Track Listing

1. Mojo
2. Dolce Vita
3. Sunshine
4. Daydreamer
5. Gimme Some
6. Jive Samba
7. Skinny Dippin'
8. We'll Survive
9. Warm Rain
10. Hill Be Jammin'
11. Light My Fire

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13440 in Music
• Brand: Warren
• Released on: 2008-06-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
Warren Hill, La Dolce Vita

Customer Reviews

Expect some seriously deep grooves tonight...
A celebrated soloist, bandleader, composer and arranger, Warren Hill's exuberant and striking style is complimented on this album by an amazing cast of all-stars, including first call bassist Nathan East, renown guitarists Paul Jackson Jr. and Dean Parks, drummer Ricky Lawson, keyboardist Greg Phillingaines and the label mates Jeff Golub and Philippe Saisse.
There's a vitality to the performances and the songs themselves bristle with contemporary, polished sound.
It blends the sultry and soulful sax playing with the rhythmic and funky in such a unique way that this collection seems destined to again push the bar of Contemporary Jazz more than a bit higher.
His style is a complete mixture of many elements of music, such as Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, Pop, Blues, Gospel, Reggae, and many other styles. All of those musical influences combined have made him the musician he is today.
The master saxman plays a selection of fine smooth grooves like "Warm Rain", "Daydreamer" and "Gimme Some".
"Skinny Dippin" is a funkier piece as is the slower, sexier "The Jive Samba" .
Every song highlights the true talent that Warren Hill is blessed with. This jam packed album also comes with a Latin style groove "Hill Be Jammin" and shows great versatility.
"La Dolce Vita" really solidifies the fact Warren Hill is here to stay.
I really get the feel he will achieve his goal of reaching lots of young people who are musically challenged and looking for a little direction.
It's rare you come across a disc that jams on every track, but I have to give it up, this jams from start to finish.
Hill's sax is to the fore but this album is a strong Smooth Jazz set with a couple of cathcy radio friendly cuts with great hooks.
Have a pleasant listening and enjoy "the sweet life" with Warren Hill !

This cd is definitely living the sweet life!!!
Mr. Warren Hill is a true artist. This cd is so uplifting and inspiring.
His vocals are so amazing on "Sunshine" and "Survive"! "Sunshine" is so catchy, it's destined to be a huge hit song. Warren needs to do an entire cd of vocals. How can one guy be one of the best saxophone players in the world and sing as well as he does? Well he does it, and I truly think he is someone to watch. I remember his song "Shelter from the Storm" that he wrote and produced with his wife Tamara. They wrote it about their love and how the painting "Shelter from the Storm" inspired them. He proposed to her underneath it at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY.
I've never forgotten that, because I was so inspired by it and always thought that it was such a romantic story. He sang on that song and had a hit with it. I was sure he would do a follow up cd of more vocals. So, I am so happy to hear this cd. It's full of great songs to make you feel good. La Dolce Vita is the perfect title, because it really is exuding the sweet life. Thank you Warren.

Diamond in the rough
This whole album, but particularly song number two which shares the title of the CD called "La Dolce Vita" is an engaging and romantic yet high tech samba which entrances the imagination and enlightens the human spirit.
Warren Hill is an artist whose time has come in terms of the recognition for which he is due. Borrowing from an eclectic group of new age, jazz fusion, and soft jazz cohorts, he manages to make his own mark in this highly creative genre of modern music.
I thoroughly enjoyed this CD and play it often.