Highlights:
Bickley Rivera, born in Hartford, CT, is a steelpan soloist located in Tampa, FL. She performs throughout the US, focusing along the Eastern Coast states. She is noted as a tropical island performer, but recently switched gears to focus on a Nujazz and Chillout album.

Details:
Bickley Rivera will be releasing «Chillin' After Five» in February 2010, featuring sweet sounds of steel pan and vocals in a trendy chillout style. Guest appearences from national and international recording artists: world‑beat saxaphonist/flutist Praful, courtesy of Therapy Records, known for his #1 Smooth Jazz hit «Sigh»; Magrus Borges, drummer for recording artist Bebel Gilberto; firey saxaphonist Ed Calle, courtesy Pimienta Records; Dawn Basham, Robin Avery and more. Few steelpan artists have developed the Nujazz & Chillout genre with this instrumentation wrapping soothing velvet vocals in captivating style. The compilation captures the «Chill» concept, taking you through several «suites» of music featuring smooth jazz, dance and ambient downtempo genres. The album is produced by Greg Minnick of Levelblu Music Productions and mastered by world‑renowned engineer Bob Katz.