WAY BACK NORTH: A smooth track with acoustic guitars and flowing pads, with tenor sax taking the lead. Kind of a Dave Koz style track, laid back with a killer sax solo at the climax.

A SIGN FROM ABOVE: A religiously inspired track with a haunting melody. Also a smooth jazz type sound with heavenly pads and a rock mid-section backing the ripping tenor solo. Sorry the clip doesn't make it to the solo.

THE PAST BEHIND: A beautiful yet sad melody carried by soprano sax with a classical sounding piano doubling the melody and backing with sad harmonies. This one sticks in your head all day, might make you sad though.

BACK ON SECOND AVE: Inspired by the streets of Nashville themselves. Filled with harmonica, banjo, alto sax, soprano sax, tenor sax, Wooten style bass, and a country jazz fusion Bela Fleck kinda groove. I remember playing with a banjo player with my soprano on the streets of Second Ave for beer money.


A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PAUL CHRISTIAN DELORIA

A native of upstate New York, Paul DeLoria would make his
mark in the Rochester area at a very young age. Winning
every local talent contest with his original piano pieces and taking first chair positions in all-state ensembles on the saxophone, it would be when Paul hit the club circuit that people would really be shocked. His first original group ,The Banchees, played the New York area sharing the stage with members of Spyro Gyra, and other well known upstate New York jazz groups. Leaving New York in 1995 with a degree in Music, Paul went on to Nashville to pursue a degree in Recording Engineering at Middle Tennessee State. In Nashville he would meet jazz pianinst Walt Scott and form the group Freedom Jazz Planet. This Group toured the Nashville region with guest artists from all areas including Stanley Jordan, Nioshi Jackson, and Reggie Wooten of the Wooten Brothers. Jamming in Nashville clubs with members of Take Six, Joseph Wooten of the Steve Miller Band, Jack Pierson of The Almond Brothers, JD Blair (Drummer for Shania Twain), and Keith Horne (Bassist for Trisha Yearwood). Also soaring on the blues scene with Capricorn recording artists Big Mike and The Bootie Pappas. He would end up on several Gospel, Blues, and Jazz recordings and Nashville television spots including a stint with the Blues Brothers for the opening of the new stadium in town. Storming the live club scene with his firey sax style and his upfront stage presence, Paul eventually toured around the east and ended up back in the Rochester area. On his trips back and forth is where he wrote most of the songs on this album. Inspired by the Nashville music scene, the CD contains many Nashville sounds including banjos, accordians, and strumming acoustic guitars. This sound blends the styles of Dave Koz, The Rippingtons, Kenny G, and Spyro Gyra with movie like thematic melodies. The entire CD appeals to a wide range of listeners ranging fom Jazz, New Age, Classical, to Fusion, Smooth Jazz, and Piano Intrumental lovers. Check it out and hope you enjoy.