Pat Coil - Just Ahead

Styles: Guitar And Piano Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:41
Size: 95,9 MB
Art: Front

(6:32)  1. Big Spring
(5:35)  2. Just Ahead
(4:16)  3. A Higher Road
(5:28)  4. Lady J
(4:36)  5. Escape Clause
(4:20)  6. More Than the Eye Can See
(5:49)  7. Show Me
(5:02)  8. For Woody

Ron Komie's electric strings and Gerald Albright's sax add spectacular punch to keyboardist Pat Coil's multi-faceted second effort, the live to two-track Just Ahead. Coil is once again all aces, providing a textbook example of how to reconcile improvisational training with accessible funk, jazz with burning soul, and spirited salsa. Passionate one minute and frolicsome the next, Coil seems to enjoy crossing various lines, heading to the tropics with Andy Narell one minute, cooling his jets on ballads the next, and then exploding for several bouncy free-for-alls. It is fitting to feature Jimmy Johnson on bass, since the typical Coil composition is reminiscent of the best of Flim & the BBs, taking simple lines and twisting them into adventures. Adding to the fun here are John Patitucci, John Beasley, Bob Sheppard, and the wistful flute of Jim Walker. With Just Ahead, Coil is poised to become a master contemporary player and composer.
~ Jonathan Widran  http://www.allmusic.com/album/just-ahead-mw0000076130

Personnel: Pat Coil (electric guitar, piano); George Doering (guitar, acoustic guitar); Dean Parks (guitar, electric guitar); Ron Komie (electric guitar); Jim Walker (flute); Bob Shepard, Gerald Albright, Brandon Fields (saxophone); John Beasley (synthesizer); Jimmy Johnson (electric bass, fretless bass); John Patitucci (electric bass); John "J.R." Robinson , William Kennedy (drums); Andy Narell (steel drum); Luis Conte (percussion).

Just Ahead

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