Tower Of Inspiration
Here And There
Festival De Ritmo
In Common
Garden Wall
Auratune
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
Master Plan
Island Magic
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Master Plan
Published: 04 Apr 2010, 20:41
Dave Weckl - Master Plan Release Date 1990 GRP Review By Edward Burke DAVE WECKL’s Recording Career As Leader Jumped Off To A Fantastic Start With Master Plan. Dave Had Already Established Himself As A World Class Drummer/percussionist Touring And Recording With CHICK COREA’s Fusion-Style Elektric Band Along With Chick’s Straight-Ahead Akoustic Band. Weckl’s Admirers Greeted This CD With High Expectations And Master Plan Easily Lives Up To Those Expectations. Weckl Surrounded Himself With Greatly Talented Musicians Including The Inimitable Multi-Instrumentalist JAY OLIVER Tenor Saxman MICHAEL BRECKER And Elektric Band Colleagues Corea And Super-Saxman ERIC MARIENTHAL Soprano & Alto . Charged Pieces Range From The Funky Oliver/Weckl “Tower Of Inspiration” Over To The Afro-Cuban-Influenced Oliver/Weckl “Festival De Ritmo” To The Brazilian-Minded Oliver Comped “Auratune.” A Masterpiece Delightfully Douzed With Mind-Bending Rhythmic Displacements . “Softly As In A Morning Sunrise ” Finds Weckl Forming A Trio With Pianist Ray Kennedy And Bassist Tom Kennedy. MASTER PLAN Has Indeed Surfaced As An Essential Work As The Concept Of Rhythmic Displacement In Fusion Composition Has Been Entertainingly Employed Throughout This Wonderful ‘masterful’ Work And Serves As Pioneered Inspiration For Many Albums Of Like-Kind To Follow In Its Footsteps. Credits Scott Alspach - Trumpet
Andy Baltimore - Creative Director
Evelyn Brechtlein - Production Coordination
Michael Brecker - Sax Tenor Chick Corea - Synthesizer Piano
Joseph Doughney - Post Production
Steve Gadd - Drums
Dave Grusin - Producer Executive Producer
Jerry Hey - Trumpet
Anthony Jackson - Bass
Ray Kennedy - Piano
Tom Kennedy - Bass
Bernie Kirsh - Engineer
Michael Landy - Post Production
Eric Marienthal - Sax Alto Sax Soprano Peter Mayer - Guitar Vocals
Jacki McCarthy - Design
Darren Mora - Engineer Assistant Engineer
Ron Moss - Producer Executive Producer
Jay Oliver - Synthesizer Guitar Arranger Keyboards Programming Sound Effects Producer Engineer
Bill Reichenbach Jr - Trombone
Larry Rosen - Producer Executive Producer
Andy Ruggirello - Design
Jeff Sedik - Photography
Dan Serrano - Design
Chris Sobchack - Technician
Dave Weckl - Arranger Drums Programming Timbales Producer Overdubs Drum Programming Brushes