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The Music in My Head is a smooth jazz album released by Michael Franks in 2018.[1] It’s his eighteenth studio album, and the second with the independent Shanachie Records.[2]

The Music in My Head
Studio album by Michael Franks
Released	June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)
Genre	Jazz vocal jazz smooth jazz
Length	50:11
Label	Shanachie
Producer	Gil Goldstein Chuck Loeb Scott Petito Charles Blenzig Jimmy Haslip
Michael Franks chronology
The Dream 1973-2011 (2012) The Music in My Head (2018)

Background

The Music in My Head is Franks’ first album after a seven-year hiatus.[2] Franks explained to Parade magazine the album was "written about my own personal spiritual journey" and "[it's] about love, our connection to nature, and the beauty and mystery of it all.”[3]

The album features one of the last recorded guitar solos by Chuck Loeb[4][5] before his death.[6]

Track listing

Reception

Writing for Smooth-Jazz.de, Hans-Bernd Hülsmann praised the album for "offer[ing] great musical and literary preciousness with charm and elegance. The album contains a marked variety of audible values that demand attention and time from the listener to experience and enjoy all facets."[7]

Justin Kantor highly recommended the album for SoulTracks, saying the album "displays as aptly as ever his ability to convey a breadth of topics in a seamless manner that feels like a choice road trip set to the most mellow—yet colorful—of soundscapes."[8]

On the song "Waterfall", Laura B. Whitmore wrote for Parade that "[it's] a whispery tale of the journey from raindrop to waterfall. With a lilting rhythm, clever lyrics and some melodic guitar and vibes, “Waterfall” is like a sonic sigh of satisfaction."[3]

Personnel

• Michael Franks – vocals
• Eric Marienthal – saxophone
• Gary Meek – saxophone
• Bob Mintzer – saxophone
• Karel Ruzicka – saxophone
• Charles Blenzig – piano
• Gil Goldstein – piano
• Otmaro Ruíz – electric piano (Fender Rhodes), organ (Wurlitzer), synthesizer
• Rachel Z – piano, keyboards
• Larry Koonse – guitar
• David Spinozza – guitar
• Chuck Loeb – guitar, keyboards
• Romero Lubambo – rhythm guitar
• Jay Anderson – double bass
• Sean Conly – double bass
• Jimmy Haslip – bass, synthesizer
• Scott Petito – bass
• Billy Kilson – drums
• Jimmy Branley – drums, percussion
• Rogerio Boccato – percussion
• Manuel Quintana – percussion
• Veronica Nunn – backing vocals
• Leslie Ritter – backing vocals

References

Bibliography

• The Music in My Head (CD cover). Michael Franks. United States: Shanachie Records. 2018. SHANCD 5459.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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