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Jeff Lorber - Heard That 2008



Rating [3 Stars]
Release Date Sep 30, 2008
Label Peak
Genre Jazz

Цитата: Review by William Ruhlmann It was some measure of the peculiarities of music marketing that 2008's Heard That, veteran keyboardist Jeff Lorber's debut for Peak Records, was categorized as "contemporary jazz," even though its musical style was essentially the same brand of pop-jazz fusion he had been playing since his first recording more than three decades earlier. But it was also some measure of the state of jazz itself, which arguably not only had not "progressed" since 1977, but had actually "regressed," with many musicians re-investigating the traditional jazz that preceded "contemporary jazz." Heard That was "contemporary jazz" in the sense that nothing had come along that was any more modern than what Lorber and his associates came up with originally. Still, a listener encountering this album without any foreknowledge would be likely to take in the popping basslines, wah-wah guitar riffs, funk rhythms, occasional R&B vocals, and, of course, the leader's melodic soloing, usually on the electronic piano, and suppose that the 1970s never ended. A technical exception to that impression might come with the second track, Lorber's version of Amy Winehouse's hit "Rehab." But, of course, that tune itself sounds like something from the '60s, in particular the Ramsey Lewis jazz/pop hit "The In Crowd," a song Lorber covered already. On the disc, Lorber collaborated closely with Rex Rideout, who co-produced with him and even joined in on keyboards, here and there, such that it was impossible to tell which of them was playing at any given moment. But the result still sounded like Lorber. Maybe the time had come to invent a new name for music played in this style. Could there be such a thing as "retro-contemporary jazz"? If so, it might sound like this.

1 - Come on Up - Lorber, Rideout - 5:01
2 - Rehab - Winehouse - 3:16
3 - Don't Hold Back - Lorber - 4:15
4 - You Got Something - Jackson, Lorber, Rideout - 4:16
5 - Gamma Rays - Lorber - 5:15
6 - Don't Stop - Lorber, Rideout - 4:45
7 - The Bomb - Lorber, Rideout - 5:30
8 - Take Control - Evans, Lorber, Rideout - 3:50
9 - Night Sky - Lorber, Rideout - 4:18
10 - Heard That - Darius, Lorber - 4:56

Alex Al - Bass, Fills
Darrell Crooks - Guitar, Vocals
Dave Weckl - Drums
Gary Meek - Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Gerald Albright - Sax (Alto)
Jeff Lorber - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Bass (Electric), Keyboards, Fender Rhodes, Orchestration, Horn Arrangements, Synthesizer Bass, Wah Wah Guitar, Wurlitzer, Effects
Lauren Evans - Vocals
Lil' John Roberts - Drums
Mike White - Drums
Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar, Soloist
Paul Rayner Brown - Guitar
Phillip "Taj" Jackson - Vocals
Rex Rideout - Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Orchestration, Horn Arrangements, Effects
Rick Braun - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Soloist
Ron King - Trumpet
Tony Moore - Drums

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Jeff Lorber Fusion - Now Is The Time (2010)





Artist: Jeff Lorber Fusion
Title Of Album: Now Is The Time
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Label: Heads Up
Genre: Contemporary Jazz / Fusion
Format: FLAC
Bitrate: Lossless (tracks +.cue +.log)
Total Time: 47:37 min
Total Size: 302.35 MB



Tracklist:

1. Rain Dance / Wanna Fly (5:23)
2. Dr. Moy (4:22)
3. Pixel (4:13)
4. Sugar Free (4:00)
5. Mysterious Traveller (3:56)
6. Curtains / Before We Go (4:55)
7. Black Ice (4:17)
8. Las Rosas (3:07)
9. Chinese Medicinal Herbs (4:49)
10. Water Sign (4:24)
11. Sumatra (4:11)

Инфо:

Keyboardist and producer Jeff Lorber has wrapped up production of a new CD that delves back into his early catalog and reinvents some of his compositions from the Jeff Lorber Fusion heyday. The CD, Now Is the Time, is Lorber’s follow-up to 2008’s Heard That. The new CD will be released June 1.

This new incarnation of the Jeff Lorber Fusion includes bassist Jimmy Haslip (who co-produced with Lorber and Bobby Colomby), saxophonist Eric Marienthal, trumpeter Randy Brecker, guitarist Paul Jackson Jr., and drummers Vinnie Colaiuta and Dave Weckl.

”We all had a vision of what we wanted this record to be,” says Lorber, who points to a recent European tour with many of these same musicians – and the positive response that resulted from it – as the primary catalyst for the album. ”We wanted a return to the sound of the Jeff Lorber Fusion, but informed by everything I’ve learned since then. All of a sudden, people seem to be interested in hearing that again. They’re ready to hear musicians who can really play, really stretch the envelope with their technique, with their songwriting, and with harmonic structure.”

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