{"product_id":"levy-stranger-s-hand-0026245400528","title":"Stranger'S Hand","description":"Drummer Steve Smith's ToneCenter label continues to rescue jazz fusion from the doghouse of jazz history with The Stranger's Hand, a high-octane quartet affair that features Smith alongside former Mahavishnu Orchestra violinist Jerry Goodman, Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge, and multi-instrumentalist Howard Levy. Composed spontaneously in the studio over the span of several days, The Stranger's Hand doesn't pull any punches from the first lightning-fast unison runs of \"Brick Chicken.\" It also isn't afraid to show its early-fusion influence, with several tracks uncannily echoing the early Mahavishnu Orchestra. Part of \"Glimmer of Hope\" is almost a dead ringer for \"Dance of the Maya\" from Inner Mounting Flame, and there are times when Goodman seems to be doing his best fleet-fingered John McLaughlin imitation. Still, if anyone can pull that off, it's Goodman, whose range on electric and acoustic violin is still extraordinary--he's equally adept at the searing electric-fusion runs of \"Caliente\" as he is on the bluegrass-New Orleans feel of \"Sufferin' Catfish\" and the straightahead jazz of \"Elvin.\" Also, there are other spices here that make the disc distinctive, from Burbridge's George Benson -esque scat soloing on \"Pinky's Revenge\" to the harmonica of Levy (who also doubles on keyboards) that sometimes lends the group a bluesier, more countrified sound. --Ezra Gale","brand":"Shrapnel (Membran)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53897256403286,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/levy-stranger-s-hand-0026245400528","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}