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Steve Smith & Vital Information - DiscographyЖанр: Fusion | Год выпуска дисков: 1983 - 2007 | Страна: USA | Аудио кодек: MP3 | Тип рипа: tracks | Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps | Общая продолжительность: 12:48:15Альбомы
1983 - Vital Information
Год выпуска диска: 1983 Производитель диска: Columbia Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Looks Bad Feels Good 02- Questionable Arrivals 03- V. G. 04- Vital Information 05- All That Is 06- Stoughton To Stockholm Samba 07- 13th MonthПродолжительность: 00:42:27
1984 - Orion
Год выпуска диска: 1984 Производитель диска: Columbia Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Future Primitive 02- Thank You Mr. Edison 03- The Strut 04- Orion 05- Blade 06- The Adventures Of Hector And Jose 07- Shadows Past 08- Blues To Bappe IIПродолжительность: 00:45:58
1987 - Global Beat
Год выпуска диска: 1987 Производитель диска: Columbia Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- One Flight Up 02- Island Holiday 03- Johnny Cat 04- Novato 05- Sunset 06- Jave And A Nail 07- Global Beat 08- Black Eyebrows 09- In A Low Voice 10- Traditions In Transition 11- Blues To Bappe IПродолжительность: 00:53:49
1988 - Fiafiaga (Celebration)
Год выпуска диска: 1988 Производитель диска: Columbia Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Please Don't Feel Bad 02- The Chant 03- Maltese Connection 04- Celebration (Fiafiaga) 05- Babaluwaiye (The Creator) 06- Sunday Afternoon 07- The Perfect Date 08- Whenever You're Ready 09- 50-50Продолжительность: 00:48:21
1991 - Vitalive!
Год выпуска диска: 1991 Производитель диска: Blue Note Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- One Flight Up 02- Looks Bad, Feels Good 03- Jave And A Nail 04- (What Lies) Beyond 05- I Should Care 06- Mac Attack 07- Johnny Cat 08- The Perfect Date 09- Island Holiday 10- Europa (Earths Cry-Heaven's Smile)Продолжительность: 01:02:55
1992 - Easier Done Than Said
Год выпуска диска: 1992 Производитель диска: Blue Note Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Snap Out Of It! 02- Necessary Autumn 03- Chimes 04- Mr. Man 05- Catch 22 06- I Remember... 07- W. B. J. 08- New Boots 09- Easier Done Than Said 10- Step Aside 11- Night Dive 12- Church Of MilanПродолжительность: 00:57:08
1996 - Ray Of Hope
Год выпуска диска: 1996 Производитель диска: Intuition Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Clouds 02- Celebrate Life 03- Rio-Lize 04- Lorenzo's Soul 05- Sacred Treasure 06- Sixth Sense 07- Ray Of Hope 08- Maxed Out 09- All My Love, Always 10- Peace 11- Fit To Be Tied 12- Over And OutПродолжительность: 01:01:03
1998 - Where We Come From
Год выпуска диска: 1998 Производитель диска: Intuition Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Dr. Demento 02- Moby Dick 03- Craniac Trilogy-Part 1-Transport 04- Listen Up! 05- Swamp Stomp 06- Craniac Trilogy-Part 2-The Extraction 07- First Thing This Morning 08- Take Eight 09- Craniac Trilogy-Part 2-The Implant 10- Bob 11- Cranial Joy-Completion 12- Happy House 13- Cranial Meltdown-Dementia 14- Blow Fish Blues 15- Sitting Ducks 16- Once In A Lifetime 17- 008Продолжительность: 01:17:03
2000 - Live Around The World: Where We Come From Tour
Год выпуска диска: 2000 Производитель диска: Intuition Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист:
CD 1
01- Dr. Demento 02- Moby Dick 03- Swamp Stomp 04- Cranial Jam 05- Happy House 06- Fortaleza 07- First Thing This Morning 08- The Perfect Date 09- It's A Jungle Out There (Studio)Продолжительность: 00:58:58
CD 2
01- The Drum Also Waltzes 02- Take Eight 03- Listen Up! 04- Europa 05- Do You Read Me 06- Over And Out! 07- Mr. Pic 08- Soulful Drums (Studio)Продолжительность: 00:58:57
2001 - Show 'Em Where You Live
Год выпуска диска: 2001 Производитель диска: Intuition Records Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Cranial 1-Right Now 02- Mr. T. C. 03- Shagadelic Boogaloo 04- Cranial 2-The Jinx 05- Soul Principle 06- Our Man In Louisiana 07- Cat And Mouse 08- Cranial 3-Azul 09- Sideways Blues 10- The Blackhawk 11- Cranial 4-Where We Live 12- The Fire Still Burns (For Jimi) 13- Cranial 5-Awaken The Hoodoo 14- Cranial 6-Mata Hari 15- Gingerbread Boy 16- Cranial 7-Brake Failure 17- Untitled BonusПродолжительность: 01:12:03
2004 - Come On In
Год выпуска диска: 2004 Производитель диска: Tone Center Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Time Tunnel 02- Come On In 03- Beneath The Surface 04- Cat Walk 05- Around The World 06- Soho 07- A Little Something 08- From Naples To Heaven 09- Baton Rouge 10- Fine Line 11- High WireПродолжительность: 01:02:32
2007 - Vitalization
Год выпуска диска: 2007 Производитель диска: Hudson Music Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps Трэклист: 01- Interwoven Rhythms-Synchronous 02- Get Serious 03- The Trouble With 04- The Bottom Line 05- Seven And A Half 06- Interwoven Rhythms-Dialogue 07- J Ben Jazz 08- Groove Time 09- You Know What I Mean 10- The Closer 11- Jimmy Live (For Jimmy Smith) 12- PositanoПродолжительность: 01:07:02
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TOM COSTER - Keyboards (Santana)
BARON BROWNE - Bass (Billy Cobham/Jean-Luc Ponty)
VINNY VALENTINO - Guitar (Bill Evans/Jimmy McGriff)
STEVE SMITH - Drums (Journey/Steps Ahead) Now in their 25th year since their initial 1983 release, Steve Smith and Vital Information has become a formidable jazz/fusion juggernaut whose longevity surpasses all of the major fusion groups.
