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Artist: Jeff Lorber Fusion Title: Galaxy Year Of Release: 2011 Label: Heads Up Genre: Contemporary Jazz Quality: FLAC (image) / MP3 Total Time: 55:36 min Total Size: 376 MB / 137 MB Tracklist: 01. Live Wire [07:03] 02. Big Brother [04:50] 03. Montserrat [04:58] 04. Singaraja [04:37] 05. Galaxy [05:17] 06. City [04:29] 07. Horace (Dedicated To Horace Silver) [05:34] 08. The Samba (Feat. Larry Koonse) [04:49] 09. Rapids [04:25] 10. Wizard Island [04:50] 11. The Underground (Feat. Randy Brecker) [04:39] Featuring: Jimmy Haslip, Lenny Castro, Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal and more... Few musicians have defined the sound of contemporary jazz over 30 years like keyboard wizard Jeff Lorber. His sound and his production touch are heard on many of the best recordings out there. As such, a new release from Jeff, under his own name or as part of the collective Jeff Lorber Fusion, is something for guys like me to get excited about. And I was very excited to hear that the latest incarnation of the JLF, as I'm calling it in my notes, includes bass maestro Jimmy Haslip and one of my all-time favourite saxmen Eric Marienthal. The fact that drum duties are shared between fusion powerhouses Vinnie Colaiuta and Dave Weckl only served to increase my sense of anti[beeep]tion. Come on, let's listen to some damn fine funky music. The 7-minute 'Live Wire' kicks us off with a driving drum beat and some nimble bass to accompany it. To me this is a club track and if I get the DJ gig I'm currently chasing, this will get some heavy rotation. The flute, keyboard and guitar solos are all sweet and keep this pounding number uplifting. Good God, I haven't heard jazz this danceable for a long time! I also love the slower strut of 'Big Brother' with the sax out front and some more conventional piano sounds. It's got that Lorber 'loose tightness' (I just made that up) and I love it. 'Montserrat' is more intricate but still crisp and funky with some Brecker-style stabbing horns. This really is funk first and jazz second. It's impossible to sit - or stand - still. My my my! There's time to catch your breath - well, just about - on the more relaxed 'Singaraja' which features lovely work by Larry Koonse on guitar. Marienthal on soprano sounds as good as I've ever heard him - he's really one of the most talented horn-men of the last 20 years. Ahh, just get lost in this stuff. The title track, another writing collaboration with Jimmy Haslip powers in aggressively but soon opens out and mellows out, allowing more of that soprano sax and some cool chord changes - super cool. The funk runs strong throughout with Weckl seriously in the pocket and Paul Jackson Jr on rhythm guitar being, well, Paul Jackson Jr. Check the credits on your best albums - he's there! If you've heard 1982's 'Wizard Island' you'll recognise the groovy 'City', reworked here to have a slightly looser feel and some gorgeous acoustic piano work. Colaiuta keeps that snare cracking and this song must absolutely burn live! A tribute to pianist Horace Silver, 'Horace' is a funky, mid-paced tune with some nice breakdowns where keyboard, sax and bass 'double' each other so well it hurts. It swings like crazy - which by now you won't be surprised to hear! Half a lifetime ago, a friend's brother-in-law used to play some sublime jazz-funk round at his house and 'The Samba' was one of the standout tracks, though back then I didn't know the title or the artist. Well, I do now and I love this sexier, updated version with its acoustic guitar solo courtesy of Larry Koonse. His is a new name for me, but I'll listen for more of his work and I'd advise you to do the same. There's even a little breakdown in the keyboard solo which owes a little to Chic's ridiculously groovy 'Chic Cheer'. Cheeky. Inspired. Love this. The Lorber/Haslip writing team has delivered some gems here, including the funky 'Rapids'. The lead sax and horn section work are dazzling - as is Haslip's bass solo - note-perfect and a scary reminder to humble bassists like me how good bass solos can get. The second song to be reworked from the 'Wizard Island' album is the title track. The phrasing subtly shifts from the original, the overall sound is a touch less angular and Haslip's solo is the icing on the cake. Mind you, the cake ain't bad!! 'The Underground' is an intricate number, which still retains a crisp groove and it features trumpeter Randy Brecker in an all-too-brief appearance. The keyboards and trumpet work well together and the bass solo which heralds the last 30 seconds of the song leaves you wanting more. Well, if you were a kid of about 9 or 10 years old, you'd have a pretty good idea of what would make you whoop with joy on Christmas morning when you unwrap your presents. As a jazz and funk fan who's, ahem, a little bit older, I know what would make me whoop for joy when I take the shrink-wrap off a new Jeff Lorber CD. This album has all of that - and more. ~ smooth-jazz.de http://rapidgator.net/file/c60bafb48f69c652c02f92538c7d8708/GAL.rar.html http://ssh.tf/vjf1g51bL/GAL.rar http://uploaded.net/file/fof535cg/GAL.rar

