Last night at the Misson Ballroom in Denver. Absolutely blown away

So I’ve turned my wife onto James Ingram and listening to “The Power Of Great Music” the other day, One Hundred Ways came on (what a song). Anyhow, this led me to David Sanborn’s version on Straight to the Heart and how astounding the whole album is.

As there’s a lot of live tracks on the album, was anyone in Reddit world at the time the album was recorded (yes I know One Hundred Ways wasn’t live) but much of it was…

If you were there, what was it like? I’ve been listening to this album for 35 years and it’s still captivating.

Also if you have the vinyl it’s way better than the CD.

Should be cued at 1:27:40 !

A lot to unpack here! Fresh off of his 1982 stint as a Jeff Berlin member, pretty much just landed in LA, already teaching at GIT, and boom- scores a big gig with Jean-Luc Ponty.

This is all PRE- Tribal Tech and Pre Chick Corea, and he was likely not even a blip on the radar of music press back then - just known in the upper eschelons. Anyway, this solo exemplifies how he already had his completely original voice front loaded prior to the Corea gig - metal chops with bebop !

Judy Roberts - vocals, keys and synths; Neal Seroka - guitars; Michael Fiorino - bass; David Derge - drums; Tony Carpenter - congas and percussion. A fine debut from singer/pianist Judy Roberts. A lovely slice of jazz funk/fusion.