Unlike some Tone Center offerings, which tin live thinly masked excuses for a fusion-blowing workout, Cab 2 succeeds on both compositional in addition to soloing levels. With drummer Dennis Chambers, organist Brian Auger, in addition to bassist Bunny Brunel (once of Chick Corea's '80s band), hither joined past times speed-king guitarist Tony MacAlpine, the album revels inwards the Holdsworth-Elektric Band-Vital Information format, retaining high levels of spontaneity throughout. The lineup is good balanced: Chambers is both incredibly funky in addition to creative amongst his blazing drum romps, spell Brunel is consummately lyrical in addition to able to comment on Chambers's furious feet in addition to finger explorations. Melodically, old-timer Auger keeps his caput downward amongst lush R&B stabs of B3 organ riffage--the perfect complement to MacAlpine's oftentimes hyperbolic, dazzling fretboard mayhem. Mostly, the quartet keeps it high, hard, in addition to fast, running the voodoo downward over Brunel in addition to MacAlpine tracks such equally "Decisions," "Top Spin," in addition to "Song for My Friend," which employ brisk odd-meters in addition to (what else) serpentine melodies. It's alone when this fusion supergroup dwells on midtempo cloth ("Temperamental," "Sunday") that they run curt on fuel, plodding where they should live pummeling, snoring on the task when fusion demands high-speed mental acuity. For its pure soloing prowess, oftentimes bittersweet melodies, in addition to boiling arrangements, Cab 2 goes all the way.
All the arm chair critic snobs hither who can't play, should but pause out their onetime IOU in addition to Stanley Clarke albums, receive got a Coke in addition to a smile, in addition to acknowledge that they receive got locomote their parents. Yeah, you're old!
The whole band is amazing, the tones are rich, the playing stellar, in addition to Tony MacAlpine is the God of Hell Fire. This is a prissy movement for Tony. From Neo-Classical to Planet X, (Have yous seen him amongst Vai!!!) in addition to right away this. He's pushing the envelope in addition to his guitar tone on Cab two is the best he's always had. It's really refreshing to hear Tony play amongst to a greater extent than feel of funk, in addition to amongst Dennis Chambers on board how could he not?
Dennis Chambers?! Oh my God! Brian Auger?! Oh Yeah! Bunny?! Boo-Ya!!!
If alone Scofield could play to a greater extent than similar this. Like he had some burn downward inwards his belly (Mustard inwards his soul!) in addition to stopped playing tired, cerebral, scholastic, white bread, funk jazz.
MacAlpine comes from a whole other management joining this band which makes it so fresh. I dig that he's non coming from a ship service bop clone schoolhouse attempting to pause costless of it similar so many others. MacAlpine brings the burn downward of Malmsteen in addition to the jaw dropping facility of Holdsworth but sounds similar neither. In context, the band inwards on a whole other score because of their unlike influences.
It's the mixing of genres that makes it special. Not a bunch of Miles Davis alumni existence allstars amongst nil to milkshake anyone upward with.
Greg Howe's Extraction amongst Dennis Chambers in addition to Victor Wooten wasn't fifty-fifty this successful. Howe wants to live so hip when he should but shred in addition to allow the beat department practise their thing. It's the contrast inwards musical styles that makes projects similar this special. Not everyone coming from the same place.
We demand to a greater extent than unadulterated shredders doing projects amongst funk jazz guys. Enough amongst the bop clones trying to print dead people.
I volition definetly live buying to a greater extent than Cab releases.
I dearest this disc. I receive got owned it for nearly a twelvemonth right away in addition to withal relish listening to it. I experience miserable for the other reviewers that they can't appear to pick out grip of it. I receive got gotten alot of satisfaction out of listening to these guys. Dennis is 1 of my favorite players of all time.
Brian Auger (who I listened to alot inwards the belatedly 60s in addition to early on 70s) also is a prissy add-on to the band. Great stuff, fifty-fifty but for listening.
You know,its so typical for a jazz/fusion exercise participant to diss people similar Tony MacAlpine.Sorry but I detect John Scofield (or whatever) equally a drugged-out Pothead.. miserable his music but ain't got that grit.I imagin him equally but modest from the 60's withal on narcotics trying' to tape jazz/fusion or something similar it.While Tony is take away upward score headed in addition to a good progressed participant who puts out skillful music.Look i bet one-half of the people that dissed this CD don't fifty-fifty play jazz/fusion,well I receive got that dorsum cuz some of yous people audio similar jazz players;Arrogent,Obnocsious(parden the spelling),and downward correct close-minded(jazzbos..lol thats funny ^_^).Look this band doesn't receive got to audio similar Chic Korea,or that addict John "whats his final name" or fifty-fifty freakin' Miles Davis to live a jazz/fusion band..Oh in addition to to that guy that said most them non expressing the pregnant of life (or something similar that) dude.. these aren't Coldplay alright? (which neglect big fourth dimension at tryin' to explicate "life" )..These guys are musicians that give out some slammin' fourth dimension changin' maximum fusion that genuinely know how to play their instruments!Their music is what they're about.See musicians tin limited themselves through their instruments they don't receive got to whine,scream,or sing through a mic to larn a signal across..and if yous ACTUALLY take away heed to the music you'll hear it.Tony MacAlpine came from the 80's : True. Tony MacAlpine can't play fusion: False!..I hateful if this isn't fusion what is it?..Progressive? no..If that author withal thinks that most Tony.. so he/she should hear Planet X!The album Moonbabies has some pretty unique fusion songs equally good equally some difficult hittin' Progressive songs (listen to rail 3) thence the agency the band has been branded amongst Prog Fusion.. await oh yeah "there is no such affair equally Prog Fusion! it has to audio similar the fusion from the 70's/80's or jazz from the 40's to live cool in addition to exist!" people listen,Musicians are creative people (well some of them anyway..)I hateful this the 21st century in addition to nosotros can't make off putting the same materials out in addition to the CAB projection isn't.. infact, their music is a footstep inwards a novel direction.Sorry if some of yous are also arrogent in addition to close-minded to encounter it...Oh! in addition to most the album..its genuinely really REALLY skillful fusion(sorry i'm at a lost for words its that skillful ^_^)!I starting fourth dimension heard the vocal "Southside" on the radio in addition to homo I roughshod inwards dearest amongst it!At the time,I didn't know it had people similar Tony in addition to Dennis but when i institute that out i was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than amazed! :) five stars all the way!
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Track listing
1. "Decisions" Bunny Brunel 9:12
2. "Madeline" Tony MacAlpine 8:29
3. "Dennis" Brunel 5:14
4. "For Joe" Brunel 7:11
5. "South Side" MacAlpine 7:25
6. "Song for My Friend" Brunel 4:41
7. "Temperamental" Brunel 9:40
8. "Top Spin" Brunel 8:06
9. "Wah Wah" Brunel 7:00
10. "Sunday" MacAlpine 5:12
Total length: 72:10
Personnel
Tony MacAlpine – guitar, keyboard
Brian Auger – keyboard, Hammond organ
Bunny Brunel – keyboard, bass, engineering, production
Dennis Chambers – drums
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