This song is a delight for your musical senses.Īt this point, the band slows it down a little with a sweet and sultry sax-driven ballad, The Steppe, born to be on the radio! Lorber’s cascading keyboard work is rich and sweet, and the light, masterful percussion work of Lenny Castro is a fantastic touch. This funky, syncopated romp in 6/8 is a wonderful tribute to one of Rock music’s greatest innovators! Lorber shows his brilliance in balancing just the right amount of the Zappa original with this modern sound. Ponty’s violin sounds as good today as ever. The only “cover” on the record is King Kong, written by the late, great Frank Zappa and features Zappa alumni Jean-Luc Ponty, Vinny Colaiuta, and marimba player Ed Mann. Solar Wind features guitar virtuoso Larry Koonse, and features some super-slick drumming by the one and only Vinnie Colaiuta. It features a killer solo by Lorber and excellent tenor sax solo by Eric Marienthal. The kickoff is a very spunky and upbeat Corinaldo, which may indeed remind the experienced Fusion listener of Weather Report and Joseph Zawinul. Now, one year later, they are back with Hacienda!
TJLF continued to make cutting edge Jazz/Rock/Pop Fusion music for more than five years.Īfter fourteen solo albums, some of which helped put smooth Jazz on the map, Lorber brought back The Jeff Lorber Fusion in 2012 with Galaxy. Lorber’s new release, Hacienda, is co-produced by bassist extraordinaire Jimmy Haslip (of Yellow Jackets fame) and features a veritable “who’s who” of contemporary Jazz and Fusion players.īack in the late 70’s, The Jeff Lorber Fusion got this reviewer’s attention when the pioneering keyboardist came out with the eponymous The Jeff Lorber Fusion, which took the music world by storm. Just when you thought that Jazz-Rock Fusion was defunct, or even worse, dead, Grammy-nominated Keyboardist, Composer, Producer Jeff Lorber has breathed new life into it, bringing back killer grooves, funky bass lines, sultry saxophones, and wonderfully rich melodies all woven together into a tapestry of Jazz, Funk, R&B, Latin, Dance, and House.
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