Shaun was faced with the decision to pursue a career in television as an actor or become a musician.

This child prodigy has done all of the above. Shaun isn’t your typical jazz artist. He is the son of Larry LaBelle legendary TV producer on hit shows such as the Milton Berle show and campaigns with Betty Crocker, Land O’Lakes and Hamm’s Beer.

Shaun learned from the best and it’s no accident where he is today. Shaun engulfs himself in the media entertainment business, from recording and producing a diversity of styles from Ray Charles to Everette Harp. To starring in the entertainment based show, What’s Up In Hollywood for KARE11, NBC-Minneapolis.

Current date he’s in production with American Idol fame Paula Abdul on her new album and nominated for commercial advertisements in production and voice over work. Shaun is a multi-instrumentalist in bass, drums, keyboards and guitar and is a multi-top ten writer with a number one hit in Europe with Warner Bros Pop R&B artist Shola Ama, winner of Brits Best Artist. (UK’s version of the Grammy's)

Shaun’s producing career has been filled with legendary groups such as David Pack, (Ambrosia) multiple records with Everette Harp, (1992- Present) Jeff Kashiwa, and Steve Reid (Rippingtons.) Shaun has worked with Branford Marsalis, and the group Pieces of a Dream. He founded Clive Davis’s group No Mercy who sold 5 million albums worldwide. Shaun performed bass on the Larger Than Life tour for Grammy award winning recording artist Jody Watley. Shaun is integrated with three major publishing deals that include two from Warner Chappell and today’s world’s largest music publisher EMI.

Now this accomplished producer is getting back to his roots with a new album. As numerous artist felt it was time for Shaun to come out with his own album. With a little help from his friends, Shaun called his music powerhouse entourage featuring Tom Saviano, (Executive Producer of Desert Nights) and Everette Harp.

Platinum Mint Condition superstar drummer Stokley Williams and guitarist David Barry who is currently in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace performing on stage with Cher. Adding legendary Grammy award winning mixer Rob Chiarelli (All of Will Smith’s Albums and hits such as Gangsta’s Paradise) Desert Nights is a refreshing edge to Smooth Jazz.

Shaun LaBelle’s CD Desert Nights is available now at CDBaby.com and Amazon.com

Website :- MySpace

Website Movies :- Desert Nights and Down Low ( Note : advert precedes movies )

JazzNet247 Review by Wes Gillespie

After many years of producing music for other artists such as the UK's Shola Ama, Ambrosia's Dave Pack, Jeff Kashiwa and Steve Reid from the Rippingtons and also saxman Everette Harp, this funky multi-instrumentalist releases ‘ Desert Nights ‘ to showcase his own prowess on the other side of the recording booth.

Aided and abetted by a plethora of seasoned and long time befriended luminaries such as Tom Saviano, Stokley Williams, Dave Barry and the aforementioned Everette Harp, Shaun offers a menu of delights which fits right in at the pinnacle of a jazz sub-genre which has become monolithic and down right tedious at times.

No such problems here with a set which is dynamic and sophisticated in content and offers the listener a blend of instrumentation which weaves a spectrum of musical colour.

Songs like ' Desert Nights ', ' Down Low ' and ' Tomorrow ' caress the eardrum like an artist's magical touch on a canvas with up tempo driving tracks such as ' Spin Cycle ', ' Indio Sunrise ' and ' Palm Canyon Drive ' offer sax driven adrenaline to satisfy any Smooth Jazz music addict. ( Incidentally Jeff Lorber adds his unmistakable input in the remix of the killer cut ‘ Down Low ‘.)

The addition of the vocal track 'Stairway' with the sultry Desiree is refreshing and adds the final cherry to the icing of a excellent album.

The fact that Shaun plays many of the instruments on the CD not only highlights his considerable versatility but also emphasises his desire to portray the composition and delivery which he had planned on the storyboard for the songs. The synergy with the other musicians would lead you to believe that this was their ' everyday gig ' together and not just a group of musicians getting together to play on an album.

A wonderful CD to play in your car with the roof down for just chillin' and cruisin'.