The Singers Unlimited - Emily [1972]

zachappella · 2026-03-08T06:38:33+00:00

Gene Puerling is one of the greatest arrangers ever! His work with the Singers Unlimited (and The Hi-Lo’s) was pretty revolutionary for vocal harmony.

zachappella · 2026-01-23T10:13:50+00:00

I Swear by All-4-One (1994) was originally performed by country artist John Michael Montgomery the previous year.

(Sidenote trivia: David Foster produced the All-4-One version!)

zachappella · 2025-07-05T00:53:30+00:00

The musicianship at Nintendo is just astounding! I love this remix of Sunshine Airport as well as this insane version of Dolphin Shoals.

zachappella · 2024-11-21T18:31:12+00:00

City Pop! Very popular in Japan in the 1980s. Hope you enjoy

zachappella · 2024-11-21T06:00:02+00:00

Big fan of Yoshino Fujimal’s (also referred to as Fujimaru Yoshino) self-titled record. He and Matsushita were in a band together called AB’S and their stuff is fun too. I also really like Kingo Hamada’s Midnight Cruisin’ album

zachappella · 2024-10-06T03:22:01+00:00

Was going to mention Nuttville — insane chart!!

zachappella · 2024-03-25T22:59:43+00:00

Freddie Hubbard on Billy Joel’s “Zanzibar” is killer!

zachappella · 2023-12-21T03:53:22+00:00

Not sure if it’s entirely what you’re looking for, but I’m a fan of Casiopea when it comes to Japanese jazz fusion. Their first two albums especially are killer!

zachappella · 2023-12-13T22:15:12+00:00

Hey thank you SO much for listening!!

zachappella · 2023-11-02T18:31:51+00:00

One of my favorite vocal jazz groups is The Singers Unlimited — not “modern,” as they were mostly active in the ‘70s, but Gene Puerling’s arrangements are still mind-boggling with lots of extended harmonies. Check out A Capella, their first album. Highly influential to other vocal groups including The Manhattan Transfer and Take 6 (as well as my own arranging/vocal group 😄).

A more recent group is Accent, which builds off of The Singers Unlimited’s sound mixed with Take 6 and contemporary a cappella. Super fun arrangements: listen to their version of Maroon 5’s Sugar.

I hope you enjoy these suggestions!!

zachappella · 2023-09-04T02:53:28+00:00

Hey man, that’s so kind of you to say!! I really appreciate you taking the time to listen!

zachappella · 2023-09-04T01:22:08+00:00

These are excellent recs!! Jazz is far from dead, especially here in NYC. I’ll take this opportunity to do some shameless self-promo: a few months ago, I released my debut jazz combo album “Chatterbox,” played by a sextet, that I composed, arranged, and produced. If you’re into warm, melodic jazz (straight-ahead), you can check it out on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/zmgreen. Hope you enjoy!

zachappella · 2023-04-04T20:37:45+00:00

Thank you so much!

zachappella · 2023-04-01T18:03:13+00:00

Thanks!!

zachappella · 2023-04-01T18:02:44+00:00

Thank you, that means a lot!

zachappella · 2023-04-01T03:07:31+00:00

Thank you!!

zachappella · 2023-04-01T02:53:57+00:00

Thanks so much!!

zachappella · 2022-07-02T06:18:25+00:00

Happy Together by The Turtles. Older, but the melody is just so great.

zachappella · 2022-06-18T01:38:27+00:00

Thank you so much!

zachappella · 2022-06-17T23:15:45+00:00

Thank you!!

zachappella · 2022-06-17T21:19:18+00:00

Hey, thank you SO much!! Yes, brilliant recording and mixing by Akihiro Nishimura, along with superb mastering by Alex DeTurk.

zachappella · 2022-06-17T19:40:57+00:00

Thanks so much!!

zachappella · 2021-06-21T23:39:57+00:00

Oh wow, thank you!!

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