Bill Sharpe - State Of The Heart + Close To My Heart

On this double CD release we find Shakatak's Bill Sharpe teaming up with Don Grusin, Alex Acuna and Paulinho da Costa et al for a Latin Jazz album from 1999, which also features Jeffrey Osborne on vocals on Light On My Life. Coupled with a solo piano album from 2006 of Bill’s favourite Shakatak tracks from the band’s first 25 years.

Tracklisting

CD1 - State of The Heart

1. Pacific Nights 4:53
2. Light On My Life 4:29
3. Hypnotique 5:58
4. P'ra Voce Amor (For You, My Love) 4:30
5. My Blue Heart 4:53
6. Hermanos De Luxe 5:49
7. Rhythm Dance 6:03
8. Let The Rhythm Take You High 5:29
9. D'Ja 6:06
10. Brazilian Dawn 6:04

CD2 - Close to The Heart

1. Invitations 3:23
2. Easier Said Than Done 2:53
3. Dark Is The Night 3:47
4. Lumiere 3:43
5. Streetwalkin' 4:11
6. In Shadows 1:55
7. Night Birds 2:50
8. Golden Wings 2:41
9. Living In The UK 3:36
10. Photograph 4:10
11. Stranger 3:08
12. After Sunset 3:44