Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci

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Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci Lao Tizer, Anthony Crawford & Joel Rosenblatt THE HITS TOUR PURCHASE TICKETS HERE Guitarist, composer, producer, and arranger Chieli Minucci is longtime leader of the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion group SPECIAL EFX featuring Chieli Minucci, a major force on the jazz and world music scene for over 40 years. Chieli has just released his first full CD in 3 years, the long-awaited, Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci – “The Hits”! This ambitious project is comprised of 14 songs, including re-mastered favorites and chart-toppers from the band’s long multi-decade career, as well as brand new songs, and a few surprises! Chieli has just released the powerhouse new single, Been So Long. With its relentless groove combined with Minucci’s nonstop melodic fretboard acrobatics, as well as Eric Marienthal’s distinctive, soaring alto, the composition conjures up images of a heated, passionate affair, and the anticipation of a love reunion. Been So Long also features the melodic vocalizations of American Idol finalist, Elliott Yamin. Chieli’s melodies and recognizable guitar playing caps off the imagery with its ultra-smooth, high energy performance. In the summer of 2024, their previous single, “Cool Summer”, reached the #1 spot on Billboard, as well as a total of 5 charts simultaneously! Chieli has also recently released 3 unique projects – “Return to Budapest With Love”, is an archived, 1990 live concert recording of Special EFX from their early days on tour in Europe; the solo, and mainly acoustic release, “Someone’s Singing”; as well as the 40th anniversary Special EFX CD, “Twenty Twenty 2”. Chieli & Special EFX’s previous release saw title track, “Deep as the Night”, win Billboard Magazine’s 2018 top honors, best-song-of-the-year. Besides writing and performing his own music, Chieli shares his guitar brilliance throughout the entertainment world. He has recorded and performed with many top artists, such as Celine Dion, Lou…

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