Top drummer Dave Weckl made his breakthrough in the eighties, partly thanks to his technically advanced playing in Chick Corea's Elektric and Akoustic Band. He has played with artists as diverse as the Brecker Brothers, George Benson, Mike Stern, Diana Ross and Madonna. In 1990 he released his first solo CD, the impressive Master Plan. Synergy is his fifth album, which, like his previous record
… Rhythm Of The Soul, he made with the Dave Weckl Band. Guitarist Buzz Feiten, saxophonist Brandon Fields and keyboard player Jay Oliver play the leading roles. Weckl himself limits himself to tasteful playing in the service of the songs, while not putting himself too emphatically in the foreground. Synergy is a CD with inspired fusion, funky and poppy influences, Latin American rhythms, a few ballads and here and there a more difficult time signature. (WvdZ)more
