Cab4 [Import]

Tony MacAlpine, Tony Macalpine Bunny Brunel Dennis Chambers Brian Auger | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 10, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: King
• ASIN: B0000844BI
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #837,857 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hold On

2. One For The Road

3. Shizuka

4. Tony Mac

5. Raymond

6. Bb's Rhumba

7. Bass Ackward

8. Cloud 10

9. Alphonse

10. Jam & Toast

11. De De

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It ain't CAB 2, but it's still sa-lammin', April 2, 2004

By 

"chillyt" (Columbia, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cab4 (Audio CD)

CAB 4 takes a 36-ounce baseball bat and slams you in the forehead on the first cut. If you're an old fusion-head like me, you will love this CD - a lot of notes, but not just for the sake of showing off technique, sudden shifts in tempo, a touch here and there of odd-meter - things you don't often hear in jazz nowadays.

This CD is a little laid-back in places - "Jam & Toast" sounds like Fourplay on acid and has a (gasp) fade-out at the end, but "Hold On", "One For The Road", "Raymond", "Bass Ackward" (with a Wooten-esque bass line), "Cloud 10", "Alphonse", and "Dede" will have you peckin' yo' neck and making those musician grimaces in your car.

I was drawn to the CAB cds because I'm an unabashed "Dennis Chambers ho" and I have a Bunny Brunel LP (remember those) from the early 80's. The addition of Patrice Rushen was a pleasant plus. I hope Tony Mac can keep the streak going.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz Fusion that is a slick kick with chops, October 15, 2003

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Samuel Clemens "Wraith" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cab4 (Audio CD)

Hello all ye fusion friends,

CAB4 on Mascot Records (M 7079 2)[66:49] just flew in from the Netherlands into my CD player and I am lovin' it. It's all too rare when I can pop in a CD and relish it the whole way through -- on a first listen too.

MacAlpine, Brunel, Auger, & Chambers have done it again. And a major bravo to Patrice Rushen on seriously superb Chick Corea-ish keyboardscapes and soloing!!

This release gives me the same feelings I got upon hearing RTF's Romantic Warrior the first time. Yeah, it is all that -- jazz fusion so tight, so slick, so melodic, so well executed, and compositions so engaging that it deserves a 12.5 out of 10. It is a laid-back groove in many spots but smokes enough here and there to satisfy hard-core fusion rockers needing egde and dymanics. It is not anywhere as dense and frenzied as Romantic Warrior weighed in so long ago but listen -- these guys could easily have pulled off a near perfect clone-tribute to RTF and thus gone the way of -- well ya know -- "that's nice, what else can ya do?" . . . Instead we get a solid 21st-century fusion groove that perfectly demonstrates how high-quality jazz fusion can be without all the extended "look-at-me" blowing going on.

The virtuosity of everyone is screaming out in the controlled unison lines, balanced voicing, tones, and phrasings. Be it bass, keys, axe or drums -- this release is magic! It's gonna be really hard for me to choose a favorite track!

In a nutshell, all you fusion fans who already own this -- you know what I mean dontcha -- and the rest of you folks need this NOW!

~ EER-MUSIC.com Editor, John W. Patterson

np: CAB4 -- sheesh, dis be cool y'all

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz at its best!, October 15, 2003

By 

J. Feinberg (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cab4 (Audio CD)

These guys are maniacs - you take some of the best jazz musicians out there, put them together, and you get something unlike what you've ever heard before. Tony MacAlpine's playing is astronomical - Bunny Brunel is a madman on a bass... The rest of the musicians are solid and impressive too.. This is the perfect record to put on, relax, and let them take you away. I really dug it - but what happened to CAB 3???