the six-string path ever since. "Party is a real celebration record. The whole idea was to create a vibe that permeates the entire album from start to finish. It's like music for your own private party," shares Chieli Minucci who composed all 10-tracks on the CD. Highlights include the thumping '80s inspired opener "Get On Up" and the Flamenco Latin-tinged number "Mi Amore." These two tracks are the only songs on the album that prominently feature Chieli's guitar. He explains "One of the things that makes this CD so different is that it is heavily saxophone driven." Saxophonist David Mann shines throughout the CD with his muscular yet sensual sax playing. Mann has been the saxophonist of choice for the likes of Michael Jackson, Tower of Power, James Taylor and Paul Simon among others. As a producer, he has lent his skills to such notables as Kim Waters, Rachael Z and Wayman Tisdale, to name a few. Chieli Minucci says of his longtime friend Mann, " David has been the sax player I have worked with the most and he is simply the best on the scene. He is amazingly musical and the sound he produces on his instrument is incredible." Standout tracks on Party include the drum and bass/house tinged "Ready For Anything," the album's first single, "Ladies Man," which is sure to be a crowd pleaser and the hip-hop flavored ballad "Fantasies," featuring Mann on flute. Also included is a homage to master bassist Jaco Pastorious called "Dusk Till Dawn" that features bassist Jerry Books. Chieli Minucci says "Jerry has been with the band for over 10 years, and he is also a good friend. He is incredibly varied in his ability on bass. He is first-rate and he's the first guy I call." The origin of Special EFX dates back a little over two decades when a pair of musicians (Chieli Minucci and the late George Jinda) met during a series of jam sessions in a New York loft. By winter of that year, a band had begun to take shape. The smooth, romantic guitar sound of Chieli Minucci had found its perfect complement in the wide-ranging global percussion of George Jinda (a native of Budapest, Hungary). Special EFX had 13 albums under its belt when creative differences saw the amicable parting of Chieli and George in the mid-90s. Chieli launched a successful solo career and George recorded a 14th Special EFX album, 1996's Here To Stay. Then Jinda suffered a devastating asthma/diabetic attack that left him with a neurological condition called myoclonic disorder. With the blessing of George and his wife, Chieli returned to the Special EFX fold keeping the vision alive. Jinda passed away in 2002. In 1999, the band released Masterpiece, its Shanachie debut and Special EFX was back on the road to a welcoming audience of old fans and new enthusiasts. "It was a mixed bag for me," says Chieli about stepping back on the road with Special EFX. "On the one hand, I was delighted to get out and play the Special EFX repertoire, and take some of the guys who'd been with us for years. We do material from the band's first record right up to the new one, a spectrum of how the group's sound evolved over the years. But it felt a little weird at first to do it without George." Special EFX's Butterfly produced the hit single "Cruise Control" and is the best testing record of all time in smooth jazz radio's history! Now with the release of Party, Special EFX is poised to brings its genius into yet another decade, making new fans along the way and strengthening ties with old ones. The History of Special EFX Shows: Here you’ll see listed, the entire live concert history of Special EFX, from the dates, to the places, with all the amazing musicians listed who performed with us. There was a brief tour, during 1996, in which I didn’t participate, since I was on tour supporting my first solo release, ‘Jewels’. After that year, George fell ill, and didn’t tour with the band any longer. Sadly, he succumbed to his long illness, and since then the Special EFX band and Chieli Minucci band have come together as one. The last George Jinda date was 10/28/98 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.