Check out the shredding Thompson rips off at the end of "Prototype." There's some nasty rock riffing on "Test Drive" between Thompson and Jarius Mozee with Lorber doing triple duty on synth bass, guitar, and keyboards including a solo on he B3, while Snitzer soars on alto sax. ![]() The keyboards-sax-bass and drums makes up the core, but its the prevalence of those guitarists which takes Prototype to the next level. Aided, abetted and augmenting the sound are David Mann's snappy horn arrangements and some solid guitar work from Michael Thompson, Larry Koonse, Jarius Mozee, Chuck Loeb and Paul Jackson Jr. ![]() The core of the band are longtime collaborators Lorber on keyboards and Jimmy Haslip on bass with drummer Gary Novak and saxophonist Andy Snitzer as the new guy. ![]() Well, suck it up, buttercups, because Prototype is nothing if not Jeff Lorber and his crew of merrymakers rocking and rolling and funkin' it up as bad they wanna be. ![]() Is there a dirtier word to the refined ears of the jazz connoisseur? For them the sound of their sacred music mashed up with low-brow rock or common R n' B rhythms must be as harsh and annoying as sharpened nails dragging across a blackboard.
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