Harvey Mason - Chameleon (2014)

Artist: Harvey Mason
Title Of Album: Chameleon
Year Of Release: 2014
Label (Catalog#) :Concord [CRE-34113-02]
Country:: USA
Genre: Jazz Funk, Fusion Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 53:16
Full Size: 331Mb(+3%)
Info:wiki

The lead composition, Chameleon, from Herbie Hancock s 1973 landmark Head Hunters serves, in part, as the signifying reference for Harvey Mason ‘s new CD. Not only did Mason provide the rhythmic spank for the jazz-funk staple, he co-wrote it with Hancock along with several other bandmates Paul Jackson and reedist Bennie Maupin. Chameleon features some of the brightest young jazz talents on the scene today: NEXT Collective alumni such as trumpeter Christian Scott, bassist Ben Williams, pianist/keyboardist Kris Bowers, guitarist Matthew Stevens, trombonist/vocalist Corey CK King, saxophonist Kamasi Washington, vocalist Chris Turner, and keyboardist/electronica producer, Mark de Clive-Lowe. Helping Harvey steer this cooperative are some of his contemporaries – bassist and co-founder of the legendary Yellowjackets, Jimmy Haslip; percussionist and founder of Los Hombres El Caliente, Bill Summers; and bassist Paul Jackson (Summers and Jackson having worked with Mason on the original Head Hunters).

Tracks:
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1. Black Frost
2. Montara
3. If I Ever Lose This Heaven
4. Looking Back
5. Before the Dawn
6. Studio Life (Hold It One Second)
7. Places and Spaces
8. Either Way
9. Mase s Theme
10. Chameleo
Bonus Track
11. Looking Forward (Breaking Bad)

Personnel:
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Drums – Harvey Mason
Electric Bass – Ben Williams (5) (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8), Jimmy Haslip (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Paul Jackson (2) (tracks: 4, 15)
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Kris Bowers (tracks: 1, 5, 7, 8, ), Mark de Clive-Lowe (tracks: 2 to 4, 9, 10)
Guitar – Matthew Stevens (2) (tracks: 1 to 3, 7, 8, 10)
Keyboards – Guillaume Perret (tracks: 11)
Percussion – Bill Summers (tracks: 1, 2, 10), Harvey Mason (tracks: 5, 11)
Piano – John Beasley
Piano, Synth – Harvey Mason (tracks: 10, 15)
Soprano Saxophone – Kamasi Washington (tracks: 5)
Synth – Corey "CK" King (tracks: 1, 3, 7), Kris Bowers (tracks: 5, 8), Mark de Clive-Lowe (tracks: 2, 4, 9, 10)
Tenor Saxophone – Guillaume Perret (tracks: 11), Kamasi Washington (tracks: 1, 5, 10)
Trombone – Corey "CK" King (tracks: 1, 3, 5)
Trumpet – Christian Scott (2) (tracks: 3, 7)
Vibraphone – Harvey Mason (tracks: 2)
Vocals – Chris Turner (6) (tracks: 3), Corey "CK" King (tracks: 7)
Vocals, Whistle [Hinda Hu Whistle] – Bill Summers (tracks: 10)

All thanks to original releaser