Singer/Songwriter Tony Hightower is taking up the mantle to be a bridge that ushers R&B audiences into Jazz…Real Jazz. With years of experience as a singer, drummer, and actor (easily recognizable from his work in Tyler Perry movies/TV/stage productions), Atlanta-native Hightower is still just getting started.
His sophomore project, LEGACY, finds Hightower moving assuredly from original compositions such as the soulful scat-laced “All to the Good,” the seductive Brazilian bossa nova “Rendezvous” and the tender Al Jarreau-esque love beg “I Need You” to swingin’ covers of Earth, Wind & Fire’s classic “Can’t Hide Love,” a mean shuffle boogie through Al Green’s “Love and Happiness” and a smoldering tiptoe through the 1929 Andy Razaf standard “Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You” made further famous in 1944 by Tony’s greatest vocal hero, Nat “King” Cole.
LEGACY Tracklisting:
1. Can't Hide Love
2. The Doll
3. Gee Baby
4. Rendez Vous
5. All To The Good
6. Plain Jane
7. Need You
8. The Gift
9. Love and Happiness
10. Here's To Life