Learn Adam Holzman & Brave Novel Basis - 1997 The Big Picture

Jazz keyboardist Adam Holzman (b. Feb 15, 1958, inwards New York, NY) has had an interesting career trajectory. The boy of Jac Holzman, the president of Elektra Records during its late-'60s heyday, Holzman learned keyboards at an early on age, picking upwardly the musical instrument when he was inwards the 3rd grade. Since he was inwards the inner circle of Elektra, he was non exclusively exposed to many of the era's trailblazers, merely he was too able to encounter how they worked. He hung out at artist/doors/d97e0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Doors rehearsals, met Love, together with saw artist/the-paul-butterfield-blues-band/e5110000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">the Paul Butterfield Blues Band inwards their prime. Like many musicians of his era, he was too heavily influenced past times the Beatles. He flora himself attracted to the music of artist/butterfield/990d0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Butterfield together with the Fab Four, which led him to explore a number of dissimilar artists from artist/leon-russell/3a4c0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Leon Russell to artist/joe-cocker/6f3f0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Joe Cocker, eventually leading to keyboard-dominated prog-rockers artist/emerson-lake-and-palmer/e2130100-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Emerson, Lake together with Palmer together with artist/yes/ed8d0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Yes. Holzman's infatuation alongside prog-rock turned out to live on the doorway to his passion for jazz-fusion together with synthesizers. In a affair of time, artist/elp/e2130100-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">ELP gave means to Chick Corea's groundbreaking artist/return-to-forever/df6c0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Return to Forever together with Herbie Hancock's innovative early-'70s work. By the early on '80s, he was working at Goodman's Music, a respected musical instrument shop inwards Los Angeles. At Goodman's, he became an skillful inwards MIDI applied scientific discipline together with synth programming, which led to regular studio gigs. Soon, he had attracted the attending of artist/miles-davis/d45a0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Miles Davis, who was interested inwards MIDI. He joined Davis' band inwards 1985. Holzman stayed alongside the legendary instrumentalist for iv years, spending his in conclusion twelvemonth -- from 1988 to 1989 -- every bit the musical managing director for the entire band. Following his tenure alongside Davis, he toured together with recorded alongside a diversity of artists, including artist/chaka-khan/64150000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Chaka Khan, artist/michel-petrucciani/085a0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Michel Petrucciani, artist/wayne-shorter/7e8b0000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Wayne Shorter, Kolvynator together with artist/kenny-garrett/b6460000-0200-11db-89ca-0019b92a3933">Kenny Garrett. In the jump of 1997, he joined Grover Washington Jr.'s band. By the piece of cake '90s, he was too playing alongside FM Tribe together with Francis M'Bappe inwards New York City. In improver to his purpose every bit a sideman, Holzman pursued many of his ain projects. He led the Los Angeles-based jazz-rock grouping the Fents alongside guitarist Ted Hall; they released The Other Side on Passport Jazz inwards 1987. He too formed the prog-influenced Mona Lisa Overdrive, who released an eponymous album inwards 1993. In the '90s, he released several solo albums -- In a Loud Way (1991), Overdrive (1994) together with Big Picture (1997) -- earlier forming the New York-based, funk-inflected grouping Brave New World, who were a recording entity inwards their ain right, releasing Worldwind inwards the autumn of 1998. 

artist/holzman-mn0000499190">Holzman manned the keyboards inwards the piece of cake 80s artist/miles-davis-mn0000423829">Miles Davis Band. By '85, he became musical managing director for the band. The music is a punchy fusion. Electronic musicians sample jazz grooves, immediately hither is a jazz band that introduced to a greater extent than or less of their tracks alongside ear-catching samples. It is a musical rhythm intensive endeavor alongside a clouded demeanor. An exciting album, having avoided whatever jazz fusion cliches. It could live on considered stone where sax takes over guitar duties.

Adam Holzman together with his band Brave New World get got created an edgy progressive-funk concept album for the post-millenial historic stream of fear. Inspired past times bizarre events spell on tour inwards Eastern Europe, The Big Picture is a scientific discipline fiction soundtrack blending heavy funk, 90's cyber jazz, Miles together with Weather Report influences. Former Miles Davis keyboardist Adam Holzman continues to carve out his ain unique approach to hard-edge keyboard playing. He burns on Wurlitzer electrical pianoforte together with synthesizers. Drummer Juju House together with bass thespian Freddy Cash lay downward to a greater extent than or less ridiculously thick grooves. Plus, these guys tin write. Adventurous together with powerful.

In the early on 1980s, Holzman founded the Fents alongside Ted Hall. In 1985, he was hired past times Miles Davis to play keyboards on the trumpeter's Tutu album, together with stayed alongside him for iv years, eventually becoming his musical director. He tin live on seen performing inwards the Davis concert video That's What Happened: Live inwards Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany 1987. In the early on 1990s, he founded the band Mona Lisa Overdrive, which afterwards changed its advert to Brave New World due to copyright issues.
Holzman has performed every bit a sideman alongside numerous performers together with bands including: Abstract Truth, the Jason Becker Tribute, the Bob Belden Ensemble, Big Horns Bee, Bob's Book Club, Tom Browne, Miles Davis, the Miles Davis Tribute, Cesare Dell’Anna, Ray DeTone, Norman Dozier, Wayne Escoffery, Charles Fambrough, Anton Fig, Robben Ford, Jane Getter, Randy Hall, the Jimi Hendrix Tribute, Robin Kenyatta, Kelvynator, Chaka Khan, Steve Louw, the Teo Macero Project, Ed Maguire, the Mahavishnu Project, Ray Manzarek, Francis M'Bappe, Jason Miles, Marcus Miller, Mark Muller, Shaun Mullins, Takanori Niida, Michel Petrucciani, Kim Plainfield, Lincoln Goines, Twana Rhodes, Wallace Roney, Section 31, Sponge, Steps Ahead, Supa Group, David Taylor, Grover Washington, Jr., Lenny White, Ray Wilson, together with Steven Wilson. Many of these performers he has too produced, arranged together with composed for.

Tracklist:

01     Toxic Waste Introduction     0:59
02     Iron Curtain     3:07
03     Mad Cow Disease     4:09
04     The Longest Day     7:31
05     Chaos Theory     2:12
06     Second World     6:30
07     The Hot Zone     7:31
08     The Sky Is Falling     5:36
09     My Game Is Strong     5:23
10     Comrad Russell     0:12
xi     Fred-Ex     6:03
12     Failed Industrial Belt     7:58

Personnel:

    Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar – Jane Getter
    Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Shaker, Alto Flute – Aaron Heick
    Bass, Programmed By [Bass] – Freddie Cash Jr.*
    Drums, Shaker, Percussion [Drum Loop, Trash Cans] – Ju Ju House
    Guitar – Allen Burroughs
    Guitar, Vocals, Voice – Mitch Stein
    Guitar, Voice – Mike Campbell (3)
    Organ, Drum Programming, Producer, Clavinet, Programmed By, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Keyboards, Arranged By, Piano, Synthesizer – Adam Holzman
    Vocals – Michael "Dino" Campbell*