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Garaj Mahal, Zawinul Syndicate, Vital Information, Alex Machacek and David Binney

by Len Davis
September 29, 2024

Garaj Mahal, The Zawinul Syndicate, Vital Information, Vital Tech Tones with Scott Henderson and Improvisionwith Alex Machacek, Greg Howe, David Binney and French trumpeter Mederic Collignon with his tribute to Miles Davis.Playlist Garaj Mahal" Celtic Indian" from Live-Vol 1 (HGMN) 00:00 The Zawinul Syndicate “King Hip" from The Immigrants (Columbia) 10:10 Vital Information “The Perfect Date" from Vitalive (Verabro) 20:20 Vital Tech Tones “Chakmool Ti" from VTT 2 (Tone Centre) 30:30 Alex Machacek “Matt's Riff" from Improvision (Abstract ...

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Album Review

Steve Smith and Vital Information: Vitalive!

Read "Vitalive!" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 25, 2009

Recorded on tour in 1988 and originally released in 1991, Vitalive! is, in the words of drummer Steve Smith, “the most 'jazz' version of Vital Information to date." It would be easy to argue with Smith, even though he's the group's leader, that VI has always been a jazz band, as evidenced by Come On In (Tone Center, 2004) and Vitalization (Hudson Music, 2007), the latter featuring Vinnie Valentin's more mainstream tone replacing longstanding fusion whiz Frank Gambale. But it's ...