WEATHER REPORT
HEADHUNTERS
JOE ZAWINUL
BOB MOOG
MILES DAVIS
RETURN TO FOREVER
PAT METHENY GROUP
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
GEORGE DUKE & BILLY COBHAM
CANNONBALL ADDERLY
TONY WILLIAMS
DAVID SANCIOUS
WAYNE SHORTER
JOHN COLTRANE
JAN JOHANSSON
LARS GULLIN
ERIC DOLPHY
LYLE MAYS
JIMI HENDRIX
PRINCE
STAX TUTTI
GEORGE WADENIUS
SLY &THE FAMILY STONE
JONI MITCHELL
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The idea started in the summer of 2008 when bassist Jonas Reingold and
guitarist Roine Stolt got together to develop some ideas that were under the
unfashionable label of "fusion" .
For those of you who are not familiar with the phrase "fusion", or are too young
to remember the wild & vivid 70's of bellbottom denims,shure SM 58 haircuts,
Rhodes pianos with fuzz-wha,ringmodulator & drumkits bigger than a schoolbus.
It's a music form that fuse jazz, rock, african, electronics, folk or any other music
form known to man or animal.
The bands that were at the forefront some 30 years ago were the masters Weather
Report, Return To Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancocks Headhunters,
Billy Cobham & George Duke Band etc.
They were known to play faster than the NASDAQ drops and were all fearsome
gunslingers, but by late 70's a lethal cocktail of record company greed, lounge jazz,
3 min synthpop with big boobs, lame haircuts and the Deadly Linndrum (!) made
them all less popular, or in some cases obsolete.
But as any fan of good music knows they just went away from mainstream & the limelight cause the the media and corporate music-biz lawyers couldn't see any commercial potential in it anymore.
Anyway to carry on ...when our 2 heroes Reingold & Stolt , of a considerably later
vintage, decided to break some new ground, it all started with Stolt playing a few
tunes he considered to be his tribute to the late, great Joe Zawinul to Mr Reingold
and within hours the duo had jumpstarted to arrange these tunes and some of Jonas
material. Hey, this sounded fresh and up to date, fusion wasn't dead, what a relief !!!
time to restore the Rhodespiano & Minimoog !!
The intention of this new combo was to explore a more rootsy and "with a bit of grit"
fusion with a groove, we hope for a funkier, more electric, like a bastard son of Band Of Gypsies and early Weather Report or Headhunters afrofunk & fusion.
.....and we're hoping to bring it to you LIVE in a not so distant future
what a fantastic album! I never thought that this kind of music would ever be made again with so much energy and inspiration. One of my top albums - if not THE top album of the year.
Happy Holoidays, merry Xmas and a great new year!
I really hope there is enough interest from the fans and public to ensure that the project will continue.
Hello ! Thank you to let me discover your music and your visit in PROGRESSIVE AREA Myspace. Many success for this projet ! Greetings from France Denis www.progressive-area.com www.myspace.com/progressivearea progressivearea@gmail.com progressivearea@myspace.com
Hi friends!!!! Thanx so much for accept the add!!! Wooow, another amazing project with Dave Weckl on drums, the sampler sounds goooood!!!! I will buy the album soon!!!! I'm a big fan of The Flower Kings and related projects from Roine, Jonas... You're great guys!!!
Have a nice friday and a wonderful weekend!!!! Greetings from Barcelona!!!
THE RECORD IS AMAZING!!!! Mr. Zawinul would be very very proud i think!!! :) somehow the last month gave me such input, specially the Tilburg event and all the actual conscioussness, my drumming came to the next level!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THIS GREAT MUSIC!!!
Hi there, thank you for being friends! The snippets sound electrifying! I'll see you on the AoM/KK Tour in Germany this month. Hope the album will be available then. All the best!
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I'll see you on the AoM/KK Tour in Germany this month. Hope the album will be available then. All the best!
