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Endangered Species
By Herring/Lavitz/Hayward/Gradney
Label: Tone Center
Released: 2002
Track listing: Headstrong; The New Berkley Park; Slowlo; Pickled Hearing; Lockwood Folley; Justice; Cats Out Da Bag; Camel Lope; The Gospel Truth.
Frank Gambale - Stuart Hamm - Steve Smith: GHS3
by Glenn Astarita
The super trio reunites again for a set brimming with pummeling rhythms and joyous musings. Here, Frank Gambale employs both electric and acoustic guitars amid his now infamous chord sweeping techniques and mesmerizing single note leads. As this mighty rhythm section offers a rather ominous delivery, whether Gambale is exploring lyrically rich themes or driving the ...
Rachel Z Trio: Moon at the Window

by Todd S. Jenkins
Rachel Z's tribute to Joni Mitchell has perhaps arrived at just the right time, hot on the heels of Mitchell's decision to never record again. No doubt her die-hard fans will be clamoring for as much original and tribute material as possible, and a good many will find joy in this comfortable instrumental release. It's impossible ...
Various Artists: Live at the Baked Potato Vol. 1 & 2

by Scott Andrews
These two CDs feature twelve tracks of live fusion culled from guitarist Jeff Richman's gigs at the new" Baked Potato club in Los Angeles during 1999-2000. The list of semi-famous fusion players on the covers, including Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Tavaglione, Dave Weckl, Dave Carpenter, Simon Phillips, and Danny Gottlieb, make this look like another Tone Center ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...