''Tribal Tech'' is the fourth album by the

jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric gui ...

band

Tribal Tech Tribal Tech was a progressive fusion band, originally formed in 1984 by guitarist Scott Henderson and bass player Gary Willis. From 1993 forward the band included Scott Kinsey on keyboard and Kirk Covington on drums, and released ten albums th ...

, released in 1991.

Reception

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gave the album 4.5 stars. Reviewer

Bill Milkowski Bill Milkowski (born September 26, 1954) is an American jazz critic, journalist, and biographer. Since the 1970s he has written thousands of articles for magazines and album liner notes.. He has written for ''DownBeat'', ''JazzTimes'', ''Jazziz'' ...

wrote, "Henderson remains one of the strongest, most distinctive legato stylists among solid-body electric guitarists, ranking right up there with Allan Holdsworth. And his toe-curling licks on "Big Girl Blues" cut deep with Albert King intensity. This album confirms Henderson’s place at the top of the fusion heap, both as a player and as a composer".

Track listing

# "Signal Path" (Scott Henderson) – 6:26 # "Big Girl Blues" (Scott Henderson) – 6:15 # "Dense Dance" (Gary Willis, Scott Henderson) – 4:51 # "Got Tuh B" (Gary Willis, Scott Henderson) – 6:43 # "Peru" (Scott Henderson) – 7:23 # "Elvis At The Hop" (Scott Henderson) – 4:34 # "The Necessary Blonde" (Gary Willis, Scott Henderson) – 6:52 # "Fight The Giant" (David Goldblatt) – 4:05 # "Sub Aqua" (Scott Henderson) – 5:30 # "Formula One" (Scott Henderson) – 4:44 # "Wasteland" (Gary Willis) – 8:03

Personnel

Scott Henderson Scott Henderson (born August 26, 1954) is an American jazz fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech. He was born in West Palm Beach and raised in Lake Worth Beach. Biography Scott Henderson is a highly reg ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

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Gary Willis Gary Willis (born 28 March 1957) is an American bassist and composer known foremost as the co-founder (with Scott Henderson) of the jazz fusion band Tribal Tech. Aside from his work in Tribal Tech, Willis has worked with numerous other jazz music ...

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s *David Goldblatt - keyboards *Joey Heredia -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

*Brad Dutz -

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References

{{Authority control 1991 albums Tribal Tech albums Relativity Records albums