BROADCASTS.com

One of the most stylish and creative lead bassists of this wonderful time in C-jazz is the rising star Julian Vaughn whose fluid bass runs and compositions always seem to hit that special nerve in you that\u2019s reserved for the smooth groove. Here on his latest released,Limitless, he continues to serve it up in abundance.\n\nBringing in a few luminaries from his Trippin N Rhythm/Cutmore Records family (saxmen Lebron and Darren Rahn, keyboardist Nicholas Cole, and flutist Althea Rene) along with saxmen Marcus Anderson and Elan Trotman, the bassist loads up with heavy grooves and romantic seductions.\n\nThe up-tempo but easy ridin\u2019 lead track \u201cRide Along\u201d firmly complements tracks like the energetic \u201cInitiate\u201d and calls a cool timeout for the fluid entrance of the more laid back romance-laden offering \u201cAll to Myself\u201d and the mid-tempo R&Bish \u201cEcstacy.\u201d\n\nVaughn\u2019s wonderful tribute to the late great Wayman Tisdale shows how much of an impact the jovial and greatly talented Tisdale had on Vaughan.\n\nWe all love a great up-tempo jam, and Vaughn certainly offers his share here, but his skill with crafting slow- to mid-tempo tracks with tons of melody like the previously mentioned \u201cAll to Myself,\u201d \u201cI Will,\u201d and \u201cSay Yes\u201d is equally as powerful and full of charm.\n\nHere is a bassist who is doing it the right way\u2026feeling the genre and the groove and how it moves him and his music to always strive for excellence. As the album title could imply, his potential is truly Limitless. \u2013\xa0Ronald Jackson, The Smooth Jazz Ride.