Legendary contemporary jazz trailblazers Jeff Lorber and Jimmy Haslip knew exactly how to celebrate the keyboardist’s first ever Grammy win this year for their 2017 Jeff Lorber Fusion album PROTOTYPE: get back in the studio and make the next one even funkier, tighter and more musically and harmonically compelling.
The fruits of their labor result in the perfectly titled IMPACT, a jammin’ powder keg of a collection which crackles, sears the soul, and commands detailed attention with a swirl of primal energy and silky cool from the jammin’ get-go.
With genre-transcendent nods to everyone from Horace Silver to J.R.R. Tolkien, JLF takes on added fuel via a high-powered guest list including Paul Jackson, Jr., Andy Snitzer, Dave Mann and Gary Novak.