Richard Elliot Givin It Up ( Lip Service2014)

Richard Elliot has been blowing audiences away with his talent for more than 30 years and is now set to release Lip Service, an album that celebrates romance, on July 15. Currently playing on the Summer Horns tour with fellow saxophonists Dave Koz, Mindi Abair and Gerald Albright, Elliot has delivered a 10song album featuring seven new original compositions and three covers of soul and pop hits from the 80s (Shining Star by The Manhattans), the 90s (Anytime by Brian McKnight) and today (When I Was Your Man by Bruno Mars). In collaboration with contemporary jazz guitar giant Paul Brown, this is the 17th solo project by Elliot. Its not a radical departure, Elliot says with a chuckle, just a softer edge. The intensity is still there, just channeled in a different way. Ive been madly in love with my wife Camella for 20 years (courtship and marriage combined). Romance has always been an important part of our relationship. With five children, theres never a dull moment in our home but we alw