Bent

Gary Willis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 16, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alchemy Records
• ASIN: B00000DGT6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,380 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hipmotize

2. Armegeddon Blues

3. Bent

4. It's Only Music

5. Do the Math

6. Bowlegged

7. Cadillac

8. Everything's Cool

9. Big Time

10. Before Your Eyes

11. Emancipation

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The record I've been waiting for all my life!, October 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Bent (Audio CD)

Gary Willis has one of the tightest band known to man. Dennis Chambers does some AMAZING time keeping on this album. Steve Tavaglione played with Miles and has a great funk feel. Kirk Covington also appears on 2 tracks. There's just one keyboard cut (under 2 min), a slower ballad, and the rest of the disc cooks. The title track is like nothing I have heard before. When I die, I'm taking this disc with me. I don't think I own a better disc! Check out some Tribal Tech albums also. Reality Check is a wonderful album as well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars tasteful bass and music, February 4, 2005

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zargb5 (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bent (Audio CD)

on hearing both of mr willis' solo albums one must be struck at how much he actually contributes to the sound, structure and ideas in Tribal tech. This is good, tasteful and grooving music.

In my opinion Willis is one of the great bass players post jaco pastorius - don't mess around ...just buy it

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not for the faint of heart!, August 19, 2000

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Gerard Kavanagh (Dublin 24 Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bent (Audio CD)

Great stuff! refreshing to here a bassist who manages to draw on inspiration from other masters, both past (Jaco) and present (Marcus), without actually sounding like them. But for me, a bassist, incidentally, the real star of the show is Chambers: he's simply devastatingly creative and technically exquisite with time manipulation. Willis must agree, because the drums are mixed right in your face. The only reason for not giving 5 stars is the heavy leaniing towards technicality rather than musicality - you can't help concentrating on this music. Buy it!