Mike Stern - g
Allan Holdsworth - g
Bob Berg - ts
Wayne Shorter - ss
Mitch Forman - keyb
John Patitucci - b
Alex Acuna - perc
Andrea Marcelli - dr, perc
Exit
Silent Will
Final Project
Different Moments
Love Remembered
Three Small Dreams
Everyday
Lights
all compositions by Andrea Marcelli
(c) 1990 Verve POJC-1015
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 This is a mainly electric
album composed, arranged and produced by Andrea Marcelli
(drums, percussion and synthesizer). It features mucisians like
Mike Stern, Bob Berg, the great Wayne Shorter and
Allan Holdsworth to name a view.
Mike Stern opens with Exit, featuring Bob Berg on
sax. Nice little piece. Then on to a nice composition Silent
Will, with the maestro John Patitucci on bass. A hunting
melody with some soft solo work by Mike. Different Moments, a
jazzy piece. Three Small Dreams is the high light for me. Mike
once again in overdrive. This song kicks ass. Everyday is a
good piece. Not as powerfull as Three Small Dreams though.
I must mention Final Project, with Wayne Shorter and
an excellent solo by Allan Holdsworth on guitar/synthaxe. This
song kicks ass and the man can play! On Love Remembered one can
hear the soprano sax of Wayne Shorter. The song in itself is
boring but Wayne makes up for it. Lights is a great synthesized
piece with acoustic features, i.e. piano, bass and clarinet.
Interesting composition but also gets boring after a while.
Overall I must say I like the album. Mike is definitely playing a
major part in it. It is worth having for Three Small Dreams
alone.
Ries van Schelven
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