Joe Santucci, Yosi, Jens Wendelboe, Gary Foote, Ed Palermo Big Band, Monty Alexander, Andrew Dice Clay, Blues Anatomy, Frankie Cicala, Keith Calmes, Ric Sandler, Jef Lee Johnson, T-Bone, T.M. G's fans will immediately recognize his soprano tones on the dreamy "Tierra Verde" but will have a harder time picking his funkier style out of the slamming, discofied "Fusion Juice." This collection will also please audiophiles who have long desired to throw out their old scratched Lorber records and hear these classics remastered.Brian Bromberg, Eric Marienthal, Richard Elliot, Rick Braun, Chris Botti, Marcin Nowakowski, Terje Lie, Carol Duboc, Pleasure, Wayman Tisdale, Michael Franks, Paul Taylor, Andre Delano, Gumbi Ortiz, Gabriel Mark HasselbachĪaron Neville, George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Janina Serden Sebesky, Jens Wendelboe, Melinda Doolittle, Tom Russell, Ghostface Killah, Professor Louie, Expose, Ricky Fante, T-Bone, Marc Streitenfeld, Bob James, Donny OsmondĮnrique Chia, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Gus Bryce, Rosa Robi, Olga Tanon, Adrianna Foster, Reyli Barba, Robi Draco Rosa, Erika Ender, Rayito, Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine, Arthur Hanlon, Laura Sullivan While Lorber lovers and serious modern jazz collectors will no doubt thrill to get their hands on this wealth of classic material, fans of both smooth jazz and pop music who don't know Lorber from Count Basie may want to hear it for another reason - the early development of a then-obscure Seattle saxman known as Kenny Gorelick (later known as multi-million selling Kenny G). The Definitive Collection is a compilation album of jazz fusion songs by American pianist Jeff Lorber and was released in 2000 through Arista Records. (The Fusion was together from the mid-'70s through the early '80s, and that includes warts and all.) Despite the glorious melodies, beautiful keyboard passages, and irresistible funk, a few spacey synth solos would be conspicuously cornball if they were played today.
The 16 tracks perfectly represent a time that postdates the hardcore jazz fusion of the early '70s and predates smooth jazz. Listen free to Jeff Lorber Fusion The Definitive Collection (Tune 88, Water Sign and more). The buoyant funk tune "Fusion Juice" sums up the spirit and percussive energy the band had, and which the keyboardist has carried on into his popular '90s work. Tracklist with lyrics of the album DEFINITIVE COLLECTION 2000 of Jeff Lorber: Tune 88 - Water Sign - Night Love - Fusion Juice - Warm Springs - Rain Dance.
It was pop, it was soul, it was rock-fusion, with dashes of jazz, blues and - dare it be mentioned, yet of its time - a dash of disco. Superstar keyboardist, writer, producer Jeff Lorber is renowned as a pioneer in the Jazz-Fusion movement. Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs. Albums include Private Passion, In the Heat of the Night, and Step by Step. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Genres: Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Contemporary R&B. Listen to your favorite songs from The Definitive Collection by Jeff Lorber Fusion Now.
Long before the coining of the radio-generated buzzwords "new adult contemporary" or "smooth jazz," the composer/keyboardist Jeff Lorber was riding a creative wave of pop/jazz fusion, building a loyal following for a synthesis of sound so fresh and distinctive that only one name could really define it - the Jeff Lorber Fusion. Jeff Lorber discography and songs: Music profile for Jeff Lorber, born 4 November 1952.