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Album Review

Jeff Lorber Fusion: Prototype

Read "Prototype" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


Fusion. Is there a dirtier word to the refined ears of the jazz connoisseur? For them the sound of their sacred music mashed up with low-brow rock or common R n' B rhythms must be as harsh and annoying as sharpened nails dragging across a blackboard. Well, suck it up, buttercups, because Prototype is nothing if not Jeff Lorber and his crew of merrymakers rocking and rolling and funkin' it up as bad they wanna be. The core ...

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Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda

Read "Hacienda" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


If the word “fusion" is a dirty word don't tell Jeff Lorber. In 1977, the Jeff Lorber Fusion made the scene and 36 years later there's a new incarnation of the band built around Lorber's keyboards, synths and occasional guitar, Jimmy Haslip on bass, and Eric Marienthal on saxophone. What's changed in nearly four decades later in the current version is a vastly improved model, but Lorber's energy and exuberance for funky, rollicking jams is undiminished.A perfect summation ...

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Music Industry

Jazz this week: Jeff Lorber Fusion, Lotte Anker & Okkyung Lee, and more

Jazz this week: Jeff Lorber Fusion, Lotte Anker & Okkyung Lee, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

This week's jazz and creative music offerings in St. Louis run the gamut from fusion to free improvisation, with plenty of mainstream sounds as well. Let's go to the highlights...  Wednesday, February 18 Keyboardist Jeff Lorber and the latest iteration of his Fusion group featuring bassist Jimmy Haslip and saxophonist Eric Marienthal (pictured, top left) will begin a four-night engagement continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. You can see a video preview of the performances here, and Lorber, ...

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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The return of Jeff Lorber Fusion

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The return of Jeff Lorber Fusion

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Today, let's check out some video clips previewing next week's performances by keyboardist Jeff Lorber, who will be playing Wednesday, February 18 through Saturday, February 21 at Jazz at the Bistro. Officially billed as Jeff Lorber Fusion featuring Jimmy Haslip and Eric Marienthal, this will be the group's second time at the Bistro after having played there previously in 2011. That was shortly after Lorber first teamed up with Haslip, longtime bassist for the Yellowjackets, and Marienthal, who originally came ...

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Recording

Jeff Lorber Fusion - Galaxy (2012)

Jeff Lorber Fusion - Galaxy (2012)

Source: Something Else!

Keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger and bandleader Jeff Lorber has been propagating fusion jazz for so long, the term “Jeff Lorber Fusion" seems almost redundant. Long dismissed by jazz purists and “heavier" fusion fans alike, Lorber has actually provided a bridge from so-called “lite" jazz to more serious, improvisational forms of jazz, as his Berklee-bred chops are top notch, and many of his compositions contain twisty harmonic lines, quicksilver tempo changes and serpentine solos that would confound many musicians of the ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Prototype

Shanachie Records
2017

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Hacienda

Heads Up International
2013

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