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“An eclectic album if there ever was one....”

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written by jfderry on 29/08/2006

An eclectic album if there ever was one. Chops-a-plenty here as the turbo trio of Larry Coryell, Tom Coster and Steve Smith take us on a magical mystery tour of the fusion idiom. The opening tracks certainly set the pace. Steve Smith's frenetic drumming compels energetic playing from Larry Coryell with his Hendrix head on, but who's jazz licks actually come across sounding more like John McLaughlin at times. Imaginative organ solos from Tom Coster explore the solo space but its mainly a rock, group work album with fiery tradeoffs, and Mahavishnu-like vision that even converges towards the Mahavishnu compositional style, a bit too closely perhaps. In a recent blindfold test on the John McLaughlin mailing list One-Word, the second track Plankton has been compared to the "blues" section of Dance of Maya from Inner Mounting Flame. The melody is first hinted at around 3:15 and stated clearly at 3:35. Alternatively, a similar riff can be found in Lila's Dance from Visions Of The Emerald Beyond. Thanks to One-Worders Mark Staskauskas, Mark Anderson and Walter Kolosky.
The rapport between these guys is evident from the tightness of their playing (both Smith and Coster have previously collaborated in Vital Information - almost a Mahavishnu title itself) and the hilarity of a shared joke appended to the close of the album. Other pieces draw on funk, rock and blues rock, even with surprising patches of less palatable shredding. Most pieces are co-written plus the same intro is played for the first and last tracks, albeit on different instruments, all of which tells me that this album was spawned from what sounds like a momentous jam that went stratospheric. Eminent guest bassists Victor Wooten and Benny Reitveld sit in for some of the action including Wooten's wonderfully bubbly popping on the opening track. The album concludes with a salubrious salute to Wes Montgomery and Jimi Hendrix, cleverly using the style of the former to pass into the style of the latter. It sounds like it was a lot of fun to make. It also sounds great and its definitely the kind of advert fusion needs to get back onto the musical map. Be a part of that revolution and order your copy today!

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