Jeff Lorber is a very creative musician. I don't think you'd find anybody that would argue with that. However, as some other reviewers have pointed out, that creativity doesn't always wind up equaling predictability because you never know exactly what kind of CD you're going to get with Jeff Lorber and I suppose that's part of his charm. For me, I'd prefer that he stick with the upbeat, quick tempo smooth jazz style that he has all-but defined. There is a lot of that on "Heard That", but there are too many... more info
short & sweet:
I have always enjoyed Jeff Lober's music. I have to say this is a great album. All players on this album are acomplished musos thus making the final product extremely tight. You will enjoy every track (even my 16 year old son enjoys this album)and I suggest you give it a little bit of a volume hit when listening.
Best of the Best:
Jeff Lorber's musical muse on the keyboards has always struck me as a mid-point between the more esoteric and "hard fusion" works of, say Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea/Lyle Mays and the jazz-lite, "smoothier" work of the Brian Culbertson/Bob James/Alex Bugnon school. Every once in awhile--case in point being "He Had A Hat"--Jeff veers to the more varied and adventurous (even though he goes more "classic" on that disc than fusiony). Other times--"Flipside" being the perfect example--he goes the other direction... more info
He's Back!!!:
He Had A Hat was so so. But now, I Heard That, Jeff is Back. Jeff is truly back on this CD. Love the uptempo songs, especially Come on Up, which starts off the CD with footstompin.
