Walter,J.D. What The World Nneds Now CD

This album of overlooked gems reveals JD Walter's skills as a composer, his mastery of the intimate ballad, his talent for reinventing Pop and Jazz Standards to bring a new depth to these songs, and his ability to swing, scat, and harmonize like no one else. The album delivers a mix of a) three JD original compositions, b) reinterpretations of three pop hits (Stevie Wonder's Golden Lady, Lennon and McCartney's And I Love Her, Burt Bacharach & Hal David's What the World Needs Now, and c) four poignant romantic Jazz Standards. The implicit hope for this album is a plea for peace and love, as highlighted by the title song What the World Needs Now. Although the words seem quite simple as a pop hit, it took Hal David two years to complete them, given that the controversy of the Vietman War was an underlying meaning of his lyrics.

1. Golden Lady 2. I Was Telling Her About You 3. What the World Needs Now 4. Dressed In A Song 5. Beautiful Moons Ago 6. Tell Her I Said Hello 7. And I Love Her 8. KeishaÆs Coy 9. It Never Entered My Mind 10. Now ItÆs Time To Go