Good morning everyone, here is a great interview with John Beaudin. I hope you enjoy hearing Jim's perspective on the album and the backstory on several of the songs. John does a great job of helping Jim tell these very interesting stories. Please feel free to share this post if you find the interview as interesting as I did - thanks! Thanks John and Jim for sharing!!! #jimsamuel #robtardik #tonyneenan #johnbeaudin #smoothjazz

Ronald Jackson's The Smooth Jazz Ride is a website devoted to the preservation of contemporary jazz by providing album reviews, artist interviews, smooth jazz news, and a host of other features designed to get and hold the interest of the contemporary jazz aficionado and NOW it hosts a great review of Jim Samuel's new album NOW. Writing about NOW, The Smooth Jazz Ride proclaims "The arrangements here are warm and cozy ... A well-played piano coupled with some great horn arran

On January 1st, Jim released NOW, his second smooth jazz album. Unlike his first album NOW has mainly original songs while still including two covers. Jim was fortunate to have a number of great guest artists inlcuding Gerald Albright, Rob Tardik, and Tony Neenan perform on NOW. Mr. Magic, featuring Gerald Albright is the single released from NOW. "Expect to see this album on the top of the Smooth Jazz charts in 2014 " Scott O'Brien Program Director SmoothJazz.com #now #jimsa

Please enjoy a sample of Now That You're Gone, featuring Tony Neenan from my new album NOW #jimsamuel #now #tonyneenan

Jim's sophomore album, NOW, was released on New Year's day and is poised to climb the charts. The music now complete, Jim met with acclaimed Baltimore photographer Richard Anderson (photo©2014Richard Anderson) for a photo shoot accompanied by Tony Neenan who is featured on the trumpet/fluegelhorn on Now. #tonyneenan #jimsamuel #now