Jazz Is Dead - Laughing Water (1999)

Tracklist:

01. a) Vocal Intro b) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo (6:09)
02. Let Me Sing Your Blues Away (5:52)
03. Row Jimmy (7:56)
04. Stella Blue (7:09)
05. a) Vocal Intro b) Here Comes Sunshine c) 'Sunshine Jam' (13:04)
06. a) Eyes of the World b) Two Sisters (10:10)
07. Weather Report Suite, Part 1 (5:28)
08. Weather Report Suite, Part 2: Let It Grow (7:12)

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Personnel:
Jimmy Herring - guitar
Derek Trucks - slide guitar
T Lavitz - keyboards
Alphonso Johnson - bass
Jeff Sipe, Rod Morgenstein - drums
Additional:
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Steve Kimock - guitar
Vassar Clements - fiddle
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Jazz Is Dead - Laughing Water
Now that you know the group’s name is an announcement of their respect for the vast collection of Grateful Dead compositions and not a proclaimation of the death of jazz, you are in for more flawless musicianship and wicked jazz-rock fusion. On their second release for Zebra Records, the critically acclaimed jazz-rock fusion quartet Jazz Is Dead interprets the entire 1973 Grateful Dead, WAKE OF THE FLOOD album. LAUGHING WATER, "WAKE OF THE FLOOD REVISITED” features eight tracks filled to the brim with ten songs, including two with vocal intros, two suites and double song tracks!!!...
...The set is more than awesome.Whether you did or didn’t groove to the tunes of the Grateful Dead back in the 70s, you don’t have to be a "Deadhead” to appreciate the jazz-rock fusion launched on LAUGHING WATER, "WAKE OF THE FLOOD REVISITED,” by Jazz Is Dead. They are what’s happening in the 90s. From a concept by Michael Gaiman, Executive Producer Ricky Schultz recognized their potential for excellence and has brought the band to its current rung in the jazz-rock fusion world...