Cindy Bradley Interview Page 4

Smitty:  Yeah.

CB:  That’s my Grover connection right there.  I like that tune.  I tend to do it a little bit different.  We tried to arrange it to make it a little more unique than some of the ways that it’s been done before.

Smitty:  Nice!

CB:  So I kinda like the way it turned out.

Smitty:  Oh yeah, man, I love that song.  And “Manhattan Rain.”  “Manhattan Rain” reminds me of Manhattan, you know?  I mean, for some reason I always think of the Upper West End where it’s groovin’, you know?  (Laughs.)

CB:  Sure.  Yeah, “Manhattan Rain” was written by John McNeil. He wrote the tune for me and I was playing it on a bunch of gigs but we didn’t have a title for it, and we actually said on stage that we were gonna have a little contest to the audience, kinda like a Name That Tune contest, and people would put what name they wanted to name the tune and there was some sort of prize, so someone in the audience actually named that tune “Manhattan Rain.”

Smitty:  Oh, wow.  How ‘bout that?

CB:  Yes.  Yup, so that must’ve been what they saw too when they heard the music, so it was actually a really cool way to name it.

Smitty:  Yeah, I like that.  Cindy, this is a fantastic record and I just think that, like a lot of musicians, there’s some great music out there that people don’t get to hear and this is just at the top of that list because I think that when people hear this, they just instantly fall in love, you know?  It’s that good.

CB:  Oh, thanks, Smitty.  I appreciate that.

Smitty:  Yeah, so how can people get the record?

CB:  Well, they can go on my Web site, which is www.cindybradley.com and it’s also available on iTunes and various download sites, but you can get the CD on my Web site or you can download it there as well.

Smitty:  And you’ve got a My Space page too.  Man, I love your My Space page.

CB:  (Laughs.)  Yeah, my My Space is www.myspace.com/cindybradleyjazz.

Smitty:  Yeah and you’ve got some tracks running on there.

CB:  Yeah. Silly comments from my friends, things like that.  (Laughs.)

Smitty:  Yeah, man, I really like it.  So I can’t wait to get out and see you do a live gig.  I may just pop up at a gig around New York somewhere and you’ll be surprised that I’m in the audience or something, you know?  (Laughs.)

CB:  Man, that would be great.  You gotta do it.

Smitty:  Well congratulations on this great record, I know you worked hard on it and it shows, the hard work will pay off because people have just got to hear this record because it is so good, and I wish you all the best with it and I really appreciate you sitting down and talking to Smitty about this great record and your career and all the beautiful things you’ve done and what you’re doing in the future.

CB:  Thanks for having me, Smitty.  It was my pleasure.

Smitty:  Yeah, can you tell me anything about the next record?

CB:  Well, I’m just getting started on it now.

Smitty:  All right.

CB:  It’s gonna be a lot more tunes with great grooves, but I’m also trying to do some stuff with a little more Latin flavor in it, so it’s gonna go in a couple different directions, I think, when it’s finished.

Smitty:  Hey, very cool. I like the concept already.  (Both laugh.)

CB:  All right.

Smitty:  All right, you’re gonna come back and talk to us about it, right?

CB:  Absolutely.  You bet.

Smitty:  All right.  Cindy, thanks so much and all the best in 2008 and just have a party with whatever you’re doing.

CB:  Thanks, Smitty, you too.

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Baldwin “Smitty” Smith

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