BRENDAN ROTHWELL – TIME ON MY HANDS
Canadian composer, bassist and producer Brendan Rothwell
cites Marcus Miller’s work on Miles Davis’ classic recording TUTU as the reason
he chose his lead instrument. On his debut album TIME ON MY HANDS, he
emphatically bucks the trend of the bass being in the background. Optimizing
the tone, scale, feeling and musicality of the instrument, he showcases its
ability to stir melodic excitement while creating deep, hypnotic rhythms. While
his soulful, funky fluidity often brings to mind the coolness of the late
Wayman Tisdale, there’s also an atmospheric, trippy and mystical exploratory
vibe influenced by Miller’s slow simmering fusion style. Fans of Stanley Clarke
and Brian Bromberg will be fully engaged as well. You’ll enjoy keeping time
with TIME ON MY HANDS! ~ smoothjazz.com
TONY SAUNDERS – UPTOWN JAZZ
The son of legendary keyboardist and composer Merl Saunders,
Tony Saunders was taught piano by Herbie Hancock and for his tenth birthday
received an electric organ from Sly Stone. But the magic started happening once
he shifted to bass, and the two time Emmy Award winner's s third album UPTOWN
JAZZ on San Francisco Records is a full-blown celebration of the multiple ways
he grooves. Joyfully eclectic throughout, he launched the album with the
brassy, ultra-funky title track single that featured Gabriel Mark Hasselbach
and Tower of Power's Mic Gillete on horns and Paul Hardcastle, Jr. on sax.
Saunders' bass also bubbles beneath the emotional sax passion of Gerald
Albright and later engages on an improvisation rich jazz-fusion journey also
featuring saxophonists Tom Politzer (Tower Of Power) and Rock Hendricks and
vocalist Sakai (Train)! UPTOWN JAZZ gonna give it to ya! ~ smoothjazz.com
METHOD OF DEFIANCE "COLUMN 3" - BABYLON DECONSTRUCTION
The ever mutating and expanding collective founded by
ikonoklast producer / bassist Bill Laswell. This latest release consisting of
live and studio recordings transcends obvious genres and challenges all generic
boundaries...dub, North African, drum'n bass, reggae vocals, noise, and much
more. Column 3 features core members - Bill Laswell - bass, effects, Guy Licata
- drums, and Dr. Israel - voice, electronics, beats, with Adam Rudolph -
percussion (Jon Hassell, Philip Glass, Yusef Lateef, Pharaoh Sanders), Henry
Kaiser - guitar (Richard Thompson, Fred Frith, Wadada Leo Smith), Steven
Bernstein - trumpet (Lou Reed, Aretha Franklin, Sting, Sex Mob), Bachir Attar
and Mustapha Attar of The Master Musicians of Jajouka, Morocco.
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