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The Book of Flame by Michael Manring
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fave it Jazz Fusion | Experimental
11 tracks | 45 minutes
Released Jun 2004
on Alchemy Records
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Jazz Fusion/Electronica/Radical Bass Player
Editorial review
Gary Willis presents nine jazzy and funkified pieces all his own and two he co-wrote with bandmates. The personnel here are Tribal Tech's bassist Willis, Scott Kinsey on keys, and Kirk Covington drumming on two tracks. Dennis Chambers provides sweet drums on eight tracks. Reeds are Steve Tavaglione wailing on EWI, tenor, and soprano sax and clarinet. Bob Berg also guests playing one mean tenor sax on three tracks. Imagine Tribal Tech with no Scott Henderson pyrotechnics but Willis stretching out more so on the bass with great reed work heating things up-and you have Bent. He's an amazing bassist as well as composer extraordinaire. This is a laidback release in many places without any helter skelter race to follow lightning axe chops. Willis can, and does, groove phat-fast or slip into the smooth and even echoes that Manring quirkiness when he feels the urge. Willis intros with an amazingly complex bass piece to open "Emancipation" where steel drum keys and harmonica EWI hail back to an upbeat Weather Report porch swing daze that fades away into . . . ahhh. ~ John Patterson, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
"The Book of Flame brings together the thorny mathematics of Michael Manring's tuning theories with his wide-ranging artistic vision, the unalloyed metal aggression of Thonk with the melodic and textural sensibilities of Drastic Measures, the icy austerity of electronica and the sensuality of Afro-Asian modes and rhythms. The resulting construction could collapse under its own weight if not for Michael's maturing compositional sense and his always-lurking sense of humor."
Bass Player Magazine
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A GIFTED VIRTUOSO!Sarah is Jazz wrote on March 11, 2010
This Berklee trained artist played for years with gifted altered tuning guitarist Michael Hedges. He was also heavily influenced on frettless by JACO. Michael was house bassist for Windam Hill Records for years. With that background you, know he plays on the edge...His specialty is playing the ZON FRETTLESS HYPERBASS which allows instant drop tuning. That means a 3 octave bass! You'll also find Michael using an eBow which electronically excites the bass strings gives it a arco (bowed) sound. This IS JAZZ FUSION! Audiophiles will LOVE the quality fo the recording. Not for everyone...clearly not traditional, but you will find something "truly new" with the great Michael Manring.