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Robert Lamm / Live - Leap Of Faith DVD will be available on Feb.10

LIVE - Leap of Faith DVD


Robert Lamm, of the band Chicago, toured in 2004 appearance in New Zealand for a show supporting the New Zealand release of Roberts solo CD "Subtlety & Passion". The performance was captured for worldwide release on CD and DVD, entitled "Leap Of Faith - Live In New Zealand". CD version was released in April 2005, featuring Robert's best loved hits, including "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" "Saturday InThe Park" and his newest hit, "Gimme Gimme".
Having been announced that DVD version would follow this CD release, there had been no confirmation when the DVD will be released. Now, I am pleased to let you know that DVD version will be available on February 10th, 2007.

The Band:
Robert Lamm: Keyboards, Vocals
Hank Linderman: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Jason Scheff: Bass, Vocals
Tris Imboden: Drums
Lee Loughnane: Trumpet, Vocals
Andrew McMillan: Sax, Flute
Hayley Barker: Trombone
Beth Campbell: Vocals
Tom Rodwell: Guitars

Here is the Introduction to Robert Lamm's first solo performance in New Zealand - LIVE DVD

LIVE - Leap of Faith DVD

Gary Portnoy / Destiny

Gary Portnoy, best-known for his tune "Where Everybody Knows Your Name", the theme from the US nationwide TV series "Cheers", has just released his brand-new CD entitled "Destiny". The CD contains 11 brand new songs (as well as a never released long version of the Theme to Mr. Belvedere.) You can listen to sound clips and also get this CD at Gary Portnoy's official website.

Label: Argentum Records,USA
Release Date: January 7, 2007
Producer: himself
Tracks:
1. I Wanna Sing Again
2. Destiny
3. A Younger Time
4. Talk Of Jesus
5. Life On The Outside
6. Mr. Belvedere
7. Oh Jessie
8. I Know Something
9. Manhattan Hearache
10. The Only One
11. Jeanne

A Drop Of Change "The Lopez Leonhardt Project"

Jerry Lopez, a member of the Ricky Martin band, Latin/Pop singer/sonwriter/performers known for his 2002 album "Negrita" for Jay Graydon's label Sonic Trust Records and/or his live performance project "Santa Fe".
Early 2006, with the danish singer Claus H. Leonhardt, Jerry decided to form "A Drop Of Change", a music project between the continents.
The music style is a little diffrent from the above-mentioned Jerry's latin pop project, that is to say, catchy pop with influences from the latin and WestCoast/AOR music. Now the first three songs has been recorded and is released as a promo cd and hopefully a full album to follow. To back up on the tracks you can hear Bill Champlin, Greg Mathieson, Larry Williams and top latin studio musicians.
Throughout the last couple of years, Claus H. Leonhardt has been playin´ with his own WestCoast/AOR group and is very active with that. He encountered Jerry's album "Negrita"(2002) and it did not take a long time before the music touched him and he decided to contact Jerry to ask if he would be interested in makin´ music together. Jerry soon agreed and thus sent 3 songs to Claus in order to complete these with Claus' lead vocals. So "A Drop Of Change", is actually a great chance for a danish artists to add some changes to the music of Jerry Lopez. If you would like to listen to those songs, please visit Jerry Lopez official website. And if you feel storng interest in getting the promo cd, you should contacy Claus by email to Claus.

Musicians on the A Drop Of Change album: Jerry Lopez, Claus H. Leonhardt, James Hosmer, Greg Mathieson, Larry Williams, David Richardson, Lenny Lopez, Bill Champlin, Adrian Garcia, Jose "Pepe" Jimenez, Eddie Garcia, Gabriel Santana Falcon, Pepe Jimenez, Hector Infanzon, Arturo Ortiz, Greg Neer, Glenn Colby, Danny Falcone, Jose Sibaja, Phil Wigfall, Gerald Merra, Frankie Perez, Rob Mader, Nathan Tannouye, Victor Vasquez & Dave Hart.

Tracks:
1. Canta Con Migo
2. Angels
3. All I Ever Need

Note: This is a demo cd, not any official release.

Robert Lamm 2 on-going projects

Robert Lamm, the original member of the band Chicgo has been continuing to work on his "Bossa Project", a collection of original songs inspired by Jobim, Gilberto, and others. Robert have recorded 14 songs so far, some classic Bossa Nova songs from that era (early 60's), as well as some very fine under-exposed standards. John Van Eps is arranging, producing and playing.
You can listen to some tracks from this "Bossa Project" at his official "MySpace" (http://www.myspace.com/robertlamm)

In addition, Robert was approached by yet another international record company to record an album of new original material. Hence, Robert began writing songs for this project since Fall of 2006, and will explore collaboration with other musicians, writers and producers. Robert Lamm hopes to see some sort of theme or concept emerge as they go forward.

You should watch how those remarkable project will be....