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Fattburger | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: January 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shanachie
• ASIN: B00003IE1S
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,674 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #84 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Smooth Jazz

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

Despite the digital-age title, veteran smooth-jazz group Fattburger serves up the same high-calorie goodies it has for the past 14 years on this, the group's 10th album. Again, the music sways and the hooks come fast and often. The underlining premise offered by keyboardist Carl Evans Jr., drummer Kevin Koch, bassist Mark Hunter, guitarist Evan Marks, and percussionist Tom Aros seems to be: Hey, you know what you're in for with a Fattburger CD, so relax and groove a while.

"You've Got Mail!" opens and serves as a template for what's to follow, with Marks' unassuming guitar trading riffs with Hollis Gentry III's restrained saxophone over a midtempo melody. More of the same is offered on "Joy," "No Problem," "Groove Y2K," and others, including a remake of Anita Baker's "Same Ole Love." There are some slight variations on a theme, most noticeably on "Nice Bits," where Marks stretches some with rock-guitar lines.

"Trail of Tears" is obviously inspired by American Indian culture, with Tom Aros'

percussion ably conjuring up a midnight drum circle. The song propels forward, the incessant beat keeping time under Marks' gliding guitar work.

Overall, the CD reminds us why the group has stuck around for so long - its members sound like they enjoy what they're doing, without pretensions. it's all about vibe and good feelings - qualities that will help keep our world human.

--- Brian Soergel, JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, listenable new jazz, February 12, 2000

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Ronald Weel "Weeler" (Watertown, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fattburger.Com (Audio CD)

I just bought this CD, and on the way home I slipped it into my car CD player. It's good, fun to listen to, driving music. I think it's going to be popular with jazz lovers this summer...on the beach, on the road,on the deck,whatever. Fattburger has been around for a few years. I've got most of their CD's, and they have a contemporary, kind of "California", or "Florida"sound..(if their is such a thing!).Besides...you gotta love the CD cover, it just makes you want to relax and listen to jazz!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You've Got Mail!, August 8, 2009

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Lewis Amack "Lew Amack "Polymath" (Mo... (Monterey Park, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fattburger.Com (Audio CD)

I love Fattburger, and this CD is representative of their superlative jazz-funk style, but the only memorable track on this album is "You've Got Mail!"

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars BURGER NEEDS SOME SEASONING, January 5, 2001

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Raymond D. Istorico (Sarasota, FL. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fattburger.Com (Audio CD)

No one is more of a Fattburger fanatic than myself and while I applaud the new web site as well as this release I also hope that the best work of the band is not behind them. You've Got Mail, No Problem, and Evan Marks's Nice Bits are worthwhile listening, but the other tracks fall flat. The collaborative songwriting approach that produced great songs in the past (such as 59th Street and Come and Get It with contributions by Steve Laury)and recent gems like Anythings Possible (via Kevin Koch and Even Marks)is lost here. Marks seems reduced to offering only one track per CD (usually the most blistering one). As great a songsmith as Carl Evans is (Good News, One Of A Kind, Walk Down), his easygoing, lilting approach needs some fire lit underneath. Maybe a live album would be a viable future release (as Fattburger really cooks in concert). In any case, more of a future musical contribution by Marks can ensure that the band does not rest (from a new CD release standpoint), on it's laurels.