As the East Bay Soul 2.0 adventure picks up pace pre-preproduction rehearsals have begun. The rhythm section, together with band leader Greg Adams, is in the studio this week to learn new material and work out the grooves of the album’s first five songs. The music is really coming to life and when these five tracks are complete this same group will return to the studio to work on the final five. Recording the horns and vocals will take place right at the end of the process.
Readers will recall that ‘East Bay Soul 2.0’ became possible after a sensational campaign to raise the $25,000 necessary to record the album hit its target.
Of course Greg Adams was the founding member of Tower of Power where his signature sound as performer and arranger made the Tower of Power horn section a sought out entity all it's own. Now, factor in Darryl Walker's powerful soul drenched vocals, add eight other world class artists and the result is a singular vision of instrumental funk, jazz and soul music brought to audiences in a fresh new way. This is new a movement in Urban Jazz; this is ‘East Bay Soul 2.0’.
