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Jeff Lorber Fusion, Synchronicity, Lo Greco Bros, Kneebody, Brad Shepik and much more
by Len Davis
We welcome to Melbourne Jeff lorber Fusion with some of their recent recordings, and Melbourne band Synchronicity featuring Guitarist Jack Pantazis. Italian duo Lo Greco Bros, and Japanese band Jizue with their latest. Kneebody with Ben Wendel, and the new single from Greg Spero. Guitarist Brad Shepik, and Finnish guitarist Varre Vartiainen with Mike Stern. Some fine Jazz Fusion from Hemispheres with Phil Turcio and Ric Fierabracci, Korean Band S.T.E.P.S and progressive rock from Syzygy. From 1991 the band Gamalon, ...
Continue ReadingJeff Lorber Fusion: Prototype
by Jeff Winbush
Fusion. Is there a dirtier word to the refined ears of the jazz connoisseur? For them the sound of their sacred music mashed up with low-brow rock or common R n' B rhythms must be as harsh and annoying as sharpened nails dragging across a blackboard. Well, suck it up, buttercups, because Prototype is nothing if not Jeff Lorber and his crew of merrymakers rocking and rolling and funkin' it up as bad they wanna be. The core ...
Continue ReadingJeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda
by Jeff Winbush
If the word “fusion" is a dirty word don't tell Jeff Lorber. In 1977, the Jeff Lorber Fusion made the scene and 36 years later there's a new incarnation of the band built around Lorber's keyboards, synths and occasional guitar, Jimmy Haslip on bass, and Eric Marienthal on saxophone. What's changed in nearly four decades later in the current version is a vastly improved model, but Lorber's energy and exuberance for funky, rollicking jams is undiminished.A perfect summation ...
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