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| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Dr. Demento
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| 2. | Moby Dick
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| 3. | Craniac Trilogy-Part 1: Transport
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| 4. | Listen Up!
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| 5. | Swamp Stomp
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| 6. | Craniac Trilogy-Part 2: The Implant
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| 7. | First Thing This Morning
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| 8. | Take Eight
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| 9. | Craniac Trilogy-Part 3: The Extraction
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| 10. | Bob
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| 11. | Cranial Joy: Completion
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| 12. | Happy House
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| 13. | Cranial Meltdown: Dementia
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| 14. | Blow Fish Blues
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| 15. | Sitting Ducks
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| 16. | Once In A Lifetime
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| 17. | 008
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Jazz
Fusion
Post-Bop
Crossover Jazz
Recorded: Apr 24, 1997-May 3, 1997, Neverland Studio, Marin County, California
Steve Smith: drums / Frank Gambale: guitar / Tom Coster: hammond b-3, fender rhodes, accordion / Jeff Andrews: acoustic & electric guitar
Modern electric jazz and the funky soul of the '60s fuse into a rollicking trip down memory lane on WHERE WE COME FROM. Vital Information, the long- lived pet project of leader and world-renown drummer Steve Smith, make a distinctive change from their usual format of hard-edged fusion on this, their eighth album. The emphasis here is on the soulful instrumental grooves of their youth, the music that originally enticed these world-class musicians to take up their instruments in the first place.
From the influence of Jimmy Smith, the Meters and Tony Williams' Lifetime, Smith and company serve up a spicy gumbo of groovy tunes and have a grand old time in the process. The unrestrained casualness of this disc is contagious as Smith jauntily drives his bandmates through the slippery funk of "Dr. Demento" and the James Brown-ish "Listen Up." The spirit of the bayou is evoked on the zydeco grooves of "Swamp Stomp" and "Sitting Ducks." The jazz element has never been lost, though, as a swinging version of Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick," the Brubeck-influenced "Take Eight," and Ornette Coleman's "Happy House" clearly illustrate. Finally, even the Ventures' effect is felt in the classic surf music styling of "008."
''A dynamite instrumental fusion'' (Keyboard 12/98) +++ ''An amalgam of sounds - funky and spicy'' (Downbeat 11/98) +++ ''Jazz needs the kind of horizon-expanding sounds from bands like Vital Information'' (Los Angeles Times 8/98)
This powerful live, double CD documents Vital Information's performances in USA, Canada, Australia and Europe in 1998-1999 and is packed with raw excitement, innovative soloing, and heavy doses of blues, bebop, fusion, swing and funk! Steve Smith on drums, Frank Gambale on guitar, Tom Coster on Hammond B-3 organ and accordion, and Baron Browne on bass, are the renaissance men in this great quartet. Together, they surpass the excitement generated by their previous award-winning release, Where We Come From, with great improvisations and new versions of their classics. "The Perfect Date," "Over and Out," "Europa," and John Coltrane's "Mr. P.C." form the centerpiece of the 17-track CD along with the banter between musicians, which captures the set's good-time vibe. The group included two studio bonus tracks, one being an awesome remake of the Jack McDuff/Joe Dukes classic, "Soulful Drums." The band also spotlights a new sound on "Swamp Stomp," a tune rhythmically rooted in New Orleans jazz and zydeco. With this CD, Vital Information does a great job of offering audiences their vital experiences from around the globe and offers the listener an excellent way to expand their appreciation of many musical styles.
---Paula Edelstein, allmusic |
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