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Niacin: Time Crunch
by John W. Patterson
This is a first for me. I open a demo package and am so impressed I begin the review before the CD is finished. This release is THAT important. Jazzers will dig this. Fusion heads will get into it. Prog rock fans will drool. Rockers will bang heads. And anyone who loves awesome keys, monster bass and slammin' drums MUST grab this. I received this CD and liner notes naked" and I instantly assembled a fine jewel case for this ...
read moreAndy Summers: Peggy's Blue Skylight
by Todd S. Jenkins
The former Police guitarist assays the multifaceted works of Charles Mingus on this compelling disc, offering updates of the temperamental bassist’s timeless compositions. Summers previously tackled solid material by Mingus, Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk and other jazzmen on his 1997 project The Last Dance of Mr. X, with bassist Tony Levin and drummer Gregg Bissonette. Peggy’s Blue Skylight finds Summers and a wider cast mining Mingus’ legacy more deeply, revealing that these classic tunes still have plenty to offer contemporary ...
read moreNiacin: Deep
by Glenn Astarita
One of the few modern day champions of the Hammond-B3 organ trio, “Niacin” now record for progressive-rock/fusion label “Magna Carta” and with their 3rd USA release, Deep the musicians do indeed, sway their hard driving ways a bit more towards the prog/fusion realm. Deep may be the trio’s finest effort to date! With this release, “Niacin” not only kicks out the jams while often trading heavy fours intermingled with a huge wall of sound yet also intertwine powerful funk-rock backbeats ...
read moreJohn Novello, Billy Sheehan, Dennis Chambers: Niacin
by Glenn Astarita
In the dictionary the word Niacin" refers to an ingredient inherent within Vitamin B Complex. This new recording on Chick Corea's Stretch" label pays homage to the wonderful sound, intricacies and possibilities of that wonderful instrument: The Hammond B-3.
John Novello takes the lead here on the B3 and assorted keyboards. Rock super bassist Billy Sheehan and drum hero Dennis Chambers round out this extremely energetic and well focused date. In the liner notes, Mr. Novello writes ...
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