Featuring smoking keyboard solos (when youre alongside Chick Corea you gotta be sharp), ridiculous drums and saxaphone backing, this album is a great taste of fusion. Ever since his formative early-1980s tenure with Miles Davis, Stern has exemplified fusion’s lyrical potential, combining the searing concision of the blues with the extravagant harmonic dexterity of a modern jazz horn player. 27:15 Swing Funk Although Jeff Lorber is more known for his later pedestrian smooth jazz works, in 1977 he still had some funk in him. They collaborated on the recent album “Eleven” (Concord Music), a deeply satisfying project that effectively showcases the manifest gifts of the musicians while drawing them a few steps outside their familiar turf. Stu,&10 Terrys Lament,&10 Soft Space,&10 Chinese Medicinal Herbs,&10 Swing Funk,&10 River Winds,&10 Funky Gospel. Mike Stern, Jeff Lorber bring fusion quartet to Bay Area Close Menuĭescribing the new band led by guitarist Mike Stern and keyboardist Jeff Lorber as a fusion supergroup isn’t inaccurate, but what makes the quartet so intriguing is the way the disparate players fit together. Scoring 1 radio hits with Jeff Lorber Fusion and as a founding member of Smooth Jazz super-group Jazz Funk Soul, Lorber performs constantly before his dedicated fans from coast to coast Highlights include 'Chick' the heartfelt tribute to Chick Correa, the funky 'Louisiana,' the exotic 'Sun Princess' and more Lorber originals. Produced by: Jeff Lorber and Harry Callow All compositions by Jeff Lorber Jeff Lorber: Keyboards Dennis Bradford: Drums Lester McFarland: Bass Terry Layne: Reeds & Flute SIDE ONE: 1 Funky Gospel 2 Glisten 3 Deva Samba 4 Refunk 5 Terry's Lament SIDE TWO: 1 Lift Off 2 Chinese Medicinal Herbs 3 Water Music 4.