Weather or Not

Weather or Not
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It is unique and kind of madcap, the sign of a fertile artist plowing through all the ideas swirling around his brain. â€œInstead of creating one musical concept, I wanted it to sound like 16 trios, so thatâ€™s why the music was so eclectic.â€ Gerry Gibbs is the artist, and his new, two-disc set - one disc devoted to the blazing Weather Report, the second to his own diverse material - leads listeners through a fun house of styles. Disc One is devoted to Weather Report tribute, but itâ€™s not nearly the lukewarm cover collection by aspiring fusioneers you might expect. (Because, perhaps, they might beat Zawinul and company at their own game) Instead, Gibbs opts to re-imagine the material from the POV of an acoustic piano-led trio, the featured instrument played by luminous new talent Alex Collins, with brilliant Austrian-born Hans Glawischnig on bass. The sparks sure do fly on familiar melodies: â€œPalladium,â€ â€œTeen Town,â€ â€œBirdland,â€ naturally, and â€œBlack Market.â€ Thereâ€™s lots to dig into here, and you certainly donâ€™t have to be a Weather Report fan to dig it. Disc Two features Gibbs cranking up the creative juices on a set of originals, traversing from flamenco to pulse-quickening funk, calypso, gospel Latin jazz, R&B and plenty of all-out swing. While Gibbs has tackled myriad projects in the past, from 2006â€˜s Thrasher Big Band project Live at Lunaâ€™s to 2010â€˜s The Electric Thrasher Orchestra Plays The Music of Miles Davis (â€™67-â€™75) and 2013â€˜s Grammy-nominated Thrasher Dream Trio, his 11th release as a bandleader, is his most audacious and fully-realized project to date, an early crowning achievement from a restless spirit and a triumphant, indefatigable artist.
Country USA
Brand Whaling City Sound
Manufacturer Whaling City Sound
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 0687606009127
Model 0687606009127
ReleaseDate 2017-02-24
UnitCount 2
UPCs 687606009127
EANs 0687606009127

Country	USA
Brand	Whaling City Sound
Manufacturer	Whaling City Sound
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	0687606009127
Model	0687606009127
ReleaseDate	2017-02-24
UnitCount	2
UPCs	687606009127
EANs	0687606009127

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