The all-star lineup of Tom Coster (keyboards), Baron Browne (bass), Vinny Valentino (guitar), and Steve Smith (drums) serves up a veritable banquet of sounds, from slamming funk and syncopated second line grooves to seriously swinging, up-tempo B-3 burners, South Indian Carnatic-inspired jams, and sizzling fuzoid romps.
The group’s founder and drummer, Steve Smith, has a resume that stretches from Ahmad Jamal, Zakir Hussain, The Buddy Rich Big Band and Steps Ahead to Andrea Bocelli and Journey. It is no surprise that he won Modern Drummer magazine's "#1 All Around Drummer" award five years in a row and was voted one of the "Top 25 Drummers of All Time" in a recent Modern Drummer readers poll.
In 2002, Smith was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. In the last eight years, he has led or co-led fifteen different jazz or jazz/rock projects for the Tone Center label. His Hudson Music educational DVD Steve Smith - Drumset Technique and History of the U.S. Beat is a best-seller in the music educational market.
Smith and Vital Information are constantly evolving, staying at the top of the game with imagination and creativity. Smith is quick to point out that a key to the band’s remarkable versatility is its bassist.
"Baron brings a real serious groove element to the band," says Smith of his rhythm section partner. "He’s my favorite bass player to play with because he can play all the styles and he always makes the music feel so good."
Smith adds "Baron plays great swing, great funk and groove, and he can read anything. He can play in any odd time signature - plus he can play over changes really well. It’s hard to find bass players who can do all of that."
Browne has worked in the past with Gary Burton, Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty, Steps Ahead and Tom Jones but has never sounded better than he does with Vital Information.
Unique multi-keyboardist Tom Coster, whose versatility ranges from Hammond B3 to accordion, was playing with Gabor Szabo and Rahsaan Roland Kirk long before he came to prominence in Santana, a stay that lasted nine years. He has recorded many solo albums and has been a member of Vital Information since 1986.
Vinny Valentino is the newest member of the band. He began touring in a progressive rock band while still in high school.
At age 16, influenced by the music of George Benson, Vinny began pursuing jazz as a career. He recalls, "the turning point for me was hearing George Benson in concert; I had never heard anybody play like that. It was an eye-opening experience." Vinny and his mentor have since developed a close friendship.
Benson refers to Vinny as a "young genius with brilliant tone and fresh ideas."
Vinny earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at Howard University. Vinny has shared the stage or recording studio with such jazz greats as Gary Bartz, Randy Brecker, Bill Evans, John Pattitucci, Richard Bona, Bob Moses, George Benson, Steve Gadd, Dennis Chambers, and Jimmy McGriff.
It all started In 2004 when Vinny filled in for long-time Vital Information guitarist Frank Gambale on a four week Vital Information tour of Europe. He joined the band as a fulltime member in July of 2006.
The group’s 1998 recording, Where We Come From, was a new beginning for Vital Information. The band had decided to reintroduce itself to its members' musical roots.
The result ran the stylistic gamut from James Brown funk to Booker T & The MGs Memphis soul to searing Tony Williams Lifetime-inspired fusion while making further allusions to jazz icons like Buddy Rich, Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery and Ornette Coleman.
That Americanized formula became more clarified on 2000’s Live Around The World, and their group chemistry solidified on 2001’s Show ‘Em Where You Live. Come On In was released in 2004.
On the band’s 12th album, Vitalization, Vital Information continues to hone its "U.S. music" direction while staking out some adventurous new territory. The seasoned veterans cover a lot of bases on Vitalization and do it all in such convincing fashion.
There isn’t a more flexible and disciplined band of killer players on the jazz scene today than Vital Information. (c) vitalinformation
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