David Garfield - Stretchin Outside the Box '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist:

01. Waiting for Your Love (Extended Version)
02. Safe Water
03. I Wont Back Down (Instrumental)
04. Shufflin
05. Rainbow Seeker
06. Rocket Man
07. Teen Town
08. Hunting Heads
09. Lovin You (Re-Mix)
10. Winning Waves
11. Pirates Cove
12. Tune for Tony (Extended Version)
13. Prophecy Extended
14. Pool of Friendship
15. Sweetness
16. Sir Charles
17. My Favorite Things (Extended Version)
18. Pool Of Friendship (Remix)
19. Go Home (Jungle Mix)
20. Cousin Vinnie
21. Creatchy Stomp OTB
22. Harvest Time (Electric Extended Version)
23. I Can Let Go Now (Instrumental Version)
24. Remembering Carlos Vega
25. Winning Waves (Bonus Remix)


 Read MoreThe past few years have been particularly fruitful and creatively
gratifying for Garfield. In addition to composing and performing music for
Perfect Harmony, the latest ambitious 3-CD project for Karizma, he has written
several songs with Motown legend Smokey Robinson, including “One Like
You,” which George Benson recorded on his 2009 album Songs & Stories.
Garfield, who has done numerous stints as Benson’s musical director since
1986 (including his current run which began in 2006), also arranged and produced
and performed on Benson’s most recent release Guitar Man. Garfield
recently produced “I Play The Piano,” a Blue Ray DVD of Terry
Trotter playing solo piano for AIX Media.

Garfield has also been commissioned to write and produce theme songs and musical
projects for several international organizations, including the composition and
CD “Pool of Friendship” for the European Aquatics Federation LEN
(League of European Nations); the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC);
and “Deep Within Each Man” (co-written with Phil Perry) for the
Shorinji Kempo World Karate Foundation.

As the owner of the independent label Creatchy Records, Garfield has produced
numerous solo recordings and projects for many other artists. His first
international release on Creatchy, 1997’s Tribute To Jeff, was dedicated
to the late drummer Jeff Porcaro (a longtime friend) and featured contributions
by superstars Don Henley, Eddie Van Halen, Michael McDonald, Richard Marx and
many others. Garfield followed its Top Ten chart success with his subsequent
releases I Am the Cat….Man, and Giving Back, the latter of which enjoyed
regular airplay throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. He also
re-released on Creatchy several collections from earlier in his career,
including L.A. Keyboard Project, Recollections and Seasons of Change.

Featuring many of Los Angeles’ top session and touring musicians,
Karizma’s discography on Creatchy includes Dream Come True, Cuba, All The
Way Live, Forever in the Arms of Love, Document and Lost and Found. The other
projects he has helmed for Creatchy include albums by guitarists Michael Landau
and Michael O’Neill, saxophonists Brandon Fields and Larry Klimas and,
most recently, former Toto bassist Mike Porcaro. Another classic Creatchy
release, Los Lobotomys, is a collaboration with prominent members of the pop
band Toto, with whom Garfield has collaborated with many times throughout the
years. Garfield also frequently does free-lance keyboard and production work for
established and up and coming artists from across the U.S. and throughout the
world, including Europe, Asia, and South America.

In addition to his multi-faceted work with George Benson, Garfield continues
ongoing musical relationships with numerous musical legends, including Boz
Scaggs and Natalie Cole. Over the years, he has recorded with Cher, Spinal Tap,
The Rippingtons, Ratt, Larry Carlton, and Smokey Robinson; produced for Oleta
Adams and Flora Purim; and has performed live with Michael Bolton, The Blue
Brothers, Brenda Russell and Rick Braun, among others. Early in 2012, he was
presented with the Hall of Fame Award from the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta;
Garfield has performed at the famed Indonesia event several times, most recently
with saxophonist Gerald Albright and vocalist Alex Ligertwood. The same trio of
musicians later performed at the Blue Note in Tokyo.

At the same time as he was performing his first gigs with Karizma in the mid-
70s, Garfield began working with jazz greats such as Willie Bobo, Freddie
Hubbard and Tom Scott. After establishing himself on the L.A. jazz scene, the
keyboardist became a key part of the city’s vast studio world during its
heyday and earned a reputation for fine craftsmanship and versatility. These
experiences ultimately led to composing opportunities for TV, film and
commercials for such companies as NBC, Disney, Nippon Television and RTL
Germany. During the 80’s, Garfield arranged and produced many top
Japanese artists and went on to produce his own projects for release in Japan.
For the past 20 plus years, he has enjoyed ongoing popularity and success in
that part of the world.

Reflecting on his extraordinary, diverse career, the Los Angeles based Garfield
says, “It’s creatively invigorating to have the opportunity to do
so many interesting musical projects, to see so many amazing places throughout
the world, and to work with some of the greatest musicians both in L.A. and
overseas. I feel as though I am always learning from the artists and musicians I
work with, not simply on a musical level, but also benefiting from their wealth
of stories and life and career experiences. There are always unexpected thrills
along the way, from opening with his band for Sergio Mendez or Jason Mraz to
recording in a studio next to Paul McCartney or Alice in Chains and having the
opportunity to meet and get to know them. I love being involved in so many
different aspects of music and the feeling that I truly never know what’s
coming up next.”

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