Eleven
Reviews
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-09-30
Reviewed 2019-09-30
Reviewed: 2019-09-30
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This disc is co-led by fusion giants Mike Stern and Jeff Lorber. It features ten tunes which are a mix of originals and reworked vintage. This union is significant in just how well it works. Stern and Lorber both maintain their own identities and, at the same time, venture into each other's worlds with notable success. It is a record that utilizes a purposeful scope of ideas, seems to spend just the right amount of time in or on each one and, in the end, is a distinctive blend of challenge and orbital symmetry.
If You Like: John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Righteous (4:01) – synth starts> uptempo & bubbly jam> electric piano solo> syyth solo> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> slow fade
*2/ Nu Som (5:28) – synth starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> synth solo> uptempo jam> slow fade
3/ Jones Street (7:28) – drums starts> uptempo rocking heavy jam> synth solo> guitar solo> electric piano jam> smoking sonic guitar solo> uptempo jam with heavy drums> crescendo end
**4/ Motor City (4:04) – synth starts> fast shimmery jam> electric piano solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> electric piano/drum duet> uptempo jam> sonic guitar solo> quick stop
*5/ Big Town (5:05) – bass starts> uptempo jam> Rhodes solo> guitar solo> quick stop
6/ Slow Change (8:38) – drums/bass starts> midtempo heavy jam> guitar solo> heavily chorded synth solo> guitar solo> heavy midtempo jam> guitar solo> heavy midtempo jam> Rhodes solo> heavy jam> slow fade
7/ Tell Me (5:27) – guitar starts> midtempo jam>> guitar solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
*8/ Ha Ha Hotel (5:12) – drums start> fast tempo funky jam> synth solo> sonic guitar solo> Rhodes solo>
organ solo> electric piano solo> fast jam> quick fade
**9/ Rhumba Pagan (4:08) – drums start> fast tempo jam> synth solo> electric piano solo> fast jam> guitar solo> fast jam> slow fade
*10/ Runner (4:24) – full band starts> uptempo jam> Rhodes solo> uptempo jam> guitar/ Rhodes duet> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: This disc is co-led by fusion giants Mike Stern and Jeff Lorber. It features ten tunes which are a mix of originals and reworked vintage. This union is significant in just how well it works. Stern and Lorber both maintain their own identities and, at the same time, venture into each other's worlds with notable success. It is a record that utilizes a purposeful scope of ideas, seems to spend just the right amount of time in or on each one and, in the end, is a distinctive blend of challenge and orbital symmetry.
If You Like: John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Righteous (4:01) – synth starts> uptempo & bubbly jam> electric piano solo> syyth solo> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> slow fade
*2/ Nu Som (5:28) – synth starts> uptempo jam> guitar solo> uptempo jam> synth solo> uptempo jam> slow fade
3/ Jones Street (7:28) – drums starts> uptempo rocking heavy jam> synth solo> guitar solo> electric piano jam> smoking sonic guitar solo> uptempo jam with heavy drums> crescendo end
**4/ Motor City (4:04) – synth starts> fast shimmery jam> electric piano solo> guitar solo> uptempo jam> electric piano/drum duet> uptempo jam> sonic guitar solo> quick stop
*5/ Big Town (5:05) – bass starts> uptempo jam> Rhodes solo> guitar solo> quick stop
6/ Slow Change (8:38) – drums/bass starts> midtempo heavy jam> guitar solo> heavily chorded synth solo> guitar solo> heavy midtempo jam> guitar solo> heavy midtempo jam> Rhodes solo> heavy jam> slow fade
7/ Tell Me (5:27) – guitar starts> midtempo jam>> guitar solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
*8/ Ha Ha Hotel (5:12) – drums start> fast tempo funky jam> synth solo> sonic guitar solo> Rhodes solo>
organ solo> electric piano solo> fast jam> quick fade
**9/ Rhumba Pagan (4:08) – drums start> fast tempo jam> synth solo> electric piano solo> fast jam> guitar solo> fast jam> slow fade
*10/ Runner (4:24) – full band starts> uptempo jam> Rhodes solo> uptempo jam> guitar/ Rhodes duet> guitar solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
Recent airplay
Righteous
Music Casserole — Nov 22, 2025
Nu Som
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics — Jan 14, 2020
Nu Som, Nu Som
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics — Jan 07, 2020
Rhumba Pagan
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics — Jan 02, 2020
Runner
Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics — Dec 03, 2019
Slow Change
Everything - radio q re-aired some of this 11-2-20 — Dec 02, 2019
Charting
2019-10-23 — 2019-12-25
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 8 | 2 |
| Nov 24 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | 1 |
| Oct 27 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Righteous | ||
| 2. | Nu Som | ||
| 3. | Jones Street | ||
| 4. | Motor City | ||
| 5. | Big Town | ||
| 6. | Slow Change | ||
| 7. | Tell Me | ||
| 8. | Ha Ha Hotel | ||
| 9. | Rhumba Pagan | ||
| 10. | Runner |