Didier Lockwood - The Kid (1983/2015) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Violinist Didier Lockwood's 1983 release The Kid has been called an easy listening fusion album that maintains the depth to be taken seriously. It certainly helps to have Rock and Roll Hall of Fame keyboardist David Sancious (Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Sting), guitar wizard Barry Finnerty (Miles Davis, Brecker Brothers), bassist Alphonso Johnson (Weather Report) and drummer Richie Morales (Spyro Gyra) as bandmates. Lockwood and his versatile musicians take on hard bop, fusion, pop, rock ballads and show off serious jazz chops on John Coltrane's Impressions, played at breakneck speed.

Lockwood’s The Kid is an “easy listening” fusion album that maintains the depth to be taken seriously. It certainly helps to have Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer keyboardist David Sacious (Springsteen, Clapton, Sting), guitar wizard Barry Finnerty (Miles Davis, Brecker Brothers), bassist Alphonso Johnson (Weather Report), and drummer Richie Morales (Spyro Gyra) as playmates. There’s the popish Sunny Sonny, the driving Slight of Hands with its electrifying solos, the ear candy of Something Sweet, and the virtuoso up-tempo Bloody Mary, skirting the borders between hard-bop and fusion. The feel-good rock ballad A Time to Touch moves on to the melodic playground of The Kid. After La Ballad de Francis, Lockwood and Co take on Coltrane’s Impressions at breakneck speed, showing off serious jazz chops. My Favorite Dream is played out in synth heaven; at the end, you may not want to wake up from this fusion fantasy.

Tracklist:

01 - Sunny Sonny
02 - Sleight of Hands
03 - Something Sweet
04 - Bloody Mary
05 - A Time to Touch
06 - The Kid
07 - La Ballade De Francis
08 - Impressions
09 - My Favorite Dream

Produced by Jean-Marie Salhani & Jean-Michel Kajdan. Engineered by Jean-Louis Rizet & Laurent Peyron.
Recorded and Mixed at Ramsès Studio (Paris) in September - October 1982. Digitally Remastered.

Musicians:
Didier Lockwood - violin
Marc Perru - guitar
Jan Hammer - synthesizer
Bob Malach - tenor saxophone
Bo Stief - bass
Gerry Brown - drums


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