- Audio CD (1 Mar 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Sbme Special Mkts
- ASIN: B0012GMYVE
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,044,363 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I' ve never heard or seen his first album which, to my knowledge, was only ever issued on vinyl several years earlier, but this, his debut on CD is superb. And what with the smooth jazz genre having got a bit stale generally since about 2000, Hidden Agenda still holds up very well indeed. GA was one of the founding members of the Tower of Power horns (and, presumably, part of the crew that played on Santana's magnificent 3rd album) and this album is rich, deep, full, punchy and funky, spoilt only by one typically duff vocal track and by Gary Herbig's horridly strangulated squawky sax on Mahdi (whoever the hell he was), The Expected One. The instrumental arrangement of Smooth Operator is a minor killer, though my personal faves are the title track, Tribeca and Amsterdam. On the latter track, the bass features truly awesome bass lines which seem to rove up and down and back and forth like nothing else in my collection.
Recorded at a variety of studios in and around LA (except for just a bit at Battery Studios in London, probably the English vocal on Smooth Operator) by fellow collaborator Ken Kessie, with occasional help from Don Murray, and mixed at Skip Saylor Studios in LA by Ken Kessie and Eric Flickinger, except for Burma Road which was mixed by Don Murray at Sunset Sound. The strings and horns were recorded by veteran Al Schmitt, whilst Greg Adams and Ken Kessie produced. All tracks were written by Greg Adams with help from the likes of Ken Kessie, James Wirrick and Nick Milo, each of whom played variously keyboards, bass and drums
Hidden Agenda is a tremendously sassy album and in my opinion he hasn't managed a better one since, the closest approach having been Firefly from several years later. Start here and see what you think.
Recorded at a variety of studios in and around LA (except for just a bit at Battery Studios in London, probably the English vocal on Smooth Operator) by fellow collaborator Ken Kessie, with occasional help from Don Murray, and mixed at Skip Saylor Studios in LA by Ken Kessie and Eric Flickinger, except for Burma Road which was mixed by Don Murray at Sunset Sound. The strings and horns were recorded by veteran Al Schmitt, whilst Greg Adams and Ken Kessie produced. All tracks were written by Greg Adams with help from the likes of Ken Kessie, James Wirrick and Nick Milo, each of whom played variously keyboards, bass and drums
Hidden Agenda is a tremendously sassy album and in my opinion he hasn't managed a better one since, the closest approach having been Firefly from several years later. Start here and see what you think.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Important and exciting trumpet\arranger from the west coast!
22 Aug 1998
Format:Audio CD
Greg Adams continues to write and perform wonderful and exciting music after his exit as arranger and trumpeter in Tower of Power. Adams had always been in demand as the "arranger's arranger" for horn section and string section writing throughout the world. This is Adam's debut as a leader on his solo project. If you enjoy music in a jazz\funk style with great trumpet and fluegelhorn playing this is for you.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Greg Adams is a Smooth Operator
4 Mar 2001
Format:Audio CD
I heard Adam's Smooth Operator on our local jazz station last week, incredible, went to store and purchased Hidden Agenda, which has Smooth Operator as track 3. Really love the CD, went online searching for other CD's by Adams, found none, what a disappointment that this is his only one, it was so good, I figured he had more out.
I hope he has more planned in the future, 1995 was a long time ago.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Greg Adams Hidden Agenda tops of list of jazz CDs.
11 Jun 2004
Format:Audio CD
This is my very favorite CD for company and dinner guests. They smile as they move their shoulders about and say "Who is that? I want that!" I have carried this CD around and listened to it so many times that I damaged it and am buying it again. I have looked for it for a couple years! The music is smooth and yet upbeat. You just can't help but start moving to the lovely sounds. I see he finally has a new CD and I am buying that also. He is a winner in my book and one CD I just can't be without!
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