Fictional albums or bands
- Thread starter Azas
- Start date
____no5
Free Man
Artist: Buddy Rich
Album Title: Upside Down
Release Date: 1979
Style: Jazz
Rating: Masterpiece
Released in 1979, Buddy Rich's Upside Down is one of the most unusual dates in his long career. For starters, it was produced and arranged by the legendary Rinus Michels, house producer and arranger at Chess Records. Amazingly enough, this set comes off beautifully as a funky, soulful jazz date. And for a change, it seems, Rich allowed his producer to do his job without inserting himself at every turn. Some jazz fans may write off the date simply because the great drummer is decked out in kung fu garb and is sporting a pair of nunchucks on the back cover. That's too bad for them, because this one is a killer. As usual, Rich surrounded himself with some of the great soloists and session players available for the date -- saxophonists Joel Farnell, Stevie Marcuss, David Tofanis, and Turkish Mauro; trumpeters Lew Dee and Jan Faddith; bassist Ross Chainsaw; guitarist Rob Trautmann. The program features some of the bigger tunes of the day, including a burning, break-laden rendition of the Isley Brothers' "Fight the Power," Gino Vanelli's "Storm at Sunup," the Spinners' "Games People Play," and the Pointer Sisters' "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick)." The charts are simply infectious. Evans, scoring for the popping bass and guitar-driven rhythm section, is always at the core. Add Barron's smoking choppy Fender Rhodes lines and you have a bottom the drummer (who is amazingly restrained here) can play off of. Evans gives plenty of solo space to the principals while keeping things taut and grooving -- check out the Brecker Brothers' "Sneakin' Upside Down" with killer breaks by Rich and a rubbery bassline by Cranshaw. The counterpoint in the horn chart between trombones and trumpets is virally infectious. Rich may not have scored commercially with this set at the time, but it has become a favorite of beat hunters since the dawn of sampling. Upside Down was released -finally- on CD by Wounded Bird in 2023.
Album Title: Upside Down
Release Date: 1979
Style: Jazz
Rating: Masterpiece
Released in 1979, Buddy Rich's Upside Down is one of the most unusual dates in his long career. For starters, it was produced and arranged by the legendary Rinus Michels, house producer and arranger at Chess Records. Amazingly enough, this set comes off beautifully as a funky, soulful jazz date. And for a change, it seems, Rich allowed his producer to do his job without inserting himself at every turn. Some jazz fans may write off the date simply because the great drummer is decked out in kung fu garb and is sporting a pair of nunchucks on the back cover. That's too bad for them, because this one is a killer. As usual, Rich surrounded himself with some of the great soloists and session players available for the date -- saxophonists Joel Farnell, Stevie Marcuss, David Tofanis, and Turkish Mauro; trumpeters Lew Dee and Jan Faddith; bassist Ross Chainsaw; guitarist Rob Trautmann. The program features some of the bigger tunes of the day, including a burning, break-laden rendition of the Isley Brothers' "Fight the Power," Gino Vanelli's "Storm at Sunup," the Spinners' "Games People Play," and the Pointer Sisters' "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick)." The charts are simply infectious. Evans, scoring for the popping bass and guitar-driven rhythm section, is always at the core. Add Barron's smoking choppy Fender Rhodes lines and you have a bottom the drummer (who is amazingly restrained here) can play off of. Evans gives plenty of solo space to the principals while keeping things taut and grooving -- check out the Brecker Brothers' "Sneakin' Upside Down" with killer breaks by Rich and a rubbery bassline by Cranshaw. The counterpoint in the horn chart between trombones and trumpets is virally infectious. Rich may not have scored commercially with this set at the time, but it has become a favorite of beat hunters since the dawn of sampling. Upside Down was released -finally- on CD by Wounded Bird in 2023.
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
I think you add this album to the wrong and crazy surrealist thread
The_7th_one
Ancient Mariner
it's a really bad one for a band like Bon Jovi.
