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ELDREDGE JACKSON'S 'PLEASURE' PRINCIPLES: Sax man releases debut disc.
The CD boasts the “fresh, explosive energy” that the artist is bringing to contemporary jazz, laced over the production of legendary bassist Wayman Tisdale and producer Preston Glass.
“It came about from the place that any musician who looks to put a CD out or something that comes from within,” Jackson said of the inspiration for the disc. “And having this gift of music that has been given to me as a child, it’s been a long-awaited dream of mine to have a CD and to be able to finally produce a CD (with) Wayman Tisdale. When we got started on it, he was not only the first person; he was the only person – with his knowledge of the industry – to work with me on this. We collaborated on about nine or ten of the songs on the project.”
Jackson also recruited Preston Glass for the project. Glass is a renowned songwriter and producer who’s worked with the likes of Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Kirk Whalum, and Earth, Wind & Fire just to name a few.
“He produced the (Lionel Richie) ‘Hello’ track and the Michael Jackson ‘Rock With You’ remix track (on the CD). I was deeply honored to have him be a part of this as well,” Jackson said.
The artist explained that he thought of redoing Richie’s 1984 hit “Hello” while he was driving and listening to the radio in his car.
“I thought, ‘Wow, this song was awesome back when it originally came out. This may not be a bad song to see if we can put the sax to it and see what we can come up with.’ So when we got in the studio and started playing around with it we thought, ‘We’ve got to do this.’”
Jackson added that that was the pretty much the same process in doing the 1979 Michael Jackson hit “Rock With You.”
“Michael Jackson – another great inspiration to the music industry,” he said. “So I thought ‘Let’s see how this would sound if we slowed it down and put a little groove to it and see what we come up with.’ We tested it out and the vibe that we received from playing it, we thought maybe this is something we can cover and add that flavor to, as they say.”
Jackson told EUR’s Lee Bailey that most of the album was recorded at Tisdale’s studio, The Basement Studios, so he had the opportunity to work with the former NBA forward in writing, composing, and directly in producing the album and selecting music, like his track “I Like That.”
“I got a call about 11:00 one night and it was Wayman and he said he had a song I had to listen to,” Jackson said. “I went over to his place, he started playing it and I started saying, ‘I like that. I like that.’ And he said, ‘Well, that’s what we’ll call it.’ So that’s how it came about. I added the melody to it and there you have it.”
“One thing about Wayman that I really appreciate is [that he gives] me the space to be creative and make sure that my creativity was in the forefront and being able to express the music that I have and that goes from the likes of the title track, ‘Listening Pleasure,’” he said. “That was a song that I wrote many, many years ago and had a chance to let Wayman listen to it. When he first heard it, he loved it, and he immediately said, ‘This is your style and your sound; this is one out of your heart.’”
For your “Listening Pleasure,” check out Eldredge Jackson’s sound at www.eldredgejackson.com.
“The response that we receive when we’re playing the songs is overwhelming, so I am very pleased with how the project turned out.”
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