Gibbs, Gerry & Thrasher People / Weather Or Not (Disc 2)
Album: Weather Or Not (Disc 2)   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Gibbs, Gerry & Thrasher People   Added:Mar 2017
Label:Whaling City Sound  

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Add Date: 2017-03-08 Pull Date: 2017-05-10 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: May 7 Apr 16
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Recent Airplay
1. Feb 12, 2022: Music Casserole
When I Close My Eyes (Part 1)
4. May 04, 2017: Sound and Solidarity
We Are So Free
2. Jun 11, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
It's A Good Day
5. Apr 15, 2017: Old Fart at Play
Just Glad To Be Anywhere
3. May 05, 2017: Rebop
When I Close My Eyes (Part 1)

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-03-02
Gibbs, Gerry & Thrasher People / Weather Or Not
(Disc 2)
Label: Whaling City Sound

Tom McCarter
Reviewed: 2017-03-02

Tom McCarter
Gibbs, Gerry & Thrasher People
Weather Or Not (Disc 2)
Genre: Jazz
Review: Ambitious project by a creative drummer and his superb fusion trio. On this disc they revisit original tunes by Mr. Gibbs, often at breakneck speeds. The other disc is all Weather Report tunes.
FCCs: none
If You Like: Herbie Hancock (electric), Joe Zawinul, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke
Favorite Tracks: (3) Kojack (4) Road Trip (6) We Are So Free (8) Only In Dreams (9) Sid & Paul's Blues (10) I'm Simply Waiting (11) When I Close My Eyes (Part 1) (13) The Caribbean Song (16) When I Close My Eyes (Part 2)
Track Review: 1/ piano starts> fast tempo jam> quick stop 2/ piano starts> fast tempo jam> quick fade 3/ synth starts> midtempo jam> fade 4/ drums start> midtempo jam> false stop & fade 5/ piano starts> uptempo jam> crescendo end 6/
piano starts> fast tempo jam> quick stop 7/ piano starts> slow tempo jam> slow fade 8/ piano starts> midtempo jam> slow fade 9/ piano starts> fast tempo jam> quick stop> 10> synth starts> slow tempo jam> slow fade 11/ piano/synth starts> slow tempo jam builds to midtempo> fade 12/ piano starts> midtempo jam quick fade 13/ drums start> fast tempo jam> false stop> quick stop on two notes 14/ piano starts> slow tempo jam> fade 15/ piano starts> uptempo jam> quick stop 16/ piano starts> midtempo jam> fade

Track Listing
1. Maestro Ron   9. Paul & Sid's Blues
2. Just Glad To Be Anywhere   10. Im Simply Waiting
3. Kojak   11. When I Close My Eyes (Part 1)
4. Road Trip   12. St. Marteen
5. Joaquin And Pinky   13. The Carribean Song
6. We Are So Free   14. Her Last Words (R. I. P.)
7. The 70s Song/ Aka Patrice Rushen   15. It's A Good Day
8. Only In Dreams   16. When I Close My Eyes (And Go To A Place I Have Never Been Before) (Part 2)