![]() ![]() ![]() Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Andy Narell, Dave Samuels, Paquito D’Rivera.The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman.Berks Jazz Fest Orchestra with special guest Richie Coleīéla Fleck & The Flecktones with special guest Sam Bush.I Remember Jaco: Tribute to Jaco Pastorius featuring Bob Mintzer, Jeff Andrews, Joey Calderazzo, Peter Erskine.Berks Jazz Festival Orchestra with Al Grey.Geoff Keezer, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman Trio.Patty Greier & The Fred Wackenhut Trio.Wes Fisher’s Turn of the Century Theater Orchestra.Stanley Jordan (replaced Steve Smith & Vital Information).Turtle Island String Quartet with special guest John Blake.Since Lorber is celebrating his birthday today,this is just the song I’d personally chose to represent his groove. Either way,its still one of those “bass in your face” songs where the funk is very accessible to identify. I’m not entirely sure if Stanley Clarke plays all the bass lines here,or is accompanying bassist Danny Wilson (who plays on the rest of the album) on this song. I dare say it is the most thoroughly funky song Jeff Lorber made in the 1980’s. And the entire song never takes its eyes off the groove. The bass leads the way from beginning to end. ‘Monster Man” is indeed a heavy funk monster. On the bridge of the song,the drums take on a Brazilian flavor as the slap bass gets a duetting solo from non other than Stanley Clarke himself before the song fades out on the main theme. On the refrains,Lorber’s keyboards lead a group lead the harmony vocals. And each of his vocals lines is accented by the horn charts from Jerry Hey. After this,Donnie Gerrard’s vocals come in. ![]() The thick drums and slap bass start out the song before a fruity voice does a short rap at the beginning-while the bass burbles with an accenting rhythm guitar beneath him. The opening track of this album is one of the best examples of this that I can think of. That played a big part in their final album together for almost 30 years entitled Galaxian. This also arrived at the same time that the Jeff Lorber Fusion were beginning to focus on heavy rhythm along with improvised instrumental soloing. On the other hand,his grooves hit a fevered pitch in the early 1980’s.Ībout 12 years ago when discovering Jeff Lorber’s albums from approximately 1980 to 1986, it came to me how much he was able to do with in the time period when analog based synthesizers were transitioning to digital ones. This is something he’s shown with his recent comebacks. Lorber has realized that as long as he keeps the rhythms tough and strong,and his solos jazzy and hummable,that the jazz/funk/fusion sound he’s now a veteran of,he can modernize his sound but keep its basic flavors intact. Jeff Lorber has remained one of the major jazz/funk keyboard players whose continued through the smooth jazz era by remaining consistently funky. ![]()
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