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Weather Report: The Best of Weather Report
by Todd S. Jenkins
A long-overdue homage to perhaps the greatest fusion ensemble of all time. Centered around the molten core of Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, Weather Report transcended category and gave shape to a fresh, vital form of improvised music during their decade-plus of prominence. Putting together a best-of from such a chameleonic entity had to be a ...
Weather Report: Mysterious Traveller
by Todd S. Jenkins
In 1974, three years after the band's inception, Weather Report became one of the world's most popular jazz groups due to their uncompromising originality and musicianship. This was the year that founding member Miroslav Vitous was replaced by Alphonso Johnson, who became a critical asset as both a fluid, creative bassist and a composer. Drummer Ishmael ...
Weather Report: Tale Spinnin'
by Todd S. Jenkins
Weather Report followed up their imaginative Mysterious Traveller with this too-short but exciting offering in 1975. For the time being, the lineup had jelled around Zawinul, Shorter and Johnson, with Santana drummer Ndugu and percussionist Lima coming through the revolving door of rhythm. Inspired this time around by the spirits of dance and song, the group ...
Herring/Lavitz/Hayward/Gradney: Endangered Species
by Todd S. Jenkins
A new breed of jam band, combining the outward-looking aesthetic of the Grateful Dead with the Southern-fried funk of Little Feat. Herring and Lavitz, members of the Dead-tribute collective Jazz Is Dead, met up with the Feat's rhythm section for an edgy, exciting session that stands with the best of Tone Center's releases so far. This ...
The Sardonics: Catch the Red Eye
by Todd S. Jenkins
Northern California's fun-loving jazz quartet emerge from their hole again with a full-length offering that's a real blast. The Sardonics come by their jazz sensibilities honestly, but they temper technique with a hearty sense of humor and a rejuvenating disregard for artsy pretension. Musicianship never takes a back seat to wit, though they might bicker over ...
Chris Greene/New Perspective: On the Verge
by Todd S. Jenkins
New Perspective is a hot, young group that's deeply immersed in the funk. Altoist Chris Greene and friends conjure up phat grooves that guarantee good times and shaking of booty. The opener, “Mister Congeniality", sets the pace for the whole disc with a relentless drum groove sliced up by Charles D. Bayne's bluesy keyboards and Kohki ...
Boston Horns: Boogie Stop Shuffle
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by Todd S. Jenkins
Afros are back, so it figures that the best of the 1970s' music should also make a welcome return. The funky jazz stylings of Maceo Parker, the Crusaders and Galactic are taken to a new level on this excellent disc by the Boston Horns. Douglas and Saviuk, alumni of the Heavy Metal Horns, rock the house ...
Vinnie Colaiuta/Robben Ford/Jimmy Haslip: Jing Chi
by Todd S. Jenkins
Another Tone Center supergroup strikes gold. Ex-Zappa drummer Colaiuta joins Yellowjackets bassist Haslip and blues-jazz guitar god Ford for a pretty damned satisfactory fusion foray. The big ears and fleet fingers required to pull off music like this are present in spades, and Ford's pedigree revives the blues feeling that's been so often absent in jazz-rock ...
Gregg Bendian's Interzone: Requiem for Jack Kirby
by Todd S. Jenkins
An impeccable tribute to an incomparable artist. Jack Kirby was one of the great comic-book creators, a dweller in places of long shadows and stark colors who fathered the Fantastic Four, Captain America, the X-Men and other legendary Marvel Comics. A musical tribute to a visual artist working in that medium might seem strange, but Interzone ...
Vinnie Colaiuta/Robben Ford/Jimmy Haslip: Jing Chi
by Todd S. Jenkins
Another Tone Center supergroup strikes gold. Ex-Zappa drummer Colaiuta joins Yellowjackets bassist Haslip and blues-jazz guitar god Ford for a pretty damned satisfactory fusion foray. The big ears and fleet fingers required to pull off music like this are present in spades, and Ford's pedigree revives the blues feeling that's been so often absent in jazz-rock ...
