Wizard Island

Artist: The Jeff Lorber Fusion
Label: Bmg Int'l
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988017620564
ASIN: B0001926NO

Release Date: 2004-03-04

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Tracks:

Wizard Island
Sweet
Can't Get Enough
Reflections
Fusion Juice
Lava Lands
Shadows
City
Rooftops

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Customer Reviews:

Instant Classic...... Heaven or Perfection?.... you choose. .......2006-05-25

I bought this album(...YEAH I SAID ALBUM) in 1980 at 16 or 17.

This has got to be one of the best examples of the past, present, and future of this jazz form called Fusion!! ANYWHERE..EVER..PERIOD!

Past..... Jeff some how got his mentor legend Chick "Armandos Rumba" Corea to play one of the tights keyboard duo's we know of on "Roof tops".

Present...... Jeff shows off his mastery of band leading,and producing like an elder statesmen 30 years his senior.

Future...... Jeff had the insight to use the young (and then unknown outside of the Liberace orchestra) superstar Kenny.G (Then Kenny Gorelick before his elevator music affection took hold) to play sax on cuts like "Fusion Juice" and "Sweet" that were so tight to Jeffs keyboard that you can't tell if its a synth playing sax or a sax microed to moog.

The only downfall of this album is that it challenges "Softspace" (from 1978) for the spot of very best JLF album of all time.

The only solution is to get both of them (Wizard Island and Softspace).
Pay full retail if need be.

Warning..... Do not operate any vehical moving faster then "Park" or you will crash from druming on your dashboard!

LORBER & COMPANY TEAR IT UP!!.......2005-03-19

For me, this is a must-have Lorber CD, period! This was back when Kenny G actually had some balls to his playing, before he went soft. I have owned this on vinyl and eventually CD and still listen to it regularly.
The band is super tight, energetic, and smokin'! Lorber has such a great feel for the keys. The track 'Lava Lands' is a personal favorite. Dennis Bradford holds it all together with some superb, tight, funky, jazzy drumming.
Sadly Jeff Lorber seens to be overlooked by way too many music fans and that is sad as the man is extremely talented. He has quite a few excellent releases but like I said, this one in particular is a MUST-HAVE!!!

The Kick Off!.......2004-06-30

Jeff Lorber adds future solo muzak man Kenny Gorelick to his
musical arsenal and delivers a second Arista album!Now this is
an obvious follow up to "Water Sign" whitch I think could be
recommended first but 'Wizard Island" feaures the dancable
"Fusion Juice",the funky "City" and "Lava Lands",each of whitch
features Lorber's intruiging horn-like synthesizer phrasing.The
amazing feature here is Kenny's inventive,wailing sax solo's
(absolutely nothing like what he's become known for as a solo
artist) so move over Yellowjackets and Spyro Gyra!The Jeff
Lorber Fusion is definately misclassified-being actually one of
the jazzier fusion groups recording in the late 1970's and early
80's.

A Jazz Fusion Must Have! Featuring Kenny Gorelick.......2004-05-17

The Jeff Lorber Fusion, "Wizard Island"
1980 Arista Records [AL 9516]
Reissued on CD in 2004 in Japan [BVCJ-37356]

Produced by: Jeff Lorber
Jeff Lorber: Keyboards
Kenny Gorelick: alto & tenor saxophone, Flute
Dennis Bradford: Drums
Danny Wilson: Electric Bass
Paulinho Da Costa: Percussion

HO BOYEEE! A classic Jazz Fusion Album from one of the genre's best bands. I have such fond memories and thoughts of this album, growing up in Oakland, California. This album really shows off all of the band member's talents especially a young Kenny G., who was then known as Kenny Gorelick. This is the type of music I wish Kenny and Jeff would return to making, remembering their roots. Originally released in 1980, if you can get your hands on a copy of this tremendous album you won't be disappointed! Maestro Jeff's musicianship and Danny Wilson's thumping and popping will have you "movin', groovin and doin' it you know!" This band was tight. A superbly crafted piece of art with flawless mastering, mixing and musicianship, every cut a delight. This album is on my personal list of "Music to perserve for all time" or "The top 10 albums you would take in exile on a deserted isle!"

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