Weather Report - 1972 "I Sing The Body Elec.Acuña Alex & The Unknowns - 1991 "Thinking of You".Béla Fleck & The Flecktones - 1990 "Bela Fleck and.Chick Corea Elektric Band 1988 "Eye Of The.Brian Bromberg - 1990 "BASSically Speaking".California Guitar Trio - 1994 "Invitation".Santana, John Mclaughlin - 1973 "Love Devotion Sur.Michael Shrieve - 1989 "The Big Picture".
Jeff Lorber Fusion - 1980 "Wizard Island".Kenny Gorelick - Flute, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone Jeff Lorber - Electric Piano, Acoustic Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizer Releases in his catalog but like I said, this one in particular is a I've seen him inĬoncert 3 times and he never disappoints. Sadly Jeff Lorber seens to be overlooked by way too many musicįans and that is sad as the man is extremely talented. What a groove! Dennis Bradford holds it all together The track 'Lava Lands' is my favoriteĪnd it just smokes. Tight, energetic, and smokin'! Lorber has such a great feel for the keysĪnd his playing is very tasty. Vinyl and now CD and still listen to it regularly. Kenny G actually had some fire to his playing. Simply put, this is a must-have Lorber CD, period! This was back when Jeff Lorber adds future solo muzak man Kenny Gorelick to his musical arsenal and delivers a second Arista album!Now this is an obvious follow up to "Water Sign" whitch I think could be recommended first but 'Wizard Island" features the dancable "Fusion Juice",the funky "City" and "Lava Lands",each of which features Lorber's intriguing horn-like synthesizer phrasing.The amazing feature here is Kenny's inventive,wailing sax solo's (absolutely nothing like what he's become known for as a soloĪrtist) so move over Yellowjackets and Spyro Gyra!The Jeff Lorber Fusion is definitely misclassified-being actually one of the jazzier fusion groups recording in the late 1970's and early Of "Music to perserve for all time" or "The top 10 albums you would A superbly crafted piece of art with flawless mastering, mixingĪnd musicianship, every cut a delight. Will have you "movin', groovin and doin' it you know!" This band was Maestro Jeff's musicianship and Danny Wilson's thumping and popping Your hands on a copy of this tremendous album you won't be disappointed! Originally released in 1980, if you can get Is the type of music I wish Kenny and Jeff would return to making, This album really shows off all of the band member's talentsĮspecially a young Kenny G., who was then known as Kenny Gorelick. Such fond memories and thoughts of this album, growing up in Oakland,Ĭalifornia. Home with light jazz/Adult and Urban Contemporary fans.Ī classic Jazz Fusion Album from one of the genre's best bands. Solo space, concise and tightly edited arrangements, and usually hit They contained clever, sometimes catchy tunes, minimal
Each was superbly produced, utilizing state-of-the-art technologyĪnd synthesizers. Musicians / Personnel: Danny Wilson – Bass, Dennis Bradford – Drums, Kenny Gorelick – Flute, Saxophone, Jay Koder – Guitar, Paulinho Da Costa.Wizard Island is the fourth album by Keyboardist Jeff Lorber as leader of his band "The Jeff Lorber Fusion".Ĭranked out many albums similar to this one in late '70s and early Our favorite pieces are.īy SomehowJazz | | Favorite Tunes, Jazz Fusion | 0 commentsShadows by Jeff Lorber Fusion from the album “Wizard Island” released in 1980 by Arista Records. We were surprised by its uniqueness when it first came out. Chick Coreaīy SomehowJazz | | Jazz Fusion | 0 commentsRooftops by Jeff Lorber Fusion from the album “WIZARD ISLAND” released in 1980 by Arista Records… MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Chick Corea – Moog Synthesizer | Jeff Lorber – Acoustic Piano | Dennis Bradford – Drums | Danny Wilson – Electric.īy SomehowJazz | | Jazz Fusion | 0 commentsReflections by Jeff Lorber Fusion from the album “WIZARD ISLAND” released in 1980 by Arista Records… MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Jeff Lorber – Acoustic Piano | Dennis Bradford – Drums | Danny Wilson – Electric Bass | Kenny.īy SomehowJazz | | Jazz Fusion | 0 commentsCity by Jeff lorber Fusion from the album “WIZARD ISLAND” released in 1980 by Arista Records… MUSICIANS / PERSONNEL: Jeff Lorber -Acoustic & Electric Piano, Synthesizers | Dennis Bradford – Drums | Danny Wilson – Electric Bass.īy SomehowJazz | | Favorite Albums, Jazz Fusion | 0 commentsJeff Lorber Fusion – Wizard Island (Arista / 1980) This innovative and intensive album has a special place in our record collection as a milestone in the jazz fusion genre.