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Gary Willis, Tal Wilkenfeld, Weather Report and Dave Weckl
by Len Davis
Bassist's Gary Willis and Tal Wilkenfeld, Dave Weckl, late German guitarist Susan Weinert, Weather Report and guitarist's Mitch Watkins and Lyle Workman. Playlist Gary Willis “Stagger" from No Sweat (Alchemy) 00:00 Dave Weckl “Amanecer" from The Zone (Stretch) 09:38 Tal Wilkenfeld “Serendipity" from Transformation (Self Produced)19:16 Susan Weinert “Triple X" from The Bottom Line (veraBra) 28:54 Weather Report “Boogie Woogie Waltz" from Sweetnighter (Columbia) 38:32 Mitch Watkins “Big Surf" from Humhead (Dos) 48:10 Lyle Workman “Ruckus Maximus" from ...
Continue ReadingThe '90s with John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Gary Willis and Chad Wackerman
by Len Davis
More from Chick Corea Elektrik Band, then a feature on '90s music with John McLaughlin from The Promise, Allan Holdsworth Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, bassist Gary Willis No Sweat, Heavy Machinery with Anders Johansson and Chad Wackerman with Scream. Playlist Chick Corea Elektrik Band “Got A Match" from The Future Is Now (Candid) 00:00 John McLaughlin “Jazz Jungle" from The Promise (Verve) 10:26 Allan Holdsworth “Looking Glass" from Warsaw Summer Jazz Days (Manifesto) 20:48 Gary Willis “Stagger" from No Sweat (Alchemy) 31:08 ...
Continue ReadingFunky Jazz Fusion with emphasis on the bass
by Len Davis
Funky jazz fusion from John Scofield, Oteil Burbridge, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Brian Bromberg and Gary Willis.Playlist John Scofield “Boogie Stupid" from Uberjam Deux (Emarcy) 00:00 Steve Smith-Oteil Burbridge “Pinkys Revenge" from The Strangers Hand (Tone Centre) 05:11 Brian Bromberg “Uh-Huh" from Thicker Than Water (Artistry Music) 10:30 George Duke “Fuzzion" from Night after Night (Electra) 15:53 Stanley Clarke “Play The Bass" from Time Exposure (Epic) 21:04 Marcus Miller “I'll Be There" from Renaissance (Dreyfus) 26:17 Stanley Clarke ...
Continue ReadingGergo Borlai: The Missing Song
by Jim Worsley
The Missing Song has been heralded as a tribute to Gergo Borlai's nine most influential drummers still alive and performing today. This is much more than just listing them and perhaps covering one of their songs. Borlai composed eight of the nine new songs on this album. He plays them all in the manner, or mindset, of each drummer. The thought process, and level of preparation was meticulous for every drummer and every song. The drum kit, cymbals, sticks, pedals, ...
Continue ReadingTriphasic: Shaman
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il sax adrenalinico del giovane spagnolo Llibert Fortuny sembra essere il motore inarrestabile al centro di questo divertente trio. La sua energia prorompente è contagiosa e si trasmette inevitabilmente alla sezione ritmica di grande spessore, composta dall'ottimo bassista americano Gary Willis (lo ricordiamo al fianco di Scott Henderson nel gruppo jazz-rock Tribal Tech) e dallo spiritato batterista David Gomez. Le composizioni sono equamente suddivise fra il saxofonista e il bassista e non manca un brano a firma collettiva nato da ...
Continue ReadingGary Willis: Something to Say
by Ian Patterson
Sixteen years in Tribal Tech, the most innovative of post-Weather Report fusion bands, confirmed the status of Gary Willis as a modern-day bass icon. Picking up where Jaco Pastorius left off, Willis's explorations are stretching the possibilities of the fretless bass as a lead instrument, as evidenced on two 2007 releases, the storming Slaughterhouse 3 and his third solo album, Actual Fiction--a bass album unlike any other--both on Abstract Logix.In a revealing interview Willis lends insight into his ...
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