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For those unaware, Crazy World is the bold and genre-blurring new album from As Is, the NY-based project fronted by vocalist Stacey Schulman and guitarist Al Schulman.

This stunning release fuses vocal jazz with poetic commentary, rich orchestration, and experimental textures - including two compositions that creatively integrate AI-generated instrumentation. From the soaring opener From This Very Moment On featuring Grammy-nominated artist Kokayi, to a haunting jazz reinterpretation of Tiny Dancer, and the aching balladry of A House Is Not a Home, Crazy World balances technical artistry with emotional urgency.

With appearances by Jeff “Tain” Watts, Gil Goldstein, Corcoran Holt, and a full string section, the album delivers both depth and dynamism. Tracks like PrAilude and Children’s Games explore the intersection of humanity and machine - using Suno AI to challenge how we perceive musical authorship, while still grounded in melodic integrity and lyrical intention.

Whether you’re a jazz collector, audiophile, or a fan of modern vocalists pushing boundaries, Crazy World is a daring, deeply musical experience.

1. From This Very Moment on (feat. Kokayi)
2. Better Than Anything
3. Children’s Games
4. PrAilude
5. Double Rainbow
6. A House Is Not a Home
7. The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress
8. Tiny Dancer
9. As Falls Westphal
10. From This Very Moment on (Reprise)
11. Crazy World

Taking audiences on an intimate journey through the world and words of songs long-forgotten, but newly created, they open on the ________ of Cole Porter’s From This Very Moment on (featuring Grammy-nominated artist and creative consultant, Kokayi), the ____________ of Better Than Anything and then come two AI-articulated pieces in the form of the __________ Children’s Games and the __________ of PrAilude, with the ______________ of Double Rainbow following thereafter.

Along next is his _______________ of the Bacharach and David standard A House Is Not a Home and the _____________ of The Moon’s a Harsh Mistress and they are in turn backed by the ____________ of Elton John’s Tiny Dancer, the ____________ of the unplanned instrumental As Falls Westphal, the new set rounding out on a reprise of From This Very Moment on, coming to a close on the ___________ of the lesser-known Henry Mancini track Crazy World.

Described as “nothing short of enchanting” (All About Jazz), the musical union of jazz guitarist, Al Schulman and jazz vocal stylist Stacey Schulman is the heart of As Is. The couple — both on and offstage — have made a name for themselves for their imaginative re-expressions of 20th century song classics. As Jazz Mostly wrote, “They find new ways to approach the songs, ways that preserve the origins yet make out of them very personal statements.”

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