Discogged here.
American guitarist and producer, born August 8, 1949 in Port Chester, New York.
Basically this is late 70s American fusion just as you'd expect it to be. Smooth, light, and a little bit progressive. The Prelude to Ballerina is a wonderfully composed orchestral suite:
The standout from a fusion standpoint is vibraphonist Mike Mainieri's Edge of the Sword, which I hadn't heard before despite exhaustively (I thought) going through all his stuff once, with Bernhardt, and also with Steps and Steps Ahead, the furious riff sounds like it should've appeared on Return to Forever's Romantic Warrior masterpiece:
Next LP Here's That Rainy Day moves further into the smooth fusion direction, along with surprisingly cover versions, as if he ran out of compositions to showcase, from that one,



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https://www.sendspace.com/file/48g727
https://krakenfiles.com/view/AWHKCMLfFB/file.html
One of my favorite albums from that time period!
ReplyDeleteKiller stuff from that Pendarvis/Ferrone/Jackson rhythm section,....some late 70's/early 80's cheese, but some burners too, and Anthony is killing it on bass. Some of his most un-heard work...thanks for this! got the vinyl....
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