Link to the Show / Show NotesMindi Abair was born in St. Petersburg, Florida and spent much of her early life on the road with her father's band, The Entertainers. Abair set sonic trends and broke all the boundaries as she defined the less traditional future of jazz. She infused acoustic guitar and pop/rock sensibilities of the day with saxophone, and created a genre all her own with pop vocals mixed with strong saxophone melodies and soul and rockrhythms. Jazz Week named "It Just Happens That Way" the number 1 most played Contemporary Jazz CD of 2003. Her 2004 follow-up disc Come As You Are — which dug into deeper emotional and stylistic territory while spawning two more hit singles "Come As You Are" and "Make A Wish"— kept the momentum jetting skyward. In 2006, her third Verve Records release "Life Less Ordinary" debuted number 1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart and remained in the top 20 for 45 weeks. Her songs "True Blue" and "Bloom" hit number 1 on R&R. In 2008, Mindi signed to Concord Records and released her first 50/50 saxophone/vocal album "Stars". Abair's lively and aggressive, full-scale immersion in the pop/rock singer/songwriter world on Stars is not a departure, but rather a natural extension of the high profile success she's had with many of her previous vocal songs. Her 2010 Concord Records release "Mindi Abair in Hi Fi Stereo" is a collection of songs inspired from listening to her friends' old vinyl collections. Listen to hits from this album and more - in this exclusive Yamaha Hub podcast episode. Want to Connect with Yamaha on the go? Make sure to grab the free Yamaha Hub iPhone app - http://4wrd.it/hubapp for the Hub of all things Yamaha.
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