JazzTimes (p.122) - "The bassist digs into some urban adult contemporary with 'Watch Me Play Again'...and with 'Comin' Home,' a slice of midtempo sass with something new: vocoder vocals by 'JR Hutson.'"
Personnel: Michael Todd (various instruments); Soup Bone, Bobby G (guitar); Frank Selman, Mel Brown (electric guitar); Donald Hayes (saxophone); Jason Rahn (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jerry Compare (piano); Ricky Peterson (Hammond b-3 organ); Arthur Thompson (percussion); Derek "D.O.A." Allen (programming).
With his eighth album, jazz bassist Wayman Tisdale bounces back (from a bout with bone cancer) with an upbeat, genial, somewhat vocals-oriented set. Tisdale still plucks his electric bass a-plenty and there's an abundance of mellow, easygoing jazz here, but he makes room for some notable guest singers as well. Country music star Toby Keith essays Barry White's classic "Never Give You Up," and the Gap Band's Robert Wilson, Raw J, and gospel singer Marvin Sapp stop by, as does smooth-jazz sax star Dave Koz. As per usual, the grooves are tight and the mood is mostly bright.