![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Q: What breaks up groups besides drugs, alcohol and egos?Ī: That’s a question that could go on for hours. I was just talking to my friend Bobby Colomby, the original drummer with Blood, Sweat & Tears. He was interviewing U2 one time and telling them that the thing that was successful about them was that they all came from the same place, they all shared similar experiences. He was basically telling them they should stick it out because that’s what people really liked about the group. Q: You never developed one of those big music egos.Ī: I guess not. I mean it takes a certain amount of ego to put yourself out there and promote yourself, your music. But from a band standpoint … in my group I like to be equals and have a lot of talented people around me and then feature them. Q: How much money do Ashanti and Ja Rule owe you?Ī: My song “Rain Dance” has been sampled a bunch of times and they sort of interpolated - I think that is the word it has some to do with mathematics - it. You take something and make some little alterations, so it’s not quite the original thing. They had a pretty big hit I don’t quite remember. can be reached at and seen on Fox 9’s “Jason Show.” E-mailers, please state a subject “Hello” does not count.Long before the coining of the radio-generated buzzwords "new adult contemporary" or "smooth jazz," the composer/keyboardist Jeff Lorber was riding a creative wave of pop/jazz fusion, building a loyal following for a synthesis of sound so fresh and distinctive that only one name could really define it - the Jeff Lorber Fusion. It was pop, it was soul, it was rock-fusion, with dashes of jazz, blues and - dare it be mentioned, yet of its time - a dash of disco. The buoyant funk tune "Fusion Juice" sums up the spirit and percussive energy the band had, and which the keyboardist has carried on into his popular '90s work. ![]()
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