m-pact

Since forming in 1995, this Los Angeles-based group has performed for audiences on a grand and intimate scale worldwide. Their mix of r&b, jazz, and pop influences always has their own flavor embedded in the often complex, yet accessible arrangements. While attending a live performance, or listening to any of their many recordings, m-pact's attention to musical detail and love of their art is obvious.

Albums

m-pact

14 Tracks
Released 2006

The first album upon the group's move to Los Angeles, m-pact, is a collection of songs and styles that reflect the eclectic tastes of the group's members. The album includes m-pact originals, as well as Jazz, R&B, and Pop standards done in distinctive m-pact style.

 

	Track	Original Artist	Duration
1.	You Need to Know	m-pact	5:05
2.	Have a Talk with God	Stevie Wonder	4:19
3.	I Found a Love in You	m-pact	5:04
4.	Night and Day	Cole Porter	4:48
5.	I Thought You Cared for Me	m-pact	3:29
6.	Jesus to a Child	George Michael	7:11
7.	My Favorite Things	Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II	2:57
8.	Northeast Wind	Nando Lauria	4:20
9.	Over the Rainbow	Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg	2:58
10.	Almost Like Being in Love	Alan Lerner, Fredrick Loewe	6:19
11.	Bluesette	Toots Thielemans	5:58
12.	Baby I need your loving	Four Tops	3:58
13.	What are you doing the rest of your life?	Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand	3:33
14.	Northwest Passage	Woody Hermann, Ralph Burns, Greig Jackson	3:08

The Carol Commission

11 Tracks
Released 1999

While m-pact mainly performs compositions and arrangements from its own members, The Carol Commission is a departure in that the majority of the Carols were indeed Commissioned by the group from some of the finest writers/arrangers in the world or vocal music. These fresh takes on some holiday classics, as well as new compositions, are sure to make it a holiday favorite for years to come!

 

	Track	Original Artist	Duration
1.	Caroling Caroling	Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson	2:36
2.	Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy	Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky/ m-pact	4:30
3.	Christmas Time Is Here	Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson	9:21
4.	Carol Of The Drum (The Little Drummer Boy)	Katherine Davis	4:37
5.	Jingle Bells	James Lord Pierpont	4:03
6.	Snowfall	Claude Thornhill	4:46
7.	O Come, O Come Emmanuel	Traditional	3:42
8.	Do You Hear What I Hear?	Noel Regney, Gloria Baker	3:37
9.	De King Is Born Today	Morgan Ames/ Donna McAfee	3:20
10.	As December Fades Away	(none)	4:33
11.	Away In A Manger	Traditional	2:46

2

10 Tracks
Released 1998

The cleverly-titled second album, 2, an a cappella staple upon it's release, features strong songwriting from the group on 9 songs and also includes a cover of one of their main influences, Earth, Wind, and Fire.

 

	Track	Original Artist	Duration
1.	If we try	m-pact	3:49
2.	Without your Love	m-pact	5:01
3.	Hold On My Heart	m-pact	4:33
4.	Fantasy	Earth, Wind and Fire	3:17
5.	First Steps	m-pact	4:28
6.	My Way	m-pact	5:14
7.	2	m-pact	3:17
8.	Under the Sun	m-pact	4:29
9.	A Mile in My Shoes	m-pact	4:20
10.	Rain	m-pact	4:24

It's All About Harmony

13 Tracks
Released 1996

This, the debut album from m-pact, features the youthful energy in original songs and cover tunes of the group in only its first year of existence. 2007 brought a remaster which added re-recorded versions of 2 of the tunes as they have developed over the years.

 

	Track	Original Artist	Duration
1.	Got a Friend?	m-pact	4:27
2.	All of My Love	m-pact	2:51
3.	Love the one you're with	Stephen Stills	4:16
4.	If I lost You	m-pact	5:02
5.	Still the One	Orleans	3:24
6.	Why Can't We All?	m-pact	5:48
7.	29 Ways	Willie Dixon	3:31
8.	There's A Change in My Life	Rockappella	5:36
9.	She Won't Believe in Me	m-pact	4:34
10.	Higher and Higher	Jackie Wilson	4:23
11.	Still the One - 2007	Orleans	3:19
12.	Got a Friend? - 2007	m-pact	6:09
13.	Meet Fletcher	m-pact	0:42

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