While there are a variety of different guests on the album, Lorber’s vision for the record is clear throughout. The track echoes Corea’s style superbly, with an excellent funk bass line from Jimmy Haslip, Lorber’s staccato electric keyboard, and a soaring lead from Gary Meek and Hubert Laws on soprano sax and flute. The eighth track is Lorber’s tribute to Chick Corea, with whom he first worked on his second album, Soft Space, in 1978. If two legendary guitarists wasn’t enough, Robben Ford also makes several appearances, lending his expertise to the fourth track Mind Reader, and the seventh, Curiosity. Veteran session guitarist Michael Landau also features on several tracks, offering subtle licks and melodic inflections throughout the powerful Sun Princess, and both electric and nylon-stringed guitar on the grooving Louisiana and laid back Day One. adds reserved, clean electric guitar vamping before a brief but tasteful solo. Setting the tone for the rest of the album, the atmosphere is rich and textured, with expert improvisation.įor the soulful second track, Back Room, David Mann provides the horn arrangement and performance, while Paul Jackson Jr. The opening track, Space-Time, is a light, upbeat piece in which Lorber plays not only keys but also synth bass and guitar, featuring some melodic unison between Lorber and Bob Mintzer on tenor sax. I was able to really focus on the record, and this album benefited positively from that.Having been together since 1977, the Jeff Lorber Fusion now release their 13th album, with a host of musicians joining the trio of Lorber, drummer Gary Novak and bassist and co-producer Jimmy Haslip. One thing that was different, however, was the absence of live touring.
“So from that standpoint it wasn’t that different from a normal record. “Over the last number of years most of us have gotten used to tracking at home,” Lorber stated on the recording process.
The trio, completed by drummer Gary Novak and bassist Jimmy Haslip, welcomes a variety of guests for the effort, including Hubert Laws, Paul Jackson, Jr., Robben Ford, Bob Mintzer, Gerald Albright, and more. Jeff Lorber Fusion has returned with a new album called Space-Time. COLLECTOR'S JAZZ EDITIONS AT THE BEST PRICE!.BLACK SAINT & SOUL NOTE BOX SETS AT UNBEATABLE PRICES.Erroll Garner - Octave Remastered Series.Easy Listening, Exotica, Soundtracks & Library Music.Jazz-Rock, Prog-Rock, Canterbury Sound, RIO & other deviances.Afro-Jazz, Disco-Funk, Soul-Jazz & Global Sounds.Avant-Garde, Free Jazz, Contemporary Music, Ambient & Minimalism.Spiritual Jazz, Fusion, Jazz Funk & Modal.20th Century Masterworks Colored Series.
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