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Vital Information - Show 'Em Where You Live (2001)

Genre: Fusion/Jazz | Label: Intuition | Year: 2001 (Denmark)

Frank Gambale (guitar), Tom Coster (keyboards), Baron Browne (bass), Steve Smith (drums)

This tenth recording from the now legendary quartet reminds listeners that, while smooth jazz often gets better press, there are still fans of honest to God inventive electric fusion who will eat up this type of powerfully rocking and energetic... Full Description project. Bassist Baron Browne joined the core trio of Steve Smith (drums), Frank Gambale (guitar), and Tom Coster (keyboards) in 1998, and provides a rollicking bouncy energy throughout on tunes like the feisty Herbie Hancock ode "Soul Principle" and the '60s soul-jazz-flavored "Cat and Mouse" (featuring some of Coster's slyest Hammond B-3 lines). A few new changes include the addition of the Fender Rhodes to Coster's rack and more organic, exotic guitar sounds by Gambale. It's fun trying to identify the band's specific influences, and it's easy to pinpoint Booker T. (the swinging, ultra-hip "Shagadelic Boogaloo," one of the disc's catchiest, dare it be said, pop numbers) and Lee Morgan ("The Blackhawk," a soulful tribute to the San Francisco nightclub of the same name). They also specifically identify which tune is dedicated to the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Peppered in the midst of the stronger tunes here are seven experimental pieces called "Cranial No. 1," "No. 2," etc., with lengths varying from one to over seven minutes. These show off some spectacular playing, and certainly fans of these guys want to hear that. There's not much concern for any conventional melodies or rhythms, and if you're not up for the wacky jamming, you might find yourself slightly annoyed and clicking to the next track. Overall, it's good to see that fusion like this is still a vital presence in the jazz world. (Jonathan Widran)

Frank Gambale (guitar)

Baron Browne (bass)

Steve Smith (drums)

Tom Coster (B-3, F.Rhodes, Korg Trinity, Accordion)

Track List:

1:11 - 01. Cranial 1 left Now

4:52 - 02. Mr. TC

5:37 - 03. Shagadelic Boogaloo

1:18 - 04. Cranial 2 The Jinx

4:45 - 05. Soul Principal

5:16 - 06. Our Man In Louisiana

6:40 - 07. Cat & Mouse

1:09 - 08. Cranial 3 Azul

6:11 - 09. Sideways Blues

5:41 - 10. The Blackhawk

2:03 - 11. Cranial 4 Where We Live

3:00 - 12. The Fire Still Burns ( For Jimi )

7:31 - 13. Cranial 5 The Hoodoo

2:46 - 14. Cranial 6 Mata Hari

4:29 - 15. Gingerbread Boy

7:22 - 16. Cranial 7 Brake failure

0:51 - 17. (untitled, bonus)

Recorded at Neverland Studio, Marin County, California on October 4-17, 1999.

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This album and the previous from the band (Where we come from) redifine the world fusion givin' it a new interpretation, a new dignity and a new uptodateness. What the guys in the band did in the last few years was startin' a new exploration of their musical languages in order to rediscover their roots and to be able to find new ways of modern expressions through music. In the end this process paid. Here we have a strong album but more than anything else a strong new interpretation of fusion music. The recipe is: old instruments, new ideas. Hammond b3, Fender Rhodes, accordion, clean guitars, small drumset, .. used to play new musical visions. Not bad. The music: there's a lot of Jazz, but there's a lot of fusion too that's for sure but in the meantime here we are very far from the elevator music known a s fusion during the eighties. It's hard fusion, really near Jazz, there's a lot of improvisation and there are ideas. Wow! That's the best thing in the end! This is a strong album more than anything else because of its musical ideas. And of course because of the musicianship displayed by all the guys involved. Gambale, Coster, Smith and Browne they are perfectionists and here they prove their abilities. But I repeat, this album has contents: I didn't believe at first. This album is a Kickass. This music is a lot far from the kind of cheesy fusion played by the band in "Ray of hope" (which was not bad but maybe a little bit commercial). Here we have a heavy hammond jazz with a Kick. But this is only the dress. The substance is a new vocabulay strongly rooted in Jazz but with a modern fusion spice! It is a sort of Weather Report meet Tribal Tech meet Jimmy Smith kind of music. There is a true artistic approach. No commercial hooks here. And the more you go inside the album, the more you go on with the tracks 5, 6, ... 8, ... 10 the more experimental (but in the left way) the music goes!! I want to make my compiments to the band for this music and for their will to play fusion music in the new millenium against all music actual trends. This is surely fusion at his best. (amazon.com)

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