Ty Causey - Cool In My Skin

Singer Ty Causey is the vocal alternative to instrumental smooth jazz. Many smooth jazz fans know him by his cooperation with Najee on his album Morning Tenderness. Ty started his own career in 2004 with the album N-TYSING.

Love Notes (2005), Expressions (2007), Body Language (2008), True Love In Motion (2009), Down 2 Earth (2010), False Faces (2012), and Cool In My Skin (2013) were the follow-ups.

Ty has written, arranged and produced all songs on his new album with some guest appearances of musicians on selected tracks. The starting songs Bad Boy and Step N2 Love have the typical R&B flavor with drumprogrammed pattern, keyboard overtones and additional chords.

A quick scan of the album recovers the jazzy Other Side Of Town featuring Najee on alto saxophone. While Najee applies the principle of elegant restraint, Ty takes over the main part. A little scatting here and more jazzy phrasing there.

Ty likes in particular the role of the charmer, which especially flashes in pieces like Ordinary Guy and No More Broken Hearts. Ty's timbre is akin especially on Hold On, Do not Let Go to the legendary Frankie Beverly.

Cool In My Skins features guitarist Bobby Bruns, who wasn't on my radar yet. Ty arranges his songs with a lot of love and his instrumentalisation is just perfect. Everything is of course only for the purpose to give his impressive voice the right setting.

Anyone who loves R&B with a dash of smooth jazz, can safely resort to this album.