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Stammpede

Marvin Stamm

Label: MCA Records
Released: 1983
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Tracks

1. Oriental Spice 04:23 2. Los Samana 04:14 3. Powerplay 03:37 4. Coming Attractions 04:23 5. Stammpede 03:57 6. Masque Afrique 05:23 7. By Torchlight 04:53 8. Carnevale 03:17

Personnel

Additional Personnel / Information

Produced by Jack Cortner Music composed by Jack Cortner & Chris Palmero Recorded at Howard Schwarz Studios, NYC Engineered by David Greene Mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkley, CA Art Direction: Herb Wong Cover photo: David Cavagnaro Back photo: Bob Weber

Album Description

Stammpede, recorded in the early ‘80s, was the result of a collaborative effort by co-composers Jack Cortner and Chris Palmero. The basic idea was to frame a jazz quartet with percussion in a contemporary setting surrounded by Chris Palmero’s synthesizer. It was one of the first attempts to use the synthesizer as part of the group rather than just a background instrument to provide “sounds.” As we got into the project, the idea of adding a horn section to flesh out some of the ensembles and act as a ‘back-up” band emerged. Jack Cortner wrote the arrangements and used the horn section brilliantly. Jack, one of my dearest and oldest friends since I came to New York, also produced this recording. We invited engineer David Greene from Toronto, Canada, to record this project, and the album’s sound reflects his talents. The quartet was comprised of pianist Kenny Ascher (a brilliant composer), drummer Ronnie Zito, and bassist Marcus Miller, a young man fairly new to the New York scene who would go on to become Miles Davis’ bassist and producer and later one of the “heavies” in the music world. Percussionist Sue Evans rounded out the core group.

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