Genesis

Genesis

genesis

Chieli Minucci & Special EFX

TITLES
 
1.  Crazy Eights
2.  Till the End of Time
3.  Mirage
4.  Blue Lagoon
5.  Far Away
6.  So It Begins
7.  Calico
8.  Genesis
9.  The Haunting
10.  Your Smile, My Heaven
11.  Club JZ
12.  Wishing (Wishing, Piroutte, Pas des Deux)
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produced & arranged by Chieli Minucci
9/2012 – 3/2013
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recorded by Paul Wickliffe at Charlestown Road Studios – Hampton, NJ  
all pre-production and additional recording by Chieli Minucci
at Baci Studios – NYC
additional recording by Thomas Zink at Zink Studios – Los Angeles, CA
 
mixed & mastered by Paul Wickliffe at Skyline Productions – Warren, NJ
So It Begins and Club JZ, mixed by Dave Darlington at Double D Studios – NYC
 
MUSICIAN CREDITS
Chieli Minucci – All guitars, some keyboards, any programming, all arrangements
Jerry Brooks – bass
Lionel Cordew – drums
Jay Rowe – keyboards
special guest, Mino Cinelu – percussion
 
guests
Omar Hakim – drums, on Crazy Eights & Till the End of Time
Lao Tizer – acoustic grand piano, on The Haunting
Karen Briggs – violin, on The Haunting
David Mann – saxophone & flute, on Calico, Mirage, Far Away, Club JZ, and Till the End of Time
Xu Feiyu – lead vocals
Vic Starsky – lead vocals
 
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Crazy Eights
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards
Jerry Brooks – bass
Omar Hakim – drums
David Mann – sax
 
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Till the End of Time
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards
Jerry Brooks – bass
Omar Hakim – drums
David Mann – sax
 
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Mirage – featuring Xu Feiyu
music by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
lyric by Xu Feiyu
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Chieli Minucci – acoustic guitars
Xu Feiyu – vocals
Jay Rowe – piano
David Mann – soprano sax
 
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Blue Lagoon
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
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Far Away – featuring Vic Starsky
Music & lyric by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Chieli Minucci – electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards, background vocals
Vic Starsky – lead vocal & backgrounds
 
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So It Begins
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Xu Feiyu – vocal backgrounds
 
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Calico
Dedicated to my brother in music, and life.. George.  I miss you man!
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards
Jerry Brooks – bass
Lionel Cordew – drums
David Mann – sax, flute
Mino Cinelu – perucssion
Jay Rowe – piano
 
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Genesis
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
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The Haunting
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Chieli Minucci – electric & acoustic guitars, keyboards
Jerry Brooks – bass
Lionel Cordew – drums
Lao Tizer – acoustic grand piano
Karen Briggs – violin
Mino Cinelu – percussion
Xu Feiyu – vocal backgrounds
 
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Your Smile, My Heaven
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Xu Feiyu – vocal backgrounds
 
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Club JZ
composed by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Chieli Minucci – electric & acoustic guitars
David Mann- sax
Jerry Brooks – bass
Xu Feiyu – vocal backgrounds
 
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Wishing – featuring Xu Feiyu
a)    Wishing
b)   Pirouette
c)    Pas de Deux
music by Chieli Minucci (ASCAP)
lyric by Xu Feiyu
published by Chieli Music (ASCAP)
 
Chieli Minucci – guitars, keyboards
Xu Feiyu – vocals & backgrounds
Vic Starsky – background vocals
 
 
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Management
Axis Management – Nelly Neben
[email protected]
www.axismanagement.com
(818) 998-2595
 
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USA & WORLDWIDE BOOKINGS
Greg Allen Artists/Greg Allen

www.gregallenartists.com
[email protected]
(303)532-1280
 
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please visit  ChieliMusic.com – the official Chieli Minucci & Special EFX
multimedia website
Dave Hooper – webmaster
Inge Wenzel – webkeeper
 
Chieli can be contacted via [email protected]
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Photography:
Bettie Miner/Miner Works of Art – front cover
Yan Min – back cover
Lou Amling – inside photo – “Frets”
 
Special thanks to:
All my brother musicians for their heartfelt performances and support, my family,
my late-great brother in music…George Jinda,
Nelly Neben, Jeff Neben, Inge Wenzel, Marijn Eland, Bruce & Judi Nichols, the staff at Shanachie Records, Bill Cason, Danny Weiss, Randall Grass, Monifa Brown, Rick Rosenberg, Kent Tannenbaum, Richard Nevins,
Manny Kallins, Stacey Hirabayashi, the DeTao Masters Academy – Lantao Yu, Jared Man, Chris Xu. My musical brothers & sisters – Lao Tizer, Feiyu Xu, plus Jason Lee, Wayne Soodek, Burt Rosen, Dr. Bob Schwartz, New Bear, Jon Steiner, Katherine Gilraine, and Paul Wickliffe – my longtime engineer mentor!

