Gary Barlow

being made. Reflecting on the process of different in their own right. ‘Elita’ began as a duet with Michael until he suggested bringing Sebastián onto the record and that gave the song a whole new dynamic. ‘The Kind Of Friend I Need’ with Corden was just fun to record from in a northern way!” Ibrahim Maalouf; Avishai Cohen, the acclaimed jazz musician who Gary is a longtime fan of, features on ‘Before We Get Too Old’; and the GRAMMY Award-winning pianist and allround entertainer, Chilly Gonzales appears on ‘Oh What A Day’. British vocal powerhouse Beverley Knight lends her inimitable style to ‘Enough is Enough’ and on ‘What Leaving’s All About’ Alesha Dixon duets with Gary to muse the breakdown of a relationship. Long-time friend and legendary performer, Barry Manilow plays the piano on the aptly titled ‘You Make The Sun Shine’, a gloriously upbeat number guaranteed to bring a smile to faces.

“My ambition when we started this album,” said Gary, “was to create something really bright, a celebration of music and the wonderful musicians we have in the UK and around the world. Some of it is recorded with an orchestra, some with quartets, a Latin band, and some of the tracks have jazz and big band

Gary Barlow Releases sections - it really is music played by people, hence the title of the album.”

Video For “Incredible” 1. Who’s Driving This Thing 2. Incredible 3. Elita (ft Michael Bublé & Sebastían

Off His New Album Yatra) 4. The Big Bass Drum 5. This Is My Time Music Played By Humans 6. Enough Is Enough (ft Beverley Knight) 7. Bad Libran 8. Eleven (ft Ibrahim Maalouf)

Watch ‘Incredible’ here: https://youtu.be/eLFLFR5-Hnw 9. Before We Get Too Old (ft Avishai Cohen) Gary Barlow has just released his new memories. We have some of the best musicians 10. Supernatural album, ‘Music Played By Humans’. Gary is one in the world in London...and they’re on my 11. Oh What A Day (ft Chilly Gonzales) of Britain’s most beloved performers and recordings - I’m so lucky.” 12. What Leaving’s All About (ft Alesha songwriters. Dixon) ‘Music Played By Humans’ is Gary’s first 13. The Kind Of Friend I Need (ft James Shot in London at the famous Ronnie solo album since 2013’s double platinum-selling Corden) Scott’s Jazz Club and directed by Michael ‘Since I Saw You Last.’ The album is an ode to 14. I Didn’t See That Coming Baldwin, the video serves as the perfect the sounds of Gary’s childhood, the orchestral accompaniment to this upbeat, feel good song and big band music which captured his DELUXE arriving just in time for the holidays. imagination and eventually led to this album of 15. Let’s Get Drunk original compositions. Recorded with a full 80- 16. The Day The World Stopped Turning ‘Incredible’ beautifully nods to the piece orchestra, ‘Music Played By Humans’ 17. You Make The Sun Shine (ft Barry orchestral and big band music that captured blends a multitude of eclectic sounds and styles Manilow) Gary’s imagination and led to ‘Music Played By to deliver one of the most exciting albums of the 18. Incredible (Live) Humans’, an album of original compositions year. 19. Incredible (F9 Charleston Remix) recording ‘Incredible’ and the album, Gary is “This is the thankful these special musicians were able to first album I’ve made come together and create music: “Looking back, that’s really given me little did I realize how poignant this album the opportunity to would be in a time now that orchestras can’t sit collaborate with this in a room together. We finished our last session caliber of musicians 2 weeks before lockdown and when I listen to on my songs, and the album now, it brings back some great they’re all so the beginning - it’s a warm, good-humored, OFFICIAL WEBSITE funny song that really celebrates British humor - https://www.garybarlow.com On ‘Eleven’, Gary teams ups with https://www.facebook.com/ French-Lebanese Jazz Trumpeter and composer OfficialGaryBarlow/ TRACK LIST FACEBOOK December 2020 • Rock and Blues International 29