Metro
Metrocafe
The Story
"Metrocafe" is the third outing from fusion group Metro, and features the same stellar musicianship found on their previous two releases. Guitarist Chuck Loeb (known better for his smooth jazz releases) gets to open up, crank the overdrive on occasion and cut loose here, as he plays terrific, inventive solos on tracks such as the opening urban-vibed title track and the Brazilian-flavored "It's All Good", which also features keyboardist Mitchel Forman dancing nimbly across the piano keys. Veteran bassist Victor Bailey and inventive drummer Wolfgang Haffner round out the quartet on "Metrocafe", whose latest won't offend anyone's ears - as long as they love dynamic fusion!
The Music
06:04 | Metrocafe | Instrumental |
04:53 | It's All Good | Instrumental |
06:08 | Shadow Play | Instrumental |
04:17 | Month Of Sundays | Instrumental |
06:43 | Field Of Diamonds | Instrumental |
05:37 | Those Who Wait | Instrumental |
05:17 | One A Day | Instrumental |
05:22 | House And Home | Instrumental |
05:37 | People Person | Instrumental |
05:25 | Q | Instrumental |
06:23 | Your Name Here | Instrumental |
The Artists
Chuck Loeb | Guitars, Production, Additional Engineering |
Mitchel Forman | Keyboards, Pans, Prodcution, Additional Engineering |
Victor Bailey | Bass |
Wolfgang Haffner | Drums |
David Charles | Percussion, Field Drum |
Munyungo Jackson | Percussion |
Carmen Cuesta | Vocals on "It's All Good" |
Geoff Gillette | Engineering |
Tiango Becker | Engineering Assistance |
Phil Magnotti | Mixing |
Fred Kevorkian | Mastering |
Dennis Wall | Additional Engineering |
Yusuf Ghandi | Executive Production |
Reynold Da Silva | Executive Production |
Stephen Southham | Release Co-ordination |
Colin Parker | Album Design, Art Direction |
Michael Banks | Cityscape Photography |
Recorded January 19-23, 2000 at Entourage, North Hollywood.
Additional recording at Showerhead Studios and Automotive Sound. Mixed at Automotive Recording, Irvington. Mastered at Absolute Audio, New York City. |