Any James Taylor Fans? New CD Sounds Great.

I guess September 11 is as good a day as any to confess to my taste for sappy, sentimental pop, so I just wanted to say that although I have just about every JT album in my collection, the new one might become my all time favourite.

It was produced by Russ Titelman and through a friend, I had the pleasure of watching Russ and JT go over and over and over and over and over the percussion track on "Raised Up Family" in their New York studio in February.

Their obsessive attention to detail explained the quality of the mix and JT couldn't have been more polite, friendly, warm or humble in person which made everything even more impressive.

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas sounds great and might remind you to not leave your shopping to the last minute. I also love the jazzier, bluesier rendition of Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight.

Yo yo Ma, Steve Gadd and others perform on the album, Dave Grusin arranged the strings in one of the tracks and at least on my system, the recording sounds very, very good.

Reminds me that this wonderful insanity is really all about the music.