PROGRESSIVITY

This excellent stuff, concerning such Experimental fusion at its best, sometimes is Frank ZAPPA and DIXIE DREGS like; instead it's more personal in other circumstances. It seems there's a great array, regarding the whole range of fusion styles, within their improvisational stuff. That is, it's so difficult to label them within a specific "Fusion progressive genre", because the band is able to change radically route during the executions of the songs, thanks to such a valuable bass player like Percy Jones, Marc Wagnon on midi vibes and drummer Frank Katz. Besides the guest star John Goodsall (along with Percy Jones in the band BRAND X, a piece of history into the fusion world!!)and violinist Mark Feldman, have got as much talent as this CD requires... moreover on tracks such as "Wall to Wall Sunshine," the band lets Feldman and Goodsall lead the music session, through their talent, while Percy Jones really makes a great job on the track "Frank's Beard"! Instead the song "7,584,333,4440 Miles Away" is very long, as it's a 17 minutes track, where you can note all their influences, from DIXIE DREGS to Frank ZAPPA.

Of course this album requires a repetitive listening, but naturally it's worth checking out !!