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Steve Vasconcellos

Steve Vasco and The Prophetz of Time and Space release thier new CD..."Vibrationz" that was recorded in Lake Tahoe where Vasco composes most of the music...with Mahavishnu Alumni,Jerry Goodman on Electric Violin,Ex Weather man 'Ndugu'Chancler on drums,Brandon Fields Saxes,Otmaro Ruiz, Acoustic Piano,Vasco on Bass,Munyungo Percussion,and Tadshi Namba on Electric Keys...other ...I've never heard anything quite like this music,It has a 'Spiritual Quality' about it...Aaron Cohen from station KTSJ in Houston was quoted as saying. Clifford Brown Jr. noted Radio host ,writer ,and contributor to many publications recently wrote for Jazziz Magazine "Imagine combining,cutting edge,contempory,smooth jazz,with hard-hitting retro jazzfusion groove and sprinkling in a little world music flavor" this is how he describes this 'Future Edge'sound...Vasco has just signed an international license agreement with ESC Records,in Germany...with the new "String Theroy" CD being released on Feb. 24th 2006...

Gear

S W R 750 x Goliath III Cabs ... Ampeg B 100 Rocket Bass ... Polytone Mini Brute...from the 80s Taylor A B 1 Fretted and Frettless...1960 Fender Jazz Bass,Stacked Pots...Bolin Frettless

Prophetz of Time and Space: String Theory

Read "String Theory" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 16, 2007

Steve Vasconcellos sure knows how to pick them. With a core group including legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra violinist Jerry Goodman, Weather Report drummer Leon “Ndugu Chancler, in-demand LA saxophone ace Brandon Fields and Miles Davis percussionist Munyungo Jackson, the bassist's five year-old Prophetz of Time and Space has plenty of potential as an approachable but uncompromising contemporary electric jazz group. String Theory meets its promise head-on, and the disc will appeal to those who like their fusion on the lighter side. ...