Steve Weingart: Life Times (2003)

Steve Weingart, from Dayton, Ohio began his musical career playing piano at age three. In his formative years of classical study, Steve was honored with numerous awards.
As Steve explored various types of music, he was strongly influenced by the music of jazz masters Josef Zawinul, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and Red Garland. This began the evolution of the jazz musician he is today.

In 1984 Steve was awarded a full scholarship at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music to further his study of jazz. It was during this period that Steve's writing and playing abilities were brought to the forefront. His mastery of the keyboard and programming expertise quickly thrust him into the thick of the Cincinnati music scene.

In 1994 Steve decided on a change of scenery and moved to Los Angeles CA, where he has found his way with many new musical experiences. Steve is now based in Burbank, California and along with his busy local playing schedule, he is touring worldwide with the Dave Weckl Band supporting the Band's latest recordings "Transistion" and "Perpetual Motion".

Tracklist:
01. Five Mile Groove [05:02]
02. Marketplace [05:03]
03. Not Without You [04:59]
04. Back Seat Driver [05:28]
05. Phrase Factor [05:03]
06. Storylines [06:23]
07. Life Times [05:13]
08. Jimmy's Groove [05:10]
09. A Short Letter [01:47]
10. Love, Me [03:58]
Personnel:
Steve Weingart - keyboards, piano;
Robben Ford, Ted Karas - guitar;
Hussain Jiffery - bass, vocals;
Chad Wright - drums
Additional Musicians:
Satnam Ramgotra - tabla;
Cassio Duarte - conga, bongos;
Gary Meek - soprano sax;
Renee Jones - vocals;
Jerry Hey, Gary Grant - trumpet;
Andy Martin - trombone;
Brandon Fields - sax
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Tom Scott: Target (1983)

Target is one of those Tom Scott records that gets forgotten about a lot. Certainly it comes from the middle of the 1980s just before the GRP era, when Scott was still leading the Saturday Night Live Band on occasion and looking around for a new sound. It's the sound of a restless musician who gets the pop game, or at least has gotten it and is not sure of where to shift his focus next. The band is big and full of killer players: Harvey Mason, Ernie Watts, Ian Underwood, Victor Feldman, Paul Jackson, Neil Stubenhaus, Jim Horn, Trevor Feldman, Pete Christlieb, and Michael Boddicker, among others. The sound is a tad warmer than what Atlantic was releasing at the time, too. But the material, as good as some of it is -- like the funky title track -- also contains half-hearted pop ballads like "Come Back to Me" with Kenny James on vocals. "He's Too Young," with a fine vocal performance by Maria Muldaur, is marred by a terribly dated -- and it was for the time -- synth drum sound. There is also a truly bizarre moment when Lee Ving, former lead singer of Los Angeles hardcore band Fear raps and plays blues harmonica on "Gotta Get out of New York." Then there's "Lollipoppin'" which, while it contains the same dumb synth drum sound, also has some killer Rhodes by Feldman, synth work by Underwood, and a happening keyboard bassline. The grooving muted horn section on this reading of Dan Peck's "The Biggest Part of Me," has a wonderfully soulful feel with great kit work by Mason. The horn arrangements are in the pocket but restrained, allowing that lithe melody to shine through and, along with the title cut, it's a contender for best tune on the set. The set closes with the stone-gone funky groover "Burundi Bump" by Scott and Feldman with excellent basslines, pulsing Rhodes work, a boatload of percussion, and Mason running the ensemble from his kit; the entire tune is rhythm based. So Target is, ultimately, a mixed bag, a hold-over record that was throwing everything at the wall to see what worked. Interestingly, what did was the basis for Scott's sound at GRP. ~ Thom Jurek

Tracklist:
01. Target 4:03
02. Come Back To Me 4:13
03. Aerobia 4:43
04. He's Too Young 4:15
05. Got To Get Out Of New York 5:15
06. Lollipoppin' 4:09
07. The Biggest Part Of Me 4:11
08. Burundi Bump 3:58
Rersonnel:
Tom Scott - tenor and soprano saxes, lyricon
Harvey Mason, Sr. - drums, percussion
Neil Stubenhaus - bass
Carlos Rios - electric guitar, percussion
Paul Jackson - electric guitar, percussion
Victor Feldman - acoustic piano, Rhodes, synths, percussion
Ian Underwood - synths
Michael Boddicker - synths, vocoder, lyricon
Michael Fisher - percussion, synth percussion
Trevor Feldman - Rhodes
Jerry Hey - trumpet, flugelhorn
Jim Horn - baritone sax, flute
Ernie Watts - tenor, alto and soprano saxes
Pete Christlieb - sax, clarinet
Dick Hyde - bass trombone, bass trumpet
Bill Reichenbach - trombones
Lee Ving - harmonica, lead vocal on track 5
Maria Muldaur - lead vocal on track 4
Kenny James - lead vocal on track 2
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