When asked close the band's name, Brunel said:
“ ...Center Tone Records wanted me to tape an album amongst Dennis Chambers as well as Tony MacAlpine. [I idea I’d create an acronym of our finally names] Chambers, Alpine, as well as Brunel. I didn’t know that MacAlpine was an ‘M’ as well as non split from the ‘A.’ But nosotros idea it was a adept agency to bear the music... CAB, hence nosotros left it similar that. ”
— Bunny Brunel
CAB 4 is the 3rd studio album past times the instrumental rock/jazz fusion band CAB, released on September 23, 2003 through Favored Nations.
"If yous similar onetime schoolhouse rock/jazz fusion, this album is for you.Dennis Chambers is i of the world's best drummers (Funkadelic; John McClaughlin; Santana); he has played amongst all the best as well as is a phenominal player. Bunny Brunel played amongst Chick Corea as well as if yous similar killer, fast, funky bass playing, he is your man.Tony Mac is novel to me as well as he writes swell tunes as well as plays exciting guitar as well as keyboards. Throw inwards Ms Patrice Rushen on pianoforte on a few tracks as well as yous get got a heady musical stew.Well recorded, smashing playing, unopen to long jams-a fusion lovers delight. Their previous 2 albums are every bit first-class ( at that topographic point is no CAB 3-some sort of within joke). Happy listening."
"I lately saw Cab play at the Baked Potato inwards Los Angeles as well as they were amazing. They played tunes from all the Cab records, as well as all I get got to tell is that I bought Cab iii from Bunny Brunel, its a hold upwardly double CD of them playing at the Baked Potato. I forgot who the commutation board purpose instrumentalist was for the CD precisely the drummer was Virgil Donati, who is an amazing player."
For CAB consists of guitar monster Tony MacAlpine, bass sorcerer as well as Return To Forever alumnus Bunny Brunel, elegant as well as ingenious keyboard innovator Patrice Rushen, as well as the force-of-nature, unstoppable beat dynamo Dennis Chambers on drums -- each a giant on his or her ain terms. Together, they are different anything heard since the glory days of jazz-rock fusion. As Steve Vai said it "This is the best fusion album since Return To Forever."
Though private as well as invitee projects clogged their calendars, the foursome decided inwards 2003 to challenge themselves again. Once to a greater extent than they opened the door, this fourth dimension to Rushen, whose advanced harmonies added notwithstanding unopen to other dimension. Inspired instantly past times their intensifying musical communion, they took the fusion pledge -- defy convention, give-up the ghost on standards high, as well as get got every adventure yous tin give notice -- as well as plunged into CAB 4.
Their method was, of course, anything precisely predictable: Having already established themselves as a versatile hold upwardly combination inwards the studio as well as inwards gigs, CAB tried something different on 4. This time, each runway began amongst the writer, either MacAlpine or Brunel, creating a present of the tune. This was hence passed along to Auger as well as Rushen, who added their parts. Later they all went into the studio amongst Chambers to consummate the project. Dennis unleashed rhythms that uncannily supported, interacted with, bounced through, as well as otherwise led to a finally version as hold upwardly as whatsoever concert performance.
Track listing:
1. "Hold On" Bunny Brunel 4:35
2. "One for the Road" Tony MacAlpine 7:01
3. "Shizuka" MacAlpine 5:24
4. "Tony Mac" Brunel 8:33
5. "Raymond" Brunel 6:31
6. "BB's Rhumba" Brunel 4:53
7. "Bass Ackward" Brunel 4:51
8. "Cloud 10" MacAlpine 6:17
9. "Alphonse" Brunel 6:25
10. "Jam & Toast" Brunel 6:09
11. "Dede" Brunel 6:13
Total length: 66:52
Personnel:
Tony MacAlpine – guitar, keyboard, production
Patrice Rushen – clavinet, Rhodes piano, piano
Brian Auger – keyboard, Hammond organ
Bunny Brunel – keyboard, percussion programming, bass, engineering, mixing, production
Dennis Chambers – drums
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