Classic Light

Album tracks:

» Slow dance
» Old fashioned love song
» Garden of Eden
» Softly you whisper
» A passage to India
» Little stars
» A sigh of the heart
» Unforgettable dream
» Joy of love
» Pale sadness

When I was asked to do a classical album, I didn't know what to expect. I'd done a few concertos and penguin suit stuff before, but classical musicians never liked to party after the concerts, so those gigs didn't appeal to me much. I mean, who likes memorizing 30 pages of music for a one night concert and no beer? At least in jazz when you make a mistake, it's creative. In classical music, when you make a mistake, you suck. But the concept of redoing these great melodies, and playing them my way was very appealing.

Chris Babida, who has produced like a ton of Chinese pop singers and has done some great film scoring, really surprised me with his tracks. He turned these standard classical tunes into a saxophone make-out album, which according to a few friends, actually got them to second base plus a couple of times. I enjoyed adding a sad and sometimes soulful sound, changing the melodies just a little, but not a lot. The weird sleeper on this album is "Little Stars" which I got into a big argument with my record company boss over, because I thought it was dumb. He reasoned with me that Mozart wrote it, and I was insulting Mozart if I didn't play it. So I played it, and I'm still playing it. Everyone loves to twinkle twinkle. It works for little kids, for schools, and even for Star TV. It's funny how things work out.

Credits:

Producer - David Jerng
Assistant Producers - Jona Huang / Tommy Chan / Ken
Arrangements - Chris Babida
Background Vocals - Bobo Lee / Pale Sanders
Recorded by - Ho Chin Tang at CBS Sony Studio, HK, Wang Chia Dung at Plus Studio, Taipei
Photographer - Joshua Lee
Wardrobe by - Pai-Di Studio
Stylist - Hsieh Li Chun
Make Up Artist - Han Chung Wei

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