Jazz Articles about Porterhouse Quintet

Porterhouse Quintet: Thumbs Up little Buddy

by Mark Corroto
September 1, 2000

Sometimes a band comes along that defines a time, plants a flag as a marker of human musical evolution on this planet. The Porterhouse Quintet is just such a band, but the time is circa 1975.

Porterhouse resurrects a time when fusion meant jazz/funk not jazz/rock or today’s jazz/cheese. Grover Washington’s Mister Magic was the vinyl choice for jazz fans and Wynton Marsalis was playing in the high school marching band. You must understand the musical landscape these musicians are ...