Artist: Jeff Lorber Fusion Title: Now Is The Time Year Of Release: 2010 Label: Heads Up Genre: Contemporary Jazz / Fusion Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 Total Time: 47:37 min Total Size: 312 MB / 127 MB Tracklist: 01. Rain Dance / Wanna Fly (5:23) 02. Dr. Moy (4:22) 03. Pixel (4:13) 04. Sugar Free (4:00) 05. Mysterious Traveller (3:56) 06. Curtains / Before We Go (4:55) 07. Black Ice (4:17) 08. Las Rosas (3:07) 09. Chinese Medicinal Herbs (4:49) 10. Water Sign (4:24) 11. Sumatra (4:11) Keyboardist and producer Jeff Lorber has wrapped up production of a new CD that delves back into his early catalog and reinvents some of his compositions from the Jeff Lorber Fusion heyday. The CD, Now Is the Time, is Lorber's follow-up to 2008's Heard That. The new CD will be released June 1. By the late 1970s, Lorber had become a prominent figure in the new movement known as jazz fusion - a marriage of traditional jazz with elements of rock, R&B, funk and other electrified sounds. Lorber and his band, Jeff Lorber Fusion, first honed their craft in the Portland, Ore., club scene and rapidly expanded their reach to a national and international audience. This new incarnation of the Jeff Lorber Fusion includes bassist Jimmy Haslip (who co-produced with Lorber and Bobby Colomby), saxophonist Eric Marienthal, trumpeter Randy Brecker, guitarist Paul Jackson Jr., and drummers Vinnie Colaiuta and Dave Weckl. "We all had a vision of what we wanted this record to be," says Lorber, who points to a recent European tour with many of these same musicians - and the positive response that resulted from it - as the primary catalyst for the album. "We wanted a return to the sound of the Jeff Lorber Fusion, but informed by everything I've learned since then. All of a sudden, people seem to be interested in hearing that again. They're ready to hear musicians who can really play, really stretch the envelope with their technique, with their songwriting, and with harmonic structure." http://rapidgator.net/file/584602f63cdf344edacf2e12d572e335/NITTI.rar.html http://ssh.tf/9a9ggeIRL/NITTI.rar http://uploaded.net/file/f72zwckq/NITTI.rar

Artist: Jeff Lorber Fusion Title: Hacienda Year Of Release: 2013 Label: Heads Up Genre: Contemporary Jazz Quality: FLAC (tracks) / MP3 Total Time: 56:15 min Total Size: 378 MB / 148 MB Tracklist: 01. Corinaldo (4:28) 02. Solar Wind [feat. Larry Koonse] (4:58) 03. King Kong [feat. Jean-Luc Ponty] (5:41) 04. The Steppe (5:20) 05. Hacienda (5:31) 06. Fab Gear (4:54) 07. Raptor (5:46) 08. Everlast (5:09) 09. Playa Del Falco (4:45) 10. Escapade (4:58) 11. Dragonfly (4:39) Hacienda is the third volume in the Jeff Lorber Fusion's revisioning of the music they began with in the late '70s and early '80s, with a 21st century twist. Co-produced by Lorber and bassist Jimmy Haslip, the trio is rounded out by drummer Vinnie Colaiuta. There are a slew of studio regulars here to boot, including guitarists Paul Jackson, Jr. and Michael Thompson, horn players Eric Marienthal and David Mann, and percussionist Lenny Castro. "Solar Wind," featuring guest Larry Koonse on guitar, is a fine example of Lorber's current obsession with intricate composition. While its pulse is kept by Haslip and expanded by Colaiuta, the complex lyric sets up terrific solos by Mann, Lorber, and Koonse. There is a real surprise here in the cover of Frank Zappa's "King Kong," with guest Jean-Luc Ponty on violin. The band attacks it with dis[beeep]line and class. There's a rockist backdrop, and Haslip's bassline not only threads the changes but foreshadows them. There are fine keyboard and violin solos -- and killer wah-wah guitar from Thompson -- as this band weds itself to the composer's shifty time changes and spidery melodies. Ed Mann's marimba fills out the sound and adds lyric counterpoint. This tune is followed by the majestic, midtempo "The Steppe," a shimmering, layered groover with crystalline piano from Lorber, soulful alto from Marienthal, and a virtual orchestra of guitars from Thompson. The title track is a driving dance number (it's named for the Manchester dance club), with some surprising rhythmic changes inside the groove. Haslip's bass is bubbling and funky while Colaiuta lays out some outstanding breaks on the repetitive theme. Lorber throws in some killer vamps on a variety of keys and Marienthal's alto solo accents the changes even as it glides over the top. A small misstep occurs in sequencing two midtempo ballads -- "Everlast" and "Playa del Falco" -- next to one another, but the heavier grooves come back on "Escapade," with nice horns from both Marienthal and Mann; Lorber's soloing is in the pocket yet wildly creative, and his piano arpeggios showcase his own roots-jazz-funk in the soul-jazz tradition, evoking Horace Silver, Sonny Clark, Herbie Hancock, and Ramsey Lewis. Hacienda features some of Lorber's best compositions in recent memory. This set is more varied than the hard party aspect of Galaxy: the fusion aspect is more pronounced, while the overall mood and flow is more diverse, nuanced, and beautifully textured. ~ Thom Jurek -- AllMusic.com http://rapidgator.net/file/4ca54af07fcf243bfb846204c141b757/HAC.rar.html http://ssh.tf/2BlVzEsGL/HAC.rar http://uploaded.net/file/bp8oqt84/HAC.rar http://rapidgator.net/file/b2da2912098624865bdd736f6fd9b825/HAC320.rar.html http://ssh.tf/xrQkbbOGL/HAC320.rar http://uploaded.net/file/h5p5kscm/HAC320.rar