Mindi Abair - Rain THE SMOOTHJAZZ LOFT *k~kat jazz café*

From the album Life Less Ordinary [2006]. Mindi was featured on the 2011 American Idol season as a soloist with Paul McDonald and Casey Abrams and, playing behind contestants Jacob Lusk and Haley Reinhart. Steven Tyler remarked to Paul McDonald after her debut on the show “Forget you, who’s your sax player?“ Tyler was so impressed with Abair that he invited her to join Aerosmith on the summer leg of their 2012 world tour playing sax and singing backing vocals.