Search - Marc Cary :: Rhodes Ahead

Imaginative, atmospheric, drum 'n bass jazz from former Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter sideman Marc Cary. Rhodes ahead is hand and hand with the jazz rock revolution mapped by Zawinul and Miles Davis in the late 60's and here Marc Cary pushes the electric piano boldly into the millennium, dedicating this album to it's inventor Harold Rhodes. Cary negotiates a series of lush backdrops that vary from pneumatic drum & bass to mood indigo house and juggernaut-heavy jazz funk. A stunning musical mosaic where jazz and jungle are simply the primary colors. Tribute to the holy grail of synthesis. The distilled essence of electronica, the holy grail of analogue synthesis, linked to Herbie Hancock's casually gorgeous soul-jazz phrasing, trickling out of that bulky fiberglass casing like liquid funk. Tarus Mateen's slithering fretless bassline interlocks with Cary's improvisations. Inspired by the timeless classic sound or the Rhodes piano.