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Vertu: Vertu
by John W. Patterson
Vertú is a joy long overdue, a “hats off" to jazz fusion. The '70s saw an explosion of jazz rock fusion groups. They need not be listed here again. The advantage of being nouveau rock enlisted a fresh group of fans, loyal devotees, and the inevitable faddish clan. With the gradual fan-base attrition, the rise of disco, and the floundering big-hair glam of the '80s — fusion fizzled. Fusion hunkered down into a diehard, low-keyed trickle mode. Locating “golden age" ...
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by David Adler
Vertú is a new group with former Return to Forever mates Stanley Clarke and Lenny White at its core. Billed as “The Second Coming of Fusion," the band’s debut release is thick with references to RTF’s heyday — tight, rhythmically punchy unison figures, unexpected tempo changes and orchestral shifts, and in particular Stanley Clarke’s inimitable staccato, high-register bass solos. Stanley is the star of this disc. After his half-hearted foray into “smooth jazz" over the last several years, he’s back ...
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by Paula Edelstein
VERTU is Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Rachel Z, Karen Briggs & Richie Kotzen, the new music collective conceived by former Return To Forever alumni, bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White. Their debut release on LegacySony 550 Music titled, VERTU, is ten tracks full of just what the fusion doctors ordered for those that have been starving for this music. The jazz-rock fusion going down on this CD is AWESOME. The die-hard fusion world has known for many years that ...
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