OUTBREAK

A large cast of musicians were there to help out drummer Dennis Chambers on this 2002 release. I'm not big on that album cover but the music is quite good. I counted 17 musicians including multiple bass, guitar and horn players. We get a keyboardist and a lot of electric piano thankfully. The Brecker brothers are here on horns along with TRIBAL TECH's bass player Gary Willis. John Scofield is one of the guitarists and man what a talent. There's a fair amount of Funk on here but otherwise Jazz Fusion is what I'm hearing.

It doesn't start well with "Roll Call" mainly because of the blasting horns and I'm sure it's those brothers. "Paris On Mine" is kind of jerky with horns over top. It settles back when we get a guitar solo after 2 minutes. I'm not big into the horns on "In Time". What I do like is "Otay" and there's no horns. The bass and drums are outstanding to open the song and how about the electric piano late. Also "Groovus Interrupus" while funky and with horns over top, I still like. "Plan B" is funky while "Baltimore, DC" is just one cool sounding tune. The title track is the longest by far at almost 11 minutes and quite varied. I like it.

Another impressive album as far as performances go but I have some issues with the horns at times and the style of music. 3.5 stars.