THANK-YOU,goes out to ALL of the people who gave their time reading and corresponding to the JOHN JEWEL REVIEW,also blending with the spirit of its sound.ELECTRECORD ;Uncle Edgar,from who`s star studed clan came my Lovely manager Ileana Iavorschi:my arranger Ionel Tudor,big brother ADRIAN STEFANESCU,ROMEO VANICA,FREDDY NEGRESCU.my Fourth generation American Family.KANSAS CITY! JOHN JEWELL

One day early in July 1990 a tall blond young man stepped down from the plane that had flown him all the way from Los Angeles onto the tarmac of Bucharest`s Otopani airport,carrying the express recommendation of the Romanian Embassy in Washington to contact the Electrecord record company.The young man who had come to Romania to get some first hand knowledge of Romanian pop music,was American singer John Jewell. The outcome of the singer`s first contact with the Romanian record company is this Maxi single.Meanwhile his appearance`s in the CONSTANTINE TANASE,variety theater`s summer shows on the boema open -air stage as well as shows at teh SALONUL SPANIOL Bar have made him quite popular with the Bucharest public.Who is John Jewell though? John Patrick Jewell III-that is his full name-was born in a small town in kansas,USA.29 years ago.As a child he experianced the joys of makeing music around the family piano in the evenings and singing at church on sunday mournings.At the age of 15 he learned to play the guitar,but his long –cherished dream was still singing and dancing.Therefore,after living in San Fransisco with his family for a few years he decided to try his fortune in Los Angeles.First he worked as a Taxi driver,although he was not quite familiar with the city `s streets.In parrallel he took up a six month course at the musicians institute of the popular music school in Hollywood,where he enjoyed professor Seth Riggs guidance on both vocal art and the ways to make a career.In less than three years John Jewell made a name for himself as a gifted singer,capable of creating a repertoire of his own by writeing his own songs and lyrics.To keep in shape he practices sports and takes exercises in vocalisation twice or three times a day.He claims his style is largely influenced by stevie Wonder and Micheal Jackson,but he is cheifly concerned with sound.The live sound of his voice is very different from that recorded on tape-he says-that is why he usually records his songs several times,untill he finds the sound which is closest to the real one. That is how he came to the version of the tracks on this disc too.
ILEANA IAVORSCHI