The Drop Jeff Lorber Fusion

• 1 The Drop 03:53
• 2 Altered State 03:55
• 3 New Mexico 04:06
• 4 On The Bus 03:34
• 5 Hang Tight 03:51
• 6 Liberty 04:22
• 7 Keep On Moving 03:32
• 8 Mindshare 03:51
• 9 Reception 04:05
• 10 Tail Lights 03:24
• Total Runtime 38:33

Info zu The Drop

Das 30. Album von Jeff Lorber Fusion ist genau das, was man von einem Jeff-Lorber-Fusion-Album erwartet: eine nahtlose Mischung aus Jazz, Funk und R&B, gespielt mit Geschmack, Raffinesse und einer großzügigen Portion Spielfreude. Trotz dieser Vielzahl an Elementen gibt es in der Musik von Jeff Lorber Fusion keine Trennlinien.

Jeff Lorbers bisher funkigstes Album mit einer beeindruckenden All-Star-Besetzung, darunter die Grammy-gekrönten Jazz-Größen Jimmy Haslip, Paul Jackson Jr., Marc Lettieri von Snarky Puppy, Gary Novak, David Mann und viele mehr!

Der Grammy-gekrönte Superstar-Keyboarder, Songwriter und Produzent Jeff Lorber gilt als Pionier der Jazz-Fusion-Bewegung. Als Autor von Nummer-1-Radiohits mit Jeff Lorber Fusion und als Gründungsmitglied der Smooth-Jazz-Supergruppe Jazz Funk Soul tritt Lorber regelmäßig vor seinen treuen Fans von Küste zu Küste auf. Zu den Höhepunkten zählen das extrem funkige „The Drop“, das warme, intime „Hang Tight“, das strahlende, mitreißende „Reception“ und weitere Lorber-Originale.

„Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass „The Drop“ ein künstlerisches Statement und eine Hommage an die musikalische Partnerschaft von Jeff Lorber Fusion ist. Das Album bietet eine fesselnde Mischung aus technischer Virtuosität, kompositorischer Eleganz und purem Hörgenuss. Jeff Lorber Fusion beweist einmal mehr, dass ihre Musik lebendig ist und sich weiterentwickelt, was „The Drop“ zu einer Reise ins Herz der Fusion macht, die man sich nicht entgehen lassen sollte.“ (Stamish Malcuss, jazzsensibilities.com)

Jeff Lorber, Keyboards, Minimoog, Rhodes, Klavier, Rhythmusgitarre, Streicher
Gary Novak, Schlagzeug
Cornelius Mims, Bass
James Haslip, Bass, Melodie-Sechs-Saiten-Bass
Randal Clark, Altsaxophon
Paul Jackson Jr., Rhythmusgitarre
Marc Lettieri, Lead- und Rhythmusgitarren
David Mann, Melodieflöte, Hornarrangement

Aufgenommen bei JHL Sound in Pacific Palisades, Kalifornien, von JL
Abgemischt von Peter Mokran
Gemastert von Bernie Grundman
Produziert von Jeff Lorber und James Haslip

Jeff Lorber
By the late 1970s, trailblazing keyboardist/composer/producer Jeff Lorber had become a prominent figure in the new movement known as jazz fusion – a marriage of traditional jazz with elements of rock, R&B, funk and other electrified sounds. Lorber and his band, the Jeff Lorber Fusion, first honed their craft in the Portland, Oregon, club scene and rapidly expanded their reach to a national and international audience via a combination of complex harmonies, unconventional time signatures and compelling rhythms.

In subsequent years, Lorber dropped the term “fusion” from his billing as the movement evolved into what is currently known as contemporary jazz. Still, he continued to explore the innovative, improvisational potential of grafting other musical forms to the jazz idiom.

More than three decades after his earliest recordings, Lorber has come full circle. His new recording, "Galaxy", set for release January 31, 2012, on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group, revisits a sound he helped pioneer. The album takes the experiment that he started with his last GRAMMY®-nominated CD, "Now is the Time", up a notch with 11 exciting and energetic new compositions performed by some of the biggest names in jazz today.

Lorber’s music reaches a new level by crystallizing jazz, funk, and Latin rhythms with some killer melodies that will certainly translate to live performance. The first track, “Live Wire,” blends a blistering house beat with extended solos by Lorber and Koonse and some amazing drum fills from Colaiuta. “Big Brother” moves into hip hop territory, similar to Jeff's grooving “Rain Dance,” which became a huge hit for Notorious Big and Lil' Kim as “Crush on You.” “Montserrat” sounds like a mixture of Sly Stone and Tower of Power, with super funky horn arrangements by Dave Mann. Obviously, a year spent touring together has made Lorber, Haslip and Marienthal into a tight unit, which is evident from this recording.

Stretching the envelope has been Lorber’s strategy from the very beginning. Born in Philadelphia in 1952, Lorber began playing piano when he was just four years old. By his teen years, he had hooked up with several local R&B bands, but his tastes trended more toward jazz when he studied at Berklee College of Music.

After college, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where he formed the Jeff Lorber Fusion. The group released their self-titled debut album in 1977, and quickly became one of the most popular acts in the jazz fusion scene, due in large part to relentless touring and a string of artistically daring and commercially successful recordings.

The entity formerly known as the Jeff Lorber Fusion became Lorber’s solo career with the release of "It’s a Fact" in 1982. After a brief but prolific stretch culminating with the highly successful "Private Passion" in 1986, Lorber took a break from recording his own material, opting instead to do session work and produce other artists. He resumed his solo career in 1991 with "Worth Waiting For", although he continued to produce for the remainder of the decade.

Lorber has been just as prolific and innovative in the new century as he was in the last, with recordings on Narada ("Philly Style", "Flip Side"), Blue Note ("He Had a Hat"), and most recently Peak ("Heard That").

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