Message of joy, life proposal, carpe diem

can't wait for summercamp I need to see this live

Yééé…super groove…super choeur…super bassiste…enfin tout est parfait quoi…super cool…bravo !!

fusion

June 1999 - the first ever NMS studio recording. Six original ditties recorded on 8-track 1/4" reel-to-reel in the basement of former Mastersounds percussionist Sam Bell's house in Chapel Allerton, Leeds. Intended purely as a notepad to help Bob & Pete learn the tunes that Si and Eddie had already been playing for a couple of years, the recording fell into the hands of London-based DJ and promoter Clive Johnson, who suggested releasing some of the tunes on limited-edition 7" singles on his recently-formed Blow It Hard imprint.

One Note Brown (original Version)

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Originally released on EMI Sweden, original copies of this album still change hands in excess of $400 to $500.

This was Doris’ jazz album though it contains more than a hint of Joni Mitchell, Led Zepellin and the like. Backed by her husband Lukas Lindholm on bass she was able to lay down some seriously funky bass lines on tracks like Don't and Beatmaker. On You Never Come Closer, an experimental track that was way ahead of its time, Janne Carlsson unleashes a fearsome sound on drums helped by Bernot Egerladh on organ. For her part, Doris’ crazy lyrical juxtapositions made tracks like Bath sound drug inspired.

Doris - Beatmaker

The Revival (Live)

NaaNaaNaa (Live)

The Beautiful Game

Vulfpeck - Cory Wong

ANN ROBINSON - You Did It

Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles debut single "Trade It All" | Album available SEPTEMBER 15th!

Debut Single- Trade It All

Famous Last Words

Bad Asteroid is a Govan original composition; it dates back to his early 1990s demo.

The Aristocrats:

Guitarist: Guthrie Govan;
Bassist: Bryan Beller;
Drummer Marco Minnemann.

The Aristocrats - Bad Asteroid (Guthrie Govan)

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Guthrie Govan - Wonderful Slippery Thing

Cover of Phat Phunktion's "Well Run Dry", recorded live straight from the soundboard, April 2019.

Well Run Dry (Phat Phunktion cover)

{Joe Williams With Thad Jones & The Mel Lewis Orchestra - Get Out Of My Life Woman}

Guthrie Govan - Fives, by Jahja Telussa.

Live version @ YouTube: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y59YITkBzZM&list=UU89biW5nW7XsK_YKouIfR2g&index=2

Fives (Guthrie Govan)

One of the most formidable fretless electric bassists in the post-Jaco Pastorius era, Texas native and current Barcelona resident Gary Willis joins forces with Catalan keyboardist Albert Bover and Budapest-born drummer Gergo Borlai on this exhilarating take on the electric piano trio. Co-founder (with guitarist Scott Henderson) of the premiere fusion band Tribal Tech and former member of Wayne Shorter’s band, Willis and his highly interactive crew shift deftly from slamming funk (“Old School”) to percolating fusion (“Disconnectivity”) to aggressive swingers (“Change Agent,” ”Move”) while embracing quiet ballads (Paul McCandless’ “Amaryllis,” Milton Nascimento’s evocative “Tarde” or Willis’ aptly-titled “Dream”) with uncommon sensitivity and a lyrical touch. They also turn in expressive interpretations of the Lennon-McCartney classic “Norwegian Wood” and Bill Evans’ “We Will Meet Again.” And the album closes on a poignant note with Willis’ tasty, subtly reharmonized rendition of the Depression era standard “For All We Know,” a tune famously covered by the likes of Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Nina Simone and Donny Hathaway.

Says the great bassist of his impressive sidemen on Retro: “Gergo is an incredible drummer. I had done some playing with him in Budapest, and since he moved to Barcelona Albert and I have been able to work up some nice chemistry as a trio with him.
This new record is about us playing together. It’s not about big productions or anything, it’s just Rhodes, bass and drums. It’s a totally different direction from what I did last time (on 2007’s Actual Fiction, also on Abstract Logix). It shows what can happen when you just make it about the interpretation of the material and how we play together. And for that reason it’s maybe more personal than anything I’ve done before.”

From the modal opener “Change Agent” to the bubbling “Old School” (which recalls the old school funk-fusion of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters) to the atmospheric “Tarde,” these three kindred spirits demonstrate a remarkable capacity to groove in loose-tight fashion throughout Retro. They collective burn through a labyrinth of chord changes on the uptempo romp “Move,” which is fueled by Willis’ urgent walking bass lines, and settle into on mellow accord on Oregon’s floating “Amaryllis” and a chill 3/4 take on the Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood.” Bover proves to be both a consummate accompanist and accomplished soloist from track to track while Borlai’s crisp, polyrhythmic pulse and supple brushwork fuel the proceedings. Willis’ virtuosic solo contributions here, particularly on “Disconnectivity” and “Move,” show why he is regarded as one of the most outstanding bassists on the scene today.

“I just wanted to feature the fun of playing together and the expression that comes out in this stripped-down setting,” says Willis of his fifth album as a leader overall and second for Abstract Logix. “Whatever direction it’s going, we’re going to try to get into it pretty deep.”  They’ve succeeded in brilliant fashion on Retro.

 

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