David Cain & SENSES

Cool, funky, rockin, jazzy, soulful and sweet! Ah yes, time to savor the new 12 course gourmet meal being served up by David Cain & SENSES: red-hot and always delicious. On their second release for UMEDIA Records, David Cain & SENSES offers up a series of soul-drenched entrées, simmering out their funk-infused jazz, rock & bop, which people have been trying to label forever. The best advice is to forget the labels and enjoy the gourmet meal; its simply their sound, savory and addictively delicious.

David says, “A whole new meaning of the phrase ‘red-hot’ became real for me when I woke up in an inspired cold-sweat on March 2nd, 1984. I called up a friend of mine and said, I want you to paint my sax candy-apple red! He did. Now it’s my trademark. It symbolizes the passion that music brings to my life & that I bring to my music as well.”

It’s there all right, along with a Grammy nomination, numerous featured artist recognitions and thousands of worldwide units later, David Cain & SENSES is releasing its most intoxicating album ever: Want & Need. Recorded at UMEDIA studios in the Hoogland Center for the Arts - David Cain (resident artist, sax, vocals, synths, formerly on the roster of Geffen records...) teams up with virtuoso musicians: David Hoffman (trumpet) who played with Ray Charles for 12+ years as soloist and arranger; Howard Freitag (guitar & guitar synth); Jeff Cunningham (basses); Mike Newberry (electronic drums) to make a record that you don’t want to miss.

The tradition of funk, rock, jazz & blues has always been to tell the truth; and David Cain & SENSES tells it like it is - the way you like it. From the heart-felt “If you want love, then give love,” to the soulful-like-it-is lyric, “Take away everything that takes me from you.” David Cain & SENSES delivers soulful lyrics, infectious grooves and shredding solos. And for desert, thankfully love is alive in the form of, “Go ahead, and tell the one you love, I love you.”

And as always, David Cain & SENSES dances with the muses of their mentors, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Weather Report, Kurt Elling, Stanley Clarke, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea, Jean Luc Ponty, Yes, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles... without ever missing the beat of their own signature vibe.

As David says of the collaboration, “I created themes, melodies, grooves and brought in incredible musicians, and everybody was excited to add what they felt. It was a first-take or second-take recording session for everybody! Very cool! For me, it’s like in the soul-searching tune I Say It, ‘I never know what I’m going to say. I don’t plan it. I say it.’ I love to jam, to make it up with vocals, sax, synths, drums, sounds... It’s the composer in me. For this album my meditation was on the concept of what I want and need. And I want and need to tell musical stories about love, about peace, about awareness. This album is about human sensual, intellectual and spiritual wants and needs. The muse told me/us what and when to sing and play, so there’s a natural flow to the music, free from the limitations of verse-chorus, verse-chorus. This album is about what we want and what we need. All those things.”

Yes indeed, what you hear is pure, fresh, organic, David Cain & SENSES sound. So go ahead, hear it, see it, taste it, feel it, until the vibe flows through your senses and leaves you satisfied. Bon apetit.

“Peace, love, happiness and music.” David Cain