The question, whether Eric Benet’s career is over, appeared last month in the search results for this page. Actually his career isn’t over. You can hear him on George Duke’s new album Duke and according to amazon.com his new album Hurricane is scheduled for a release on Warner Bros on June 21, 2005.
As jazz-not-jazz has grown over the years and I have digged deep into the soul underground, I must admit I’m not really excited about a new release by Eric on a major label. That was actually different some years ago before I had the internet.
I’m sure there were some A&R people eager to get him to sing this or that tune on Hurricane to have a hit record. And in retrospect I wasn’t too impressed with his sophomore set A Day In The Life.
Let’s face it, there are so many talented musicians out there, who don’t compromise themselves to keep label’s executives happy, that we can do without the output of a major label. Well, maybe I’m wrong and Hurricane will be the best soul album of 2005…we will hear it soon.
2005/11/5 at 20:52
Hello,
my name is Petros Aragiannis. I live in Syros island, which is the capital of an island complex with the name Cyclades. Cyclades is a region of Greece. I teach Physics at the 2nd Public College of Syros. But i am also an amateur jazz journalist.
I am interested in and i intent to present and write about your music at the local newspapers and magazines. Kini Gnomi (Public Opinion) is a daily newspaper and Loukoumi is a bi-monthly magazine also. I can play your music also at the two biggest fm radio stations ( Aigaio FM and Super FM).
I would appreciate so much, if you would send me your cd’s, to help me in my presentation.
Thank you
My best regards
Petros Aragiannis
My address is:
XXXXX
Greece
2005/12/5 at 14:47
Hi Petros,
This is neither Eric’s website nor do I send any CDs to anyone for a review. In fact I do the reviews here and sometimes get a CD for review purposes.
So I guess you have misunderstood something here. For privacy reasons I’ve deleted the address you’ve included in your comment.