NEW ALBUM - TREE PEOPLE
METRO
is the band project of
- Mitchel Forman and Chuck Loeb
- with Wolfgang Haffner and Anthony Jackson (1994) or Victor Bailey (1995
and 1996)
The band was founded in spring 1994 by Chuck Loeb and Mitchel
Forman, who have dreamed of starting their own cooperative band project
for over 20 years since they worked together for Stan Getz. During
their long career they have often met again - including for a tour and live-album
by saxman Bill Evans called "Petite Blonde", but they
have never led a band together before "Metro". For the steady
band they looked for a great bassman and drummer. Originally Dennis Chambers
was invited to join the band, but he was busy with a commercial job for
the first tour of Europe in spring of 1994. So German drummer Wolfgang Haffner
was invited on the recommendation of bassman Anthony Jackson who had worked
with him on several occassions in Europe - and it worked out great. The
band recorded their first album - called metro like the band - directly
after the tour at the "Hansahaus"-Studios in Bonn, Germany. Since
then they have played a second tour of Europe with concerts in France, Poland
and Germany.
The press reactions were almost as good as the reactions of the audience
- and many journalists remarked that the band plays "Power fusion"
instead of "elevator crap". In spring 1995 Anthony Jackson left
the band and was succeeded by bassman Victor Bailey (ex-Weather Report,
Petite Blonde, Madonna a.o.). They recorded the new album "Tree
People" and were be performing live in spring of 1996 in Germany
,Austria and other European countries. Their second album "Tree People"
is available in France through JMS/Sony Distribution.
METRO - The album (LIP 89023)
The Songs:
- Premonition (Chuck Loeb) 0:50 (a short intro)
- Metro (Loeb/Forman) 6:34 (quite a funky tune)
- Nimbus (M.Forman) 6:08
- Jazzy Move (Ch.Loeb) 4:55
- Gravity (Ch.Loeb) 7:15 (MPEG audio, 216 kB,
mono, layer II)
- Earthplak (M. Forman) 8:19
- Old Faces In Windows (M.Forman) 5:39
- Grand Slam (W.Haffner) 5:56 (funky, 192 kB
WAV)
- Third Person (Loeb/Forman) 4:44
- Snow Song (Loeb) 5:09 (168 kB WAV featuring
guitar)
- The Flow (Forman) 4:23
The brass section you hear on the example from "Grand Slam" was
actually played live by Mitch Forman on his keyboards.
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Author: Alex Mercke-mail: 73233,557@compuserve.com
Last Updated: Mar. 29, 1996