OVER THE TOP

Cozy Powell is possibly my favourite drummer of all time and he has worked with many of my favourite musical artists like Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow, Keith Emerson and Greg Lake in ELP, Black Sabbath and Brian May among many others. Here we have him together with Gary Moore and Don Airey who just came from their stint with Colosseum II.

I'm sure that Cozy and his friends had a tremendous time putting this album together, and Over The Top is indeed a fun album to listen to in parts. We find here some great drumming, guitar and keyboard work. It is mostly an enjoyable listen clearly belonging to the Jazz-Rock category with some Blues influences (not surprisingly with Gary Moore on board). However, the whole album sounds basically the same with little variation in mood or tempo. The whole album is instrumental and hearing the whole album in one go can be slightly tedious. I do not find this music particularly progressive (if not Jazz-Rock is Prog by definition).

It's very hard to know who I should recommend this album to. Fans of Rainbow and Black Sabbath is bound to find this music too cheerful and lightweight; fans of ELP will probably find this too jazzy and not symphonic or progressive enough; serious Jazz-Rock/Fusion fans will likely find this music too simple and not complex enough. Hence, only serious followers of Cozy's drumming and hard core fans of Gary Moore are likely to find this album of genuine interest.

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