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Flashpoint
This
all-star project brings together four potent and highly respected
players -- Steve Smith, Dave Liebman, Aydin Esen
and Anthony Jackson -- whose paths have crossed before in
various configurations over the years. As a unit, they
authoritatively straddle the worlds of freewheeling jazz
improvisation and kinetic, rock-fueled intensity on Flashpoint,
which takes no prisoners and makes no apologies for its full-out
fuzoid tendencies...
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Modern
Drummer Presents Drum Nation
Magna
Carta records has released "Modern Drummer Presents Drum
Nation" a compilation CD with tracks from different drummers
including Steve Smith, Terry Bozzio, Bill Bruford,
Simon Phillips and many others.
Steve contributed one track (that was turned into two parts): a
duet with tabla master Zakir Hussain called "Mad Tea
Time Part 1 and Part 2," more than 11 minutes of drumming
with members of George Brooks' Summit...
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Steve
Smith & Buddy's Buddies: Live at Ronnie Scott's, Set Two
This is the
second of two CDs recorded live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in
London on June 7th and 8th, 2002. The recordings mark the
triumphant return to the club of two stars of Buddy's orchestra --
first tenor Steve Marcus and lead alto Andy Fusco -- now teamed
with pianist Mark Soskin and bassist Baron Browne under the
guiding beat of master drummer Steve Smith...
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Steve
Smith & Buddy's Buddies: Live at Ronnie Scott's, Set One
The
lights come up on the famous stage at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in
London as Steve Smith and Buddy's Buddies launch into their first
set of the evening. Up front, Steve Marcus, with that familiar
professorial shock of white hair, spirited and mercurial on tenor
and soprano, partners towering ex-footballer Andy Fusco, dwarfing
his alto, evincing the essence of swing, snapping his fingers... |
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GHS3
Throbbing
basslines and double bass drums, impossible unison lines and
sextuplets, rapid-fire tom tom fills and nasty, distortion-laced
guitar playing way too many notes... there's nothing quite like
jazz fusion at the top of its form. GHS3 reunites three fusion
fanatics -- guitarist Frank Gambale, bassist Stu Hamm and drummer
Steve Smith -- for a powerhouse trio date. This is not crossover
music, this is going-for-the-jugular music... |
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Reimagined,
Volume 1: Jazz Standards
An "inspired
and burning CD" by Michael Zilber, Steve Smith and friends,
says eight-time Grammy winning saxophonist Michael Brecker. "Zilber
has chosen some familiar jazz standards and through the process
scientifically known as 'Zilberization' has transformed them into
new and refreshing compositions. Wonderful music..." The new
CD also features Paul Nagel on piano and John Shifflett on bass... |
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Count's
Jam Band: Reunion
Back in the
Sixties, three years before Miles went electric, Count's Rock
Band were staking out new musical territory by combining jazz
and rock into spaces never before inhabited by jazz musicians.
Count's Rock Band created a fresh vocabulary for jazz by
harnessing rock's uncompromising rhythms with the flair and
flamboyance of jazz improvisation. Read the liner
notes to this seminal recording project...
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The
Light Beyond
Reports of
fusion's death have been greatly exaggerated. The cultural
phenomenon, by which jazz and rock made a potent alliance during
the '70s, generally slipped out of the public ear and major label
consciousness. In a sense, fusion has gone underground, but the
path continues. Witness this recording, a fortuitous meeting of
guitarist Frank Gambale, bassist Stu Hamm and
drummer Steve Smith. Read the liner
notes...
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Vital
Tech Tones 2
The dynamic, take-no-prisoners trio of guitarist Scott
Henderson (Tribal Tech), drummer Steve Smith (Vital
Information, of course) and bassist Victor Wooten (Bela
Fleck and the Flecktones) reunites for a second helping of jazz
fusion in VTT2. It's quite possible, in fact, that the second time
around generates even more electricity and virtuoso playing than
the first. Read the
VTT2 liner
notes...
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Steve Smith & Buddy's
Buddies
The late drum legend Buddy Rich held no interest in
nostalgia. He'd undoubtedly be pleased, though, with this musical
tribute featuring Steve Smith and four Buddy Rich Big Band
alumni: tenor and soprano saxophonist Steve Marcus, alto
saxophonist Andy Fusco, pianist Lee Musiker and
bassist Anthony Jackson. Read the liner
notes...
MP3
dowloads: Aregin
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The
Stranger's Hand
The Stranger's Hand is a remarkable confluence of the
musical energies embodied in a one-time meeting of kindred musical
spirits -- drummer Steve Smith, violinist Jerry Goodman,
bassist Oteil Burbridge and keyboardist/harmonica wonder Howard
Levy -- is an explosion of kinetic forces. Read the liner
notes...
MP3
dowloads: Caliente
(714 KB) | Glimmer
of Hope (705 KB)
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Cause
and Effect
Cause and Effect features legendary jazz guitarist Larry
Coryell, renowned drummer Steve Smith and virtuoso
keyboardist Tom Coster, who pay homage to their classic
fusion roots. The trio capture the essence of classic jazz with a
modern spin to create a cutting-edge progressive fusion album that
sets a new standard for the genre.
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Vital Tech
Tones
Leading instrumentalists Scott Henderson, Steve Smith
and Victor Wooten fuse together an experimental album
replete with state-of-the-art chops, ensemble work and cutting
edge solo sections.
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Show
Me What You Can Do
Guitarist Frank Gambale, drummer Steve Smith and
bassist Stu Hamm come together for the premiere release on
the independent Tone Center label, establishing the new imprint as
a magnet for virtuoso jazz/rock players and a new source of
outstanding quality releases.
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