In the early 1970s, different
jazz artists had different ways of acknowledging
funk and
soul. Miles Davis, John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Larry Coryell, and Chick Corea's Return to Forever played outright
fusion; their music was an innovative, forward-thinking mixture of
jazz,
rock, and
funk. But at Creed Taylor's CTI Records, the electric
jazz of Freddie Hubbard, Joe Farrell, and others wasn't really
fusion -- CTI had more of a "post-
bop meets
funk and
pop" outlook. And similarly, Gerard Presencer's 1997 recording Platypus combines
jazz and
funk without being outright
fusion; on this melodic CD, the flugelhornist sounds like a post-bopper who has started incorporating
funk rhythms and using electric instruments. Presencer's appealing tone is greatly influenced by Hubbard (with hints of Miles Davis), and original pieces like "In the Air" and "Still Moanin'" wouldn't have been out of place on a CTI recording that Taylor produced in the early 1970s. Platypus (which employs Jason Rebello on keyboards, John Paricelli on guitar, Andrew Cleyndert on bass, and Jeremy Stacey on drums) isn't innovative or remarkable, but it's definitely enjoyable -- and you have to admire the fact that Presencer wrote everything on the CD instead of inundating listeners with overdone standards.
http://www.jazzstore.com1. Still Moanin'
2. Blue - Eyed Boy
3. Crimplen Lover
4. Married Woman
5. Platypus
6. Afterthought
7. In The Air
8. Green - Eyed Girl
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