Track Listing

1. Juke Joints and Jams
2. Sumthing,Sumthing
3. You Know What's Up
4. Didn't Cha Know
5. A Dream
6. You Don't Know My Name
7. "I Know Joe"
8. Life of the Party
9. My Life
10. Say Yes
11. Come Close

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #233370 in Music
• Released on: 2005-02-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Joe Johnson is a "New Breed"
This is not your typical Jazz CD. Life of the Party is the bridge between Urban Culture, Old Skool', Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk and R & B. I would definately recommend this CD for anyone that's looking for a new way to listen to Jazz Music; although, you can't help but notice his style that represent Great Legends like G. Washington, Jr., "Yardbird Parker", etc...

While listening to this CD I noticed:
* Technical Expressions
* New Sounds
* Tonalities
* Clean Delivery
* Extention of Range
* Extention of Dynamics

Bottom Line:
Other than the fact that you'll want more, It's worth every cent! Don't Take my word for it, Go COP IT!!!!!

This brother is talented!!!!!
I bought this CD on the recommendation of one my friends and I must say I am throughly impressed! I highly recommend this CD for anyone who likes urban music mixed with smooth jazz. I also noticed that while he covered some of the most popular songs on the urban scene, there was no singing only saxophone, that tells me he put a lot of time into arrangements by not taking the easy way out. Although I like all the songs, my favorites are track 1, 8 and 10. This CD is easy on the ears and Joe is easy on the eyes.

Smooth as Silk!
From start to finish this CD is awesome! It's so smooth that we're keeping it on repeat. It's the perfect "let's just chill tonight" CD. Life of the Party has a great mix of familiar and new melodies. You can't help but smile as you reminisce about the good times. Jazz lovers old and new will love this project. It's what urban jazz should be about, smooth as silk. This CD is a keeper.