Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Weather or Not (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:00:07 minutes | 2,55 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Whaling City Sound
This unique double album is the product of the fertile mind of veteran American jazz drummer Gerry Gibbs. The first disc is a tribute to Weather Report, but rather than merely offer lukewarm cover versions, Gibbs reimagines the Weather Report material from the perspective of an acoustic piano-led trio. Gibbs cranks up the creative juices on the second disc, a set of originals ranging from flamenco to pulse-quickening funk, calypso, gospel, Latin jazz, R&B and plenty of all-out swing. Weather or Not is the most audacious and fully-realized project from Gibbs to date, an early crowning achievement from a restless spirit and a triumphant, indefatigable artist.
It is unique and kind of madcap, the sign of a fertile artist plowing through all the ideas swirling around his brain. “Instead of creating one musical concept, I wanted it to sound like 16 trios, so that’s why the music was so eclectic.” Gerry Gibbs is the artist, and his new, two-disc set – one disc devoted to the blazing Weather Report, the second to his own diverse material – leads listeners through a fun house of styles. Disc One is devoted to Weather Report tribute, but it’s not nearly the lukewarm cover collection by aspiring fusioneers you might expect. (Because, perhaps, they might beat Zawinul and company at their own game) Instead, Gibbs opts to re-imagine the material from the POV of an acoustic piano-led trio, the featured instrument played by luminous new talent Alex Collins, with brilliant Austrian-born Hans Glawischnig on bass. The sparks sure do fly on familiar melodies: “Palladium,” “Teen Town,” “Birdland,” naturally, and “Black Market.” There’s lots to dig into here, and you certainly don’t have to be a Weather Report fan to dig it. Disc Two features Gibbs cranking up the creative juices on a set of originals, traversing from flamenco to pulse-quickening funk, calypso, gospel Latin jazz, R&B and plenty of all-out swing. While Gibbs has tackled myriad projects in the past, from 2006‘s Thrasher Big Band project Live at Luna’s to 2010‘s The Electric Thrasher Orchestra Plays The Music of Miles Davis (’67-’75) and 2013‘s Grammy-nominated Thrasher Dream Trio, his 11th release as a bandleader, is his most audacious and fully-realized project to date, an early crowning achievement from a restless spirit and a triumphant, indefatigable artist.
Tracklist:
01. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Teen Town (04:00)
02. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Palladium (04:08)
03. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Mr. Gone (05:42)
04. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Young and Fine (03:59)
05. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – A Remark You Made (05:32)
06. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Black Market (04:57)
07. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Sightseeing (05:35)
08. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Punk Jazz (05:06)
09. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Scarlet Woman – Boogie Woogie Waltz (03:37)
10. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Elegant People (03:55)
11. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Birdland (06:35)
12. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Directions (05:05)
13. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Maestro Ron (00:44)
14. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Just Glad to Be Anywhere (04:44)
15. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Kojak (03:58)
16. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Road Trip (04:31)
17. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Joaquin and Pinky (01:06)
18. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – We Are So Free (04:28)
19. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – The 70’s Song, Patrice Rushen (05:44)
20. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Only in Dreams (04:06)
21. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Paul and Sid’s Blues (03:20)
22. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – I’m Simply Waiting (04:59)
23. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – When I Close My Eyes (Part 1) (06:31)
24. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – St. Marteen (00:28)
25. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – The Caribbean Song (05:47)
26. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – Her Last Words (R.I.P) (04:27)
27. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – It’s a Good Day (03:58)
28. Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People – When I Close My Eyes and Go to a Place I Have Never Been Before (Part 2) (02:50)
