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The '90s with Steve Coleman, Tunnels, Percy Jones, and Miles Davis

by Len Davis
A visit to the '90s with Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Paradox with Billy Cobham,Tunnels with Percy Jones and power trio Niacin. John McLaughlin, Brecker Brothers, Miles Davis, Chick Corea and Mahavishnu Orchestra. Playlist Steve Coleman and Five Elements Alt-Shift-Return-Live" from The Tao Of Mad Phat (RCA) 00:00 Paradox Myohmyohyeoye" from Paradox (TipToe) 07:16 Tunnels with Percy Jones Prisoners Of The Knitting Factory Hallway" from Tunnel With Percy Jones (Bucky Ball) 14:57 Niacin Revenge" from High Bias (Stretch) ...
Continue ReadingThe Best Of '90s Jazz Fusion

by Len Davis
John Mclaughlin The Heart Of Things, Michael Brecker, Brecker Brothers, Miles Davis Live Around The World, Jeff Richman, Niacin from High Bias, Chick Corea Electric Band, and Tunnels with Percy Jones. Playlist John McLaughlin Healing Hands" from The Heart Of Things (Verve) 00:00 Michael Brecker Escher Sketch" from Now You See It-Now You Don't (GRP) 07:00 Brecker Brothers Scrunch" from Out Of The Loop (GRP) 14:07 Miles Davis Hannibal" from Live Around The World (Warner) 21:20 Jeff Richman Suite ...
Continue ReadingNiacin: Krush

by Glenn Astarita
After a lengthy hiatus, the high-impact progressive rock and jazz-fusion trio fires back with its 6th studio album. The respective musicians' demanding schedules as first-call session aces and ongoing affiliations with other bands, both in and out of the studio, spans multiple jazz and rock related genres. Here, the trio's vigorous turbo-powered gait remains intact, along with its demanding rhythmic blueprint. The band tackles guitarist Al DiMeola's fusion classic Majestic Dance," originally appearing on Return to Forever's 1976 ...
Continue ReadingNiacin: Organik

by John Kelman
With a collective resume that ranges from the ostentatious stadium rock of David Lee Roth and Mr. Big to the fusion of John Scofield and John McLaughlin, the members of Niacin--keyboardist John Novello, bassist Billy Sheehan, and drummer Dennis Chambers--clearly have chops to spare. What's remarkable about their sixth release, Organik, is the unbelievable high level of energy maintained throughout. By the time the hour-long program is over, even the most indefatigable listener will be spent and exhausted. It's a ...
Continue ReadingNiacin: 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 ...
Continue ReadingNiacin: 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 ...
Continue ReadingNiacin: High Bias

by Christopher Hoard
If you've sensed a shortage of adrenaline and testosterone in the year's new jazz releases, and still yearn for some of that down-to-earth, kick-ass fusion, replete with hyper-athletic chops and afterburner grooves, then wait no longer. Virtuoso fusion projects seem to be out of fashion with large corporate labels bent on milking their vaults with re-issues (seems they've found out there's just more profit when there's no artist development or living musicians involved!).
Fortunately, in the forever fickle record industry, ...
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