Thursday, November 5, 2015

MVP (The Mark Varney Project) "Elegant People"

Check out more awesome jazz fusion/funk.  This is a group called MVP (The Mark Varney Project).  However, Varney, is the producer of the record, along with bassist, Jimmy Earl, and thus, his name, is on it.  The album is a collaboration between three fusion guitarists.  Frank Gambale, Shawn Lane, and Brett Garsed.  Wayne Shorter (the great saxophonist), wrote this composition, called "Elegant People".  It is the sixth cut on the album, which itself, is entitled "Centrifugal Funk".  The band features:

Frank Gambale - lead guitar (solo)
Steve Tavaglione - sax (solo)
Mike O'Neill - rhythm guitar
Freddy Ravel - keyboards
Jimmy Earl - bass
Joey Heredia - drums
Kevin Ricard - percussion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_Funk

1 comment:

  1. F.Y.I. This tune, is actually, a composition, by the great Jaco Pastorius, that he did with his big band.

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