Stars (Mindi Abair album)

Stars is Mindi Abair's fifth album. It was released on May 6, 2008, by Peak Records. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart,[2] and No. 7 on the Jazz albums chart.[3] Two songs peaked on Billboard's Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, "Smile" at No. 9 and "Out of the Blue" at No. 16.[4]

Stars
Studio album by
Mindi Abair
ReleasedMay 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)[1]
GenreJazz
Length44:21
LabelPeak Records
ProducerMatthew Hager
Mindi Abair chronology
Life Less Ordinary
(2007)		 Stars
(2008)		 In Hi-Fi Stereo
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Critical reception

Jonathan Widran of AllMusic calls the album, "one of 2008's most popular and dynamic urban contemporary jazz releases."[1]

Brian Soergel of JazzTimes writes, "Abair clearly has a new market in sight with Stars" and "Her voice certainly holds up, with its earnest wistfulness carrying appealingly autobiographical songs about love and longing."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mindi Abair and Matthew Hager, except "Gingerbread Man" and "Change", written by Mindi Abair & Tyrone Stevens.

No.TitleLength
1."Smile"4:25
2."On and On"4:15
3."Out of the Blue"4:11
4."Stars"3:58
5."F.L.A. Swing"4:31
6."I Wonder"3:43
7."Gingerbread Man"3:40
8."Change"4:20
9."Mojo"3:13
10."Here for You"4:12
11."Gonna Be Alright"3:53
Total length:44:21

Musicians
  • Saxophone (Soprano) – Mindi Abair (tracks 2, 4, 6 to 8, 10, 11)
  • Saxophone (Alto) – Mindi Abair (tracks 1 to 3, 5, 9, 11)
  • Vocals – Mindi Abair (tracks 1 to 6, 8, 10)
  • Acoustic Guitar – Dwight Sills (tracks: 8), John Taylor (track 5), Matthew Hager (tracks 1, 4, 6)
  • Backing Vocals – Charlean Carmon (tracks 2, 4, 6 to 8, 10), DeeDee Foster (tracks 2, 4, 6 to 8, 10), Kenya Hathaway (tracks 2, 4, 6 to 8, 10)
  • Bass – Matthew Hager (tracks 1 to 6, 9, 10), Shawn Davis (tracks 7, 8)
  • Drum Programming – Matthew Hager (tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 9)
  • Drums – Abe Laboriel, Jr.
  • Electric Guitar – Dwight Sills (tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11), Matthew Hager (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8 to 10)
  • Keyboards – Matthew Hager (tracks 2, 4 to 6)
  • Organ – Ricky Peterson (tracks 2, 6 to 8, 10, 11)
  • Piano – Matthew Hager (tracks 2, 4,), Mindi Abair (track 1), Ricky Peterson (tracks 3, 6, 8, 10, 11)
  • Saxophone (Baritone) – Ryan Dankanich (tracks 2, 6, 8)

Production
  • Producer – Matthew Hager
  • Executive Producer – Andi Howard, Mark Wexler
  • Recording Engineer – Matthew Hager, Steve Sykes
  • Assistant Engineers – Brendan Dekora, Josh Blanchard
  • Mixer – Steve Sykes
  • Masterer – Stephen Marcussen
  • Art Decoration – Patty Palazzo
  • Photography – Reisig & Taylor Photography
  • Label Coordinator – Valerie Ince

Track information and credits adapted from Discogs[6] and AllMusic,[7] then verified from the album's liner notes.[8]

Charts
Chart (2003) Peak
position
Contemporary Jazz (Billboard)[2]
4
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[3] 7

Singles
Title Date Chart Peak
position
"Smile" May 16, 2008 Smooth Jazz Airplay[4] 9
"Out of the Blue" February 20, 2009 Smooth Jazz Airplay[4] 16

References
  1. Widran, Jonathan. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. "Billboard Contemporary Jazz". billboard.com. Billboard. May 23, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. "Mindi Abair Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  4. "Billboard Smooth Jazz Airplay". billboard.com. Billboard. August 22, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  5. Soergel, Brian (April 26, 2019). "Jazztimes Review". Jazztimes. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  6. "Discogs Credits". Discogs. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  7. "AllMusic Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  8. Stars (liner notes). Mindi Abair. Peak Records. 2008. PKD-30637.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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