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1. #Jeff lorber fusion – step it up zippyshare movie#
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Recommended for fans of music that strikes a middle ground between jazz and RnB.ĭon Ellis’ “Soaring” is another one of those albums that is a tale of two sides, with one side being quite different from the other.

I suppose maybe it was live in the studio. The playing on here is loose and relaxed and it sounds very much like a one take live album. Two Latin numbers sans saxophone and a couple more RnB cuts round out the album. On these two we hear interesting chord progressions that defy cliché and expectations. Letizia puts his composition chops to work on the ballads, “Paradise Found” and “Wandering”. Some top cuts include the energetic hard bop groove of “Back and Blue”, and the very funky “Punch Drunk”.

#Jeff lorber fusion – step it up zippyshare movie#

Another interesting band member is keyboardist Theron Brown, who was chosen to play the young Herbie Hancock in the recent movie about Miles Davis.Īs mentioned earlier, this is a very eclectic album covering many musical genres.

Joining Letizia on this album is a great quartet, with honorable mention going to saxophonist Bob Esterle, whose hard RnB tone can recall Maceo Parker and Bennie Maupin. Tom’s latest album, “Chartreuse” is a suite of sorts that covers eclectic music genres including hard bop, RnB, Latin jazz, impressionistic ballads and more. Not only is Leticia a guitarist, but also a composer who has studied advanced composition techniques under Joseph Schillinger. Tom has performed with top name artists and has released albums regularly over the years, but perhaps he is not better known because he works out of Cleveland and performs a lot in the mid-west.

#Jeff lorber fusion – step it up zippyshare plus#

You can hear all that in his playing, plus bluesy boppers like Joe Pass and Barney Kessel, as well as modern funkateer, John Scofield. He sites Wes Montgomery as an influence, as well as two famous cats he’s had lessons with, George Benson and Pat Martino. Letizia is an excellent guitarist who combines jazz, funk, reggae, RnB, blues and Latin jazz in his playing.

#Jeff lorber fusion – step it up zippyshare series#

And Lorber is consistently incisive, whether he’s tossing spooky Minimoog interpolations into the outro of “Get Up,” stoking the rhythm with McCoy Tyner-esque block chords on “Fire Spirit” or engaging in high-velocity Fender Rhodes action on “Soul Party.” Two of Haslip’s former Yellowjackets compadres shine in cameo roles: saxophonist Bob Mintzer graces “Mustang” with some striking chromatic cascades, while guitarist Robben Ford effortlessly combines the bluesy and the abstract-truthy on “Deep Green.Next up in the ongoing series on jazz musicians who should be better known is guitarist Gaetano Letizia, or Tom as he is better known. Haslip’s basslines manage to anchor the compositions while remaining bubbly and pliable. and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta) acquit themselves admirably throughout. Lorber and Haslip (the sole constants here among a revolving crew of session aces that includes saxophonist Gary Meek, guitarist Paul Jackson Jr. Melodies are boppish and David Mann’s horn arrangements nod to the swing era, but steady backbeats and glossy production root these 11 tracks firmly in ’70s electric jazz-the kind of stuff Lorber played in his first Fusion era. The fourth collaboration between Lorber and bassist Jimmy Haslip since they decided to revive the long-dormant Fusion band name in 2010, Step It Up leans heavy on funk, dialing down the rock overtones of its predecessor, 2013’s Hacienda. But give this music a little more time than however long it takes for the next operator to become available and greater intricacies of texture and groove reveal themselves. On initial airing, veteran keyboardist Jeff Lorber’s latest sounds suspiciously like something you might hear on the phone while waiting for an insurance claim to be processed.