NEVER TOO LATE
Now available at CD Baby!
Featuring:
Carl Anderson - Bobby Lyle - Alphonso
Johnson
Greg Karukas - Freddy Ravel - Walt Fowler
Now released
by Merrimack Records
Also available
at these
distributional websites:
Amazon.com / Tower
Records
"Never Too Late"
1. Never Too Late (Gregg
Karukas & Michael O'Neill) (4:57)
Guitars-Michael O'Neill; drum, keyboard, and midi programming-Gregg
Karukas
2. Visions (Stevie Wonder)
(4:58)
Guitars and scat-Michael O'Neill; vocal-Carl Anderson; bass-Alphonso
Johnson;
drums-Land Richards; keyboards-Bobby Lyle; synth-Freddie Ravel
3. Echoes of Seville (Gregg
Karukas & Michael O'Neill) (4:49)
Guitars-Michael O'Neill; keyboards-Gregg Karukas; drums-John Lewis;
bass-Keith Jones
4. I Ain't Lyin' (Michael O'Neill) (4:19)
Guitar-Michael O'Neill; piano-David Witham; organ-Chris Ho; bass-Andrew
Ford;
drums-Land Richards; horn & arrangement -Walt Fowler; tambourine-Dio
Saucedo
5. Always Love (Freddie Ravel
& Michael O'Neill) (4:10)
Guitars-Michael O'Neill; keyboards-Freddie Ravel; bass-Larry Kimpel;
drums-Walfredo Reyes Jr.
6. For You (Michael O'Neill)
(4:32)
Guitars-Michael O'Neill; keyboards-Gregg Karukas; bass-Keith Jones;
drums-John Lewis; sax-Dino Soldo
7. Winds of Summer (Michael
O'Neill) (4:58)
Guitars-Michael O'Neill; piano-David Witham; keyboards-Chris Ho
& Thom Hall;
bass-Andrew Ford; drums-Land Richards; percussion-Kevin Ricard
8. Dreams of Love (Michael
O'Neill) (4:56)
Guitars-Michael O'Neill; keyboards-Chris Ho; bass-Andrew Ford;
drums-
Land Richards; percussion-Kevin Ricard
9. Passages (Chris Ho &
Michael O'Neill) (4:31)
Guitars & additional keyboards-Michael O'Neill; keyboards-Chris
Ho;
clavinet-Thom Hall; bass-Andrew Ford; drums-Land Richards;
percussion-Kevin Ricard
10. Sidewalk Strut (Michael O'Neill) (3:46)
Guitar-Michael O'Neill; keyboards-John Balbuena & Chris Ho;
bass-
Hussein Jiffrey; drums-Dave Rennick; flute-Chris Bleth
11. Cruisin on Down (Michael
O'Neill) (2:35)
Guitar & vocal-Michael O'Neill; keyboards-Chris Ho; bass-Jimmy
Earl;
drums-Gerry Brown; sax & flute-Gary Bias; percussion-Dio Saucedo
12. Yesterday (John Lennon
& Paul McCartney) (2:51)
Guitar-Michael O'Neill
Produced by Michael O'Neill
Cover Portrait: Matthew Somma
Cover Design and Layout: Steven
Elowe/Eminent Design
Read the latest review on Never
Too Late:
Contemporary Jazz Reviews
by Jeff Charney
August, 2000
Michael O'Neill
- Never Too Late (Merrimack)
The debut of guitarist Michael O'Neill
is fresh, hip and very
enjoyable. He is a longtime member of George Benson's band
whom he toured extensively with from 1981-90 and 1994 to
present. O'Neill has spent a lot of time in the studio and touring
over the last 20 years for some of the biggest names in music:
Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Maurice White, George Benson,
Crusaders, Chick Corea, Buddy Guy and Santana, Ronnie Laws,
Hubert Laws, Sadao Watanabe, Rickie Lee Jones, Manhattan
Transfer, Boney James, Jonathan Butler and Peter White. The
CD kicks off with the first single - the title track. A medium
tempo head-bopping tune co-written by Gregg Karukas. Nice
hook and nice melody. Other highlights include a gorgeous version
of Stevie Wonder's "Visions", another collaboration
with Karukas
on a pretty Spanish-influenced piece called "Echoes Of Seville,"
an
uptempo romp on "I Ain't Lyin'" which features Walt
Fowler, a
typical smooth jazz piece called "Winds Of Summer,"
and another
head-bopper called "Passages." Special guests on this
project include
Karukas, Carl Anderson, Bobby Lyle, Freddy Ravel and Alphonso
Johnson. Never Too Late is worth your money and attention.
"Never Too Late" is #9
in the Top Ten CDs chart at
ContemporaryJazz.com
for September 1, 2000
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