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Jeff Richman & Friends: Live At The Baked Potato Volume 2
Richman’s arsenal includes sustained extended notes, legato chord progressions, nimble plucking and animated lead soloing, evidenced on the opener, “Kamaroon”, where he joins bassist, Abraham Laboriel drummer, Vinnie Colaiuta and saxophonist Steve Tavaglione for an often burgeoning rock/funk groove. The guitarist shares lead soloing duties with “Yellowjackets” pianist, Russell Ferrante for an affable, lightly swinging rendition of “On The Trail,” yet the proceedings heat up during trumpeter Jeff Beal’s quasi Miles/contemporary jazz, straight-four composition titled, “Leap Of Faith.” Thus, Richman closes out the production with a silky smooth, straight ahead swing vamp of Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm,” while the latest installment of Live At The Baked Potato is all about upbeat grooves and sprightly soloing, although the fanfare wanes a notch or two upon subsequent spins.
Track Listing
Kamaroon; On the trail; Leap Of Faith; Let This Be The One; Star Cycle; I Got Rhythm
Personnel
Jeff Richman
guitar, electricJeff Richman; guitar: (selected tracks) Vinnie Colaiuta; drums: Abraham Laboriel; bass: Steve Tavaglione; sax: Russell Ferrante; keyboards: Gregg Bissonette; drums: Jimmy Earl; bass: Dave Weckl; drums: Peter Wolf; keyboards: Tom Brechtlein; drums: Simon Phillips; drums: Tom Kennedy; bass: Jeff Babko; keyboards: Brandon Fields; sax: Jimmy Haslip; bass: Danny Gottlieb; drums
Album information
Title: Live At The Baked Potato Volume 2 | Year Released: 2001 | Record Label: Tone Center
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About Jeff Richman
Instrument: Guitar, electric
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