Easy to Love is a quality music album containing a wonderful collaboration of artists, musicians, and bands, gathered together in the Boston area, to make a musically pleasing and professional mix of jazz, samba, soul and reggae. Ipanema, Sunny, and What a Wonderful World, feature the Fat Back Band (Candido Delgado on guitar, Lenny Bradford on bass and background vocals, and Joe Bellomo on drums), with whom Sylvia. appeared often as a vocalist for almost 10 years at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to the infamous, late, great, Rhythm & Blues singer, Little Joe Cook, who performed at the Cantab for over 30 years. The title track Easy to Love is written by Cole Porter, arranged by Sylvia., produced by Kevin Crockett, engineered by Brian Cook, and features Daniel Day on acoustic bass, Carl Puglisi on drums, Rakiya Diggs on piano, Mattan Klein on flute, and Julio Perez on percussion. Down Home is original rock music written by Sylvia., and was inspired by the poem, 'Going Down Home', written by Emma Kelly, taken from her book of poems entitled, 'It Ain't Over Til It's Over'. Down Home features the Bubba Loaf (Band), with Bubba Loaf on background vocals and rhythm and lead guitars, Mike Kenny on lead guitar, Andrew Bregman on bass, and Vishal Vaswani on drums. Special appearances are made by 'Miss Jake' on background vocals and 'Sir Jake' on percussion. Countryside is an original jazz samba piece written by Sylvia., inspired by the beautiful countryside of Kentucky and features Sylvia. on vocals and piano, Lenny Maxwell on drums, and Joaquim, "The Joker", on the piano solo. It's You is an original jazz pop piece written by Sylvia. and features Sylvia. on vocals and piano and Lenny Maxwell on drums. I loved You is a soulful jazzy hip hop piece also written by Sylvia. and features Sylvia. on vocals and piano, 'Sir Jake' on percussion, and 'Sir Jake' and 'Bubba Loaf' on the beat boxes. Three Little Birds was recorded live at the Samba Bar in Boston and features Sylvia. on vocals and keys, 'Sir Jake' on vocals and percussion, and Danny Vigden on drums. Many thanks to the sound engineers that made this album possible, including Kevin Crockett, famed producer and musician, Bubba Loaf, who assisted with pre-production work on this album, Sir Jake, who did the audio recording of the family birthday party section of Down Home that took place in Stamford, Connecticut., and who is also responsible for the original live recording of Three Little Birds that took place at the Samba Bar in Boston. Additional thanks go out to Tim Lucas of Blink Music Studios in Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Brad McCarthy of Stillpoint Sound in Brockton, Massachusetts, and Alex Allinson of The Bridge Sound and Stage in North Cambridge, Massachusetts. Special thanks to SMIRecords in New York. Proceeds from this album will go to benefit the continued growth and development of the Sylke Music School, and to continue making connections between music studies and human development for all ages. Thank you for your patronage and Enjoy the Show!!! Correspondence: SMIRecords P.O. Box 100689 Brooklyn, NY 11210