Toss into the musical blender the spirits of Stevie Wonder, Crusaders, Van Halen, Sting, doc John, as well as Chick Corea; plough on the fire, depression for slow simmering blues-rock at times, high for a fiery intensity that busts the borders betwixt R&B as well as fusion. The result: the Dave Weckl Band's hard-to-categorize adventure, Rhythm of the Soul. Here, he celebrates his liberation from Corea's Elektric plication amongst a vengeance. The ensemble ventures into
a diverseness of decades: the 70s, amongst Steve Tavaglione blowing percussive sax over Buzz Feiten's wah-wah over Jay Oliver's Fender Rhodes Crusaders feel; to the 60s, where, on "101 Shuffle," Weckl as well as Tom Kennedy lay a throbbing foundation based on Booker T's "Green Onions" for the playful interaction of saxman Bob Malach as well as Feiten; as well as fifty-fifty the 80s, where Gambale does his best Eddie Van Halen ability guitar to displace the rockin' blues of "Access Denied." Weckl's peel as well as high-hat pose out energy jumps out at every turn, well-nigh notably on the jams precisely likewise on the to a greater extent than subtly rhythmic "Mud Sauce" as well as the dreamy ballad "Song for Claire." Those tunes are the cool oases inward the midst of the pipe gumbo. Tracklist
1 The Zone
ii 101 Shuffle
three Mud Sauce
iv Designer Stubble
v Someone's Watching
six Transition Jam
seven Rhythm Dance
8 Access Denied
ix Song For Claire
10 Big B Little B
eleven Good Night
Personnel
Dave Weckl - drums
Jay Oliver - keyboards
Buzz Feiten - guitar
Also: Bob Malach, Steve Tavaglione, Tom Kennedy, Frank Gambale
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