ARTIST : Metro
TITLE : Express
LABEL : Indigo Records
GENRE : Jazz
BITRATE : 206 kbps avg
SOURCE : CD (LP)
PLAYTIME : 01:11:52
SIZE : 111.MB
STORE DATE : 2008-00-00
Track List
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1. The Red Fish 7:50
2. Tell Me A Thousand Times 6:15
3. Rio Frio 7:09
4. Maikl Burekka 7:43
5. Express 5:11
6. Sloth 5:20
7. Up Above The Stars 7:38
8. Nuna 5:39
9. Absynth Blues 5:11
10. The Standard (For MB) 5:46
11. Slow Down 8:10
SC release has a messed tracklist and low bitrates.
With the release of their sixth CD, Express , the band
Metro celebrates fourteen years of musical collaboration
and exploration based on their shared passion for the
sonic and musical adventures of the 60 s and 70 s; when
artists such as Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea,
Weather Report and John McLaughlin s Mahavishnu Orchestra
began combining jazz, rock, electronica and world music,
thus expanding the boundaries of all of improvised music.
Express is a continuation in this direction, or genre,
which has come to be known as Fusion . Having crossed
paths during their early years in New York City in
recording sessions and the local club scene,
pianist/keyboardist Mitchel Forman and guitarist Chuck
Loeb soon found themselves sharing the stage as members
of
the Stan Getz Group in the early 1980 s. But it wasn t
until 1994, after touring and recording with the Bill
Evan
s groundbreaking Petite Blonde project, that they joined
forces with drummer Wolfgang Haffner and bassist Anthony
Jackson and recorded their first CD {Metro Lipstick
Records } and did their first tour. Jackson was a
well-established bassist at the time, and brought the
younger Haffner along who had been a member of the German
fusion group Passport. Since then they have recorded four
more studio albums and one live CD featuring Forman,
Haffner and Loeb, and several different bassists: Victor
Bailey, Mel Brown, and Jerry Brooks. On Express , they
have joined forces with world-renowned bassist, vocalist,
composer, and producer Will Lee adding a fresh new
dynamic
and energy to the band. The songs on Express range from
the intense sonic soundscapes of Slow Down and Rio Frio
to
funky blues based jaunts like Sloth , the up-tempo
Absynth
Blues and even a bit of Euro-Techno on the title track
Express . The band turns a bit more introspective on Tell
Me A Thousand Times and Nuna with Forman s lush keyboards
and Haffner s light touch on brushes setting up a
simmering slow burn.