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Delving deep as ever into the retro, vibin, chillin' atmospheres is veteran keyboard funkateer Jeff Lorber, who was actually around playing and helping create the fusion style of jazz in the first place. On the cool explosions of State of Grace (Verve Forecast), one of pop fusion's early forebears shuns the synthesizer effects and again pulls out his healthy, well-traveled rack of simmering memories -- the Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3, Hohner Clavinet, Wurlitzer electric piano, Mini-Moog, and, in keeping with the eloquence promised in the album title, the Steinway M grand piano. The result is a mostly hypnotic, marvelously organic ride through territory that is all at once familiar and uncharted. Percussive melodies are still the key to Lorber's West Side Stories, but this time he complements his trademark soul with the spiritual flute flutterings of Gary Meek, in addition to all-star contributions by Art Porter and Dave Koz. Koz and Lorber's recent trip to Indonesia for a songwriting symposium with Asian composers led to the most intriguing tune here, the mysterious and exotic "The Island of Temples." What luck that just as a guy like Lorber decides he never wants to leave the '70s, the mystical Me Decade is suddenly back, welcoming his likes again with open arms.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
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MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Robinson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Gary Meek, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Stuart Wylen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Robinson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Landau, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - Nate Phillips, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dave Koz, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Benét, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Nathaniel Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Art Porter, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marlon McClain, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Robinson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - Nate Phillips, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Wylen, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Lawrence Altruda, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - SUE ANN CARWELL, FeaturedArtist - Nathaniel Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Marlon Mclain, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dadang S. Manaf, ComposerLyricist - MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dave Koz, ComposerLyricist - Dirk Richter, FeaturedArtist - Irianti Erningpranja, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
MICKEY PETRALIA, Producer - JEFF LORBER, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Art Porter, FeaturedArtist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Delving deep as ever into the retro, vibin, chillin' atmospheres is veteran keyboard funkateer Jeff Lorber, who was actually around playing and helping create the fusion style of jazz in the first place. On the cool explosions of State of Grace (Verve Forecast), one of pop fusion's early forebears shuns the synthesizer effects and again pulls out his healthy, well-traveled rack of simmering memories -- the Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3, Hohner Clavinet, Wurlitzer electric piano, Mini-Moog, and, in keeping with the eloquence promised in the album title, the Steinway M grand piano. The result is a mostly hypnotic, marvelously organic ride through territory that is all at once familiar and uncharted. Percussive melodies are still the key to Lorber's West Side Stories, but this time he complements his trademark soul with the spiritual flute flutterings of Gary Meek, in addition to all-star contributions by Art Porter and Dave Koz. Koz and Lorber's recent trip to Indonesia for a songwriting symposium with Asian composers led to the most intriguing tune here, the mysterious and exotic "The Island of Temples." What luck that just as a guy like Lorber decides he never wants to leave the '70s, the mystical Me Decade is suddenly back, welcoming his likes again with open arms.
© Jonathan Widran /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:03
- Main artists: Jeff Lorber
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Int'l
- Genre: Jazz
© 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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