The Olson Band

Led by lead singer and drummer Peter Hoorelbeke (a.k.a. Peter Rivera), Rare Earth started out in Detroit as The Sunliners and tore up the Motor City club scene in the mid- to late-’60s before signing to hometown Motown. The platinum album Get Ready (1969) was then followed by the gold Ecology (1970). Attesting to the band’s reputation for live performances, five years later it released what would be its last gold album, Rare Earth In Concert.

Geronimo Black - Geronimo Black (1972) {One Way Records MCAD 22114 rel 1995} (Zappa related)
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© 1972, 1995 Uni / MCA / One Way Records | MCAD 22114
Rock / Blues Rock / Prog Rock

This is the only LP from the incipient version of Geronimo Black – a supergroup of sorts featuring contributions from former Mothers of Invention membersJimmy Carl Black (drums/vocals), Buzz Gardner (cornet), his brother Bunk Gardner (flute/trumpet/bassoon/sax/organ/vocals), and Denny Walley (guitar/organ/vocals). Evidence that Frank Zappa initially worked with these musicians for their tremendous instrumental prowess is obvious throughout this self-titled effort. The angular and Baroque progressions of "Quaker's Earthquake" recall Zappa's orchestrations circa the Uncle Meat (1969) project.

This 2-CD set presents the most remarkable Swedish underground band, known in a later incarnation & continuation as International Harvester & Trad, Gras Och Stenar (Trees, Grass & Stones), & features both intricate studio recordings & orgiastic live performances. Parson Sound never released any records in their time & that is why a very few have heard about them at all. The recordings date from 1967/68 while the band explored unknown musical territory as well as inner- & outer space. In 1968 they were invited by Andy Warhol to play at the opening of his exhibition Screens, Films, Boxes, Clouds & a Book, at the museum of Modern Art in Stockholm & also opened for the Doors.

“Not a lot of people talk about the true origins of bluegrass music, but it came from Black people. The banjo, the washtub, all that stuff started with African Americans. We were playing it before it even had a name.” - Swamp Dogg

Making an explosive re-emergence onto the contemporary urban jazz scene, Scott Wilkie is truly All In, melodic and funky as ever on his highly-anticipated new album, which marks his first full ensemble recording in over ten years. It's a dynamic and diverse collection featuring his own longtime live band which plays regularly throughout his home base of Southern California - and a true dream list of all-star guests and friends: Jay Beckenstein, Jimmy Haslip, Jeff Lorber, Jay Graydon, Paul Jackson Jr., Vinnie Colaiuta, Peter Sprague and Jeff Kashiwa.