Infinity Hall

 
As emotionally compelling as Kim Waters is with sensuous soprano driven ballads, he has been amping up the funk in recent years, producing and performing on Shanachie’s best selling hip-hop cover series Streetwize and Tha’ Hot Club. In 2006, he gifted his fans with In The Groove, a 5.1 Surround Sound DVD that captures one of his supercharged performances at the Harbourfront Centre Theatre in Toronto. His upscale grooving with The Sax Pack—Waters’ triple threat touring and recording ensemble with fellow horn greats Jeff Kashiwa and Steve Cole—took him to the top of the Radio & Records chart earlier in 2008 with “Fallin’ For You,” the kickoff single from their self titled disc that stayed at #1 for two months and is one of the biggest smooth jazz tracks of the year.

“The concept that I and (Shanachie Jazz A&R Director and album executive producer) Danny Weiss had was to create memorable original R&B/jazz songs that answer the question, ‘What would Marvin do if he was in the world today, in terms of groove and melody?’” says Waters. “Responding to that challenge, I put my own spin on his sound, incorporating his unique melodic flair and conveying the emotional power of his voice through my saxes. I’ve always believed that the saxophone is the closest instrument to the human voice, and I tried to bring my tone as close as I could to how I think he would tackle these tunes vocally. While it’s true to my romantic side overall, there are a handful of uptempo songs and a very urban vocal flavor with Vivian and Timmy Maia (“Distant Lover”) on the two Marvin songs. One of the more subtle things I admired about his records was the intricate production. There were always so many different things going on sonically, cool parts you could barely hear and subtle voices that came together to create powerful atmospheres. That’s the spirit and feeling we were aiming for.”

 

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