STOMU YAMASH'TA, STEVE WINWOOD & MICHAEL SHRIEVE: GO

I really don´t know. Maybe I expected too much form the stellar line up... for a record that includes such greats as Steve Winwood, Michael Shrive, Al Di Meola, Klaus Schulz and many others, this record sounds too simple and contrieved. Actually it sounds a lot like a Steve Winwood solo efford much of the time (Crossing The Line is a good exemple). Which is by no means a bad thing. Still, I expected more. There is a middle section with lots of synthesizer and percussion effects that sounds quite pointless, and some funk music.. and that´s it. Interesting, nice, but really not up to the talents of everyone involved. And too disjoined. My rating: 2 stars.