Chieli Minucci uses D’Addario strings, Moollon pedals

 

Mirage

Lyric by Xu Feiyu
Composed by Chieli Minucci
 
So far, you and me
So close, our hearts the same
I cry, I wonder
Like a fool, but I’m not lost
 
I made mirage a love
That only I can see
The love was so blind
That only you can see
 
Love hurt, sweet hurt, it is life
 
So far, your cheek
So close cause I ever kissed
You say, I’m a fire
The love was so dangerous
 
Our trouble is beautiful
You love that, I love that
 
That I feel your cheek, some love still there
I am not lost, I’m awake
I take a bittersweet love
That is our addiction
 
Love, also heaven, still far away
Oh I see you
I wait till the love finds a way
And when the morning comes
 
You are lying next to me so beautiful
 
Our trouble is beautiful
You love that, I love that
 
That I feel your cheek, some love still there
I am not lost, I’m awake
I take a bittersweet love
That is our addiction
 
Love, also heaven
Still far away
Oh I see you
I wait until the love finds a way
And when the morning comes
 
You are lying next to me so beautiful
Lying next to me so beautiful
 
So far, you and me
So close, our hearts the same
 
Lying next to me so beautiful
 
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Wishing

Lyric by Xu Feiyu
Composed by Chieli Minucci
 
Stay with me
No rush, no pain
 
Sing with me
Know one day you’re mine
 
Tears fall down
Cause we love but far
 
Is all there is for us?
 
You make me strong
I can’t run away
 
You change my life
Make me beg, pure heart
 
Walking this path
I’m so calm, no fear
 
I know that you can make my dream come true
Come true, like milk on a wish so rich
 
 
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Far Away

Lyrics & music by Chieli Minucci
Chieli Music/ASCAP
 
VERSE:
Here I am, it’s me again, words inside my head
Far away
I close my eyes and see your face, right in front of me,
You are here
 
I’ve been thinking again
of how  long that it’s been
brings me down, down, down
 
CHORUS:
Far away, far away
In the place where our dreams live on
Close my eyes (close my eyes and see)
Like a dream, far away, I know we’ll be together soon
I see your face
 
VERSE:
It’s me again, laying here, talking in my sleep, you are here
Our souls collide, you startled me, restless in the bed, now I’m awake
 
I’ve been living a lie
even though I have tried
Takes me down, down, down
 
CHORUS:
Far away, far away
In the place where our dreams liv eon
Close my eyes (close my eyes and see)
Like a dream, far away, I know we’ll be together soon
I see your face
 
CHORUS:
Far away, far away
In the place where our dreams liv eon
Close my eyes (close my eyes and see)
Like a dream, far away, I know we’ll be together soon
I see your face
 
 efx-quartet-2
backstage in NYC, The Cutting Room 2014
Jay Rowe, Jerry (Brooksman) Brooks,
Chieli Minucci, Lionel Cordew
Wish You a Jazzy Christmas (from Seasons Greetings – Gotham Music GM165) // Chieli Minucci
  1. Wish You a Jazzy Christmas (from Seasons Greetings – Gotham Music GM165) // Chieli Minucci
  2. New Bop (from Sweet Surrender) // Chieli Minucci
  3. Great Escape (clip 2) // Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci - All Stars
  4. Sneaking Around (from Gotham GM118) // Chieli Minucci
  5. Jimmy Slim (from Acoustic Land – Gotham Music GM134) // Chieli Minucci
  6. Crazy Eights (from // Chieli Minucci
  7. Across the Seven Seas (from Deep as the Night) // Chieli Minucci
  8. Islands (from Mystique) // Chieli Minucci
  9. So It Begins (from Genesis) // Chieli Minucci
  10. Never Ending Love (from Deep as the Night) // Chieli Minucci