Artist: Robert Walter Title Of Album: Super Heavy Organ Origin: USA Genre: Jazz/Funk/Fusion Label: Magna Carta Bitrate: cbr 320 kBps Total Size: 142 MB Website: www.myspace.com/robertwalter
1. Adelita (5:27) 2. Kickin' Up Dust (3:14) 3. Spell (2:33) 4. El Cuervo (7:30) 5. Criminals Have A Name For It (5:12) 6. 34 Small (7:15) 7. Don't Hate, Congratulate (3:38) 8. Poor Tom (2:56) 9. (smells like) Dad's Drunk Again (6:05) 10. Big Dummy (4:57) 11. Hardware (5:01) 12. Cabrillo (9:02)
Artist: Terri Lyne Carrington Title Of Album: Mosaic Project Origin: USA Genre: Jazz/Fusion/Funk Bitrate: vbr 238 kBps Total Size: 127 MB Website: www.myspace.com/terrilynecarrington
1. Transformation (05:34) 2. I Got Lost In His Arms (04:58) 3. Michelle (06:53) 4. Magic And Music (03:45) 5. Echo (07:14) 6. Simply Beautiful (04:31) 7. Unconditional Love (05:56) 8. Wistful (04:48) 9. Crayola (04:30) 10. Soul Talk (05:56) 11. Mosaic Triad (06:00) 12. Insomniac (05:13) 13. Show Me A Sign (02:28) 14. Sisters On The Rise (A Transformation) (04:00)
1. Inkblott 11 2. Double Cross 3. Naked Truth 4. Surrender 5. Big Trouble 6. Goodbye 7. Dirty Donna's House Party 8. Prince, The 9. Sunrise 10. Mean Street
Although guitarist Larry Carlton is known primarily as a smooth-jazz performer, both solo and with Fourplay, his roots are in session work with pop/rock artists, most notably Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. On 2006's FIREWIRE, Carlton gets back to his rock beginnings, offering up a set of tunes that focus on the energetic side of his playing. Aiding Carlton in this musical about-face is producer Csaba Petocz, who has been in the studio with acts such as Elvis Costello and Metallica, and here leads the six-stringer in a bold, assertive direction. Also joined by prolific drummer Matt Chamberlain and other top-tier musicians, Carlton leans into the shuffling "Inkblot 11," indulges in Jimi Hendrix-like riffing on "Naked Truth," and sinks into a deep blues groove with "Surrender." More in line with albums by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai than anything in the easy-listening vein, FIRE WIRE highlights the adventurous aspects of this expert guitarist.(source: cduniverse.com)
T.J. Kirk may not be remembered in the annals of jazz/fusion history, but the quartet's story is uniquely its own. Formed by eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter as a side group to his own self-titled and San Francisco-based band, T.J. Kirk was a cover act that took its name from the three artists making up its catalog: Thelonius Monk, James Brown, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Hunter's recording career had started in 1993, and he brought his group's drummer, Scott Amendola, into T.J. Kirk to join the more conventional six-string guitarists Will Bernard and John Schott. The band wanted to be called James T. Kirk, but settled for T.J. Kirk for their 1995 self-titled debut CD when they didn't get permission to use the original moniker from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's estate. The album gave Hunter license to play in styles even more funky than with his own ensemble, as the eight-string guitarist often played bass lines and guitar melodies (usually simultaneously) and even added keyboard-like textures on his customized Novax instrument. Combined with Amendola's muscular drumming, Hunter's versatility allowed Bernard and Schott the freedom to re-work their namesake trio's classics like "Soul Power," "Bemsha Swing," and "Serenade to a Cuckoo." The group's 1996 follow-up, If Four Was One, was even better. T.J. Kirk had a knack not only for mimicking Brown's soul epics ("Get on the Good Foot," "The Payback"), but also making danceable the jazz standards of Monk and Kirk ("Damn Right I'm Somebody," "Ruby, My Dear," "Four in One"). Yet Hunter, never one to stand pat, was making changes in his own band's career. When he covered reggae legend Bob Marley's time-honored Natty Dread album, instrumentally and in its entirety, in 1997, and in the process made one of his best CDs, T.J. Kirk was essentially finished except for the live bootleg recordings. The death of Hunter's saxophonist Calder Spanier in an auto accident later in the year -- and Hunter's decision to move from the Bay Area to New York in 1998 -- officially ended the reign of T.J. Kirk. But as anyone who's heard their releases knows, T.J. Kirk is the unofficial captain of jazz/fusion's all-time cover bands. Further evidence appeared in 2005 when the Rope-A-Dope label issued a 1997 concert by the band as Talking Only Makes It Worse. ~ Bill Meredith, All Music Guide
T.J. Kirk - T.J. Kirk (1994) 1. Soul Power (4:25) 2. Teo (4:50) 3. Bemsha Swing (3:53) 4. Shuffle Boil/You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll ... (5:47) 5. Volunteered Slavery (5:43) 6. Serenade to a Cuckoo (4:55) 7. Freaks for the Festival (3:30) 8. Cold Sweat/Rip, Rip & Panic (4:59) 9. Humph (3:48) 10. Epistrophy (4:15) 11. I Got to Move/In Walked Bud (5:12) 12. Jackie-Ing (0:38)
T.J. Kirk - If Four Was One (1996) 1.Damn Right I'm Somebody (5:07) 2. Get on the Good Foot/Rockhard in a Funky Place (6:44) 3. Stomping Grounds/Untitled Instrumental/Green Chimneys (5:32) 4. The Payback/I Mean You (4:05) 5. Brake's Sake (4:30) 6. Ruby, My Dear (3:21) 7. Meeting at Termini's Corner/I Got a Bag of My Own/Brilliant Corners (4:46) 8. Cross the Track/Thelonious (4:31)
T.J. Kirk - Talking Only Makes it Worse (2005) 01. Soul Power 02. Four In One 03. Bemsha Swing 04. Skippy 05. Damn Right I'm Somebody 06. Patchouli Naked BBQ 07. Cross The Track/Thelonious 08. Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith 09. Epistrophy 10. The Pay Back 11. Teo 12. Get On The Good Foot/Rock Hard In A Funky Place 13. Jackie-ing 14. Band Intros 15. The Warm Up 16. No Dates, This Is A T.J. Kirk Show 17. Meeting At Termini's Corner/I Got A Bag Of My Own/Brilliant Corners 18. Talking Only Makes It Worse 19. Jackie-ing Reprise
01. Gulab Jammin
1. Inkblott 11
1. Soul Power (4:25)
1.Damn Right I'm Somebody (5:07)
01. Soul Power
1 Pink Panther 5:18
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