Niacin - Time Crunch (2001)

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Artist: Niacin
Title: Time Crunch
Year Of Release: 2001
Label: Magna Carta [MAX-9059-2]
Genre: Jazz Rock, Fusion
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 56:10
Total Size: 443 MB(+3%) | 133 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01 - Elbow Grease
02 - Time Crunch
03 - Stone Face
04 - Red
05 - Invisible King
06 - Daddy Long Leg
07 - Hog Funk
08 - Glow
09 - Damaged Goods
10 - Outside Inside Out
11 - Blue Wind

personnel :

Dennis Chambers - drums
Billy Sheehan - bass
John Novello - piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizers

With their fifth recording, this 2001 release provides undeniable proof that the hard-driving power organ trio known as Niacin has achieved an artistic milestone. On this outing, Hammond B3 organist John Novello maneuvers his powerful and altogether fluid rhythm section through a series of memorable tunes also featuring a dynamic and unabashed rendition of the legendary King Crimson piece, Red. The trio also renders a blitzing, hard rock cover of keyboardist Jan Hammer's "Blue Wind." However, the musicians' unified approach, consisting of tightly woven fabrics of sound and multicolored themes, bears the mark of a unit who has perhaps reached the pinnacle of group-based success. Strong soloing abounds atop funk/fusion and first-call session ace drummer Dennis Chamber's heavy-handed, polyrhythmic attack. Whereas, the artists also jazz up the proceedings via tightly coordinated unison statements and melodious choruses amid a bevy of twists, turns, peaks, and valleys. Here, progressive rock receives a college education. Recommended.~Glenn Astarita

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