Stars (Mindi Abair album) Last updated February 16, 2025 Critical reception Jonathan Widran of AllMusic calls the album, "one of 2008's most popular and dynamic urban contemporary jazz releases." [ 1]
Brian Soergel of JazzTimes writes, "Abair clearly has a new market in sight with Stars" and "Her voice certainly holds up, with its earnest wistfulness carrying appealingly autobiographical songs about love and longing." [ 5]
Track listing All songs written by Mindi Abair and Matthew Hager , except where noted.
Title Writer(s) 1. "Smile" 4:25 2. "On and On" 4:15 3. "Out of the Blue" 4:11 4. "Stars" 3:58 5. "F.L.A. Swing" Abair, Hager, John Taylor 4:31 6. "I Wonder" 3:43 7. "Gingerbread Man" Abair, Tyrone Stevens 3:40 8. "Change" Abair, Stevens 4:20 9. "Mojo" 3:13 10. "Here for You" 4:12 11. "Gonna Be Alright" 3:53 Total length: 44:21
Musicians Mindi Abair – vocals (1-6, 8, 10), acoustic piano (1), alto saxophone (1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11), soprano saxophone (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), flute (2), keyboards (6, 7), percussion (8), vocal arrangements (10), all saxophones (11) Ricky Peterson – organ (2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11), acoustic piano (3, 6, 8, 10, 11), keyboards (7), Wurlitzer electric piano (7) Jason Steele – string synthesizer (2) Matthew Hager – electric guitars (1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6), bass (1-6, 9, 10), drum programming (1-4, 6-9), keyboards (2, 4, 5, 6), acoustic piano (2, 4), string arrangements (2), tambourine (3, 9), backing vocals (4), percussion (5, 7), sound effects (5) Dwight Sills – electric guitars (2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11), guitar solo (4), acoustic guitar (8) John Taylor – acoustic guitar (5) Shawn Davis – bass (7, 8) Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums (2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11), tambourine (4, 8, 11) Ryan Dankanich – baritone saxophone (2, 6, 8) Steve Tirpak – trombone (2, 6, 8), trumpet (2, 6, 8), horn arrangements (2, 6, 8) Richard Dodd – cello (2, 4) Charlean Carmon – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10), DeeDee Foster – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10), Kenya Hathaway – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10) Production Andi Howard – executive producer Mark Wexler – executive producer Matthew Hager – producer, recording Steve Sykes – recording, mixing Josh Blanchard – assistant engineer Brendan Dekora – assistant engineer Stephen Marcussen – mastering Valerie Ince – label coordinator Patty Palazzo – art direction Reisig & Taylor Photography – photography Track information and credits adapted from Discogs [ 6] and AllMusic , [ 7] then verified from the album's liner notes. [ 8]
Charts Singles Title Date Chart Peak "Smile" May 16, 2008 Smooth Jazz Airplay [ 4] 9 "Out of the Blue" February 20, 2009 Smooth Jazz Airplay [ 4] 16 "Stars" August 23, 2008 Billboard Adult Contemporary [ 4] 29
References 1 2 3 Widran, Jonathan.Review at AllMusic . Retrieved 10 April 2021. 1 2 "Billboard Contemporary Jazz" . billboard.com . Billboard. May 23, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2021 . 1 2 "Mindi Abair Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)" . Billboard 1 2 3 4 "Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay" . billboard.com . Billboard. August 22, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2021 . ↑ Soergel, Brian (April 26, 2019). "Jazztimes Review" . Jazztimes. Retrieved April 10, 2021 . ↑ "Discogs Credits" . Discogs. Retrieved April 10, 2021 . ↑ "AllMusic Credits" . AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2021 . ↑ Stars (liner notes). Mindi Abair. Peak Records . 2008. PKD-30637.{{cite AV media notes }}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link )This page is based on this
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