Tuesday, February 16, 2010


www.michaelshrievesspellbinder.com


I date myself...SANTANA drummer Michael Shrieve has a new live album and it is really really good!

here's some info:

Track listing: Every Step of the Way; Flamingo; Moon Over You; Jungle Strut; Gole Sangem; Inside Four Walls; They Love Me Fifteen Feet Away.

Personnel: Michael Shrieve: drums; Danny Godinez: guitar; Joe Doria: Hammond B-3 organ; John Fricke: trumpet; Farko Dosumov: bass.


Man, I don't Know these guy's but I'll tell you Shrieve know's talent...nice band! Shrieve and company cover some tasty tunes...some Santana...."Moon over you" , A really nice tune from the under appreciated Stilleto project, heck even Arto Tuncboyaciyan's "they love me 15 feet away" ( which is a great tune!)


here's a review from All About Jazz:


Live At Tost Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder | Colorburst Soundfield Records, LLC (2008)



By Douglas Payne Discuss

Drummer Michael Shrieve was the rhythmic force behind the classic Santana band (1969-74) and the one Carlos Santana credits with introducing the guitarist to the music of Miles Davis and John Coltrane—quite something, since the guitarist has paid homage to both jazz legends many times since. Shrieve went onto to many other gigs that mixed the propulsive fury of rock with the challenging musicianship of jazz, including stints with Stomu Yamashta, the Rolling Stones, Klaus Schulze and others.

Ever the busy session player, Shrieve's name isn't as well known as it ought to be, despite his infrequent solo recordings (the last being some decade-and-a-half ago). That should all change with Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder, an elegant jam band of the first order that mixes rock with jazz in equal and exciting measure. This beautifully conceived quintet takes its name from guitarist Gabor Szabo's tune, which is best known from its brief appearance at the end of Santana's hit, "Black Magic Woman." Shrieve's unit contains trumpeter John Fricke, offering a taste of 70s-era Miles, organist Joe Doria, guitarist Danny Godinez and bassist Farko Dosumov—all fellow Seattle residents. The band has a standing Monday night gig at the Seattle club Tost, where this exceptionally fine performance was recorded during February 2008.

Shrieve offers up some familiarity by reacquainting his audience with his own excellent "Every Step of the Way" and Gene Ammons' "Jungle Strut." While both retain their classic Santana groove, Shrieve gets to show off his young band's intriguing personality by revealing some genuinely exciting playing. Shrieve also revisits his own "Moon Over You" and the unusual "Gole Sangem," a tune he first explored in 1994. Two out-of-the-blue but convincingly appropriate selections surface from bassist Marc Johnson's Right Brain Patrol (JMT, 1993)—"Inside Four Walls" and "They Love Me Fifteen Feet Away."

This disc's highlight, though, is undoubtedly Godinez's beautiful "Flamingo," whose open-ended structure recalls Szabo's Latinesque melodic jam themes (e.g., "A Thousand Times"). Godinez sounds positively inspired and inspiring here and beautifully works in appropriate kudos to George Benson's "Affirmation" as well.

Both Doria and Godinez get the lion's share of solos, which is fine, given their exceptional talent. Organist Doria is an ideal accompanist, crossing the spacey near-free otherworldliness of Larry Young with the strong rock-ish foundation of Gregg Rollie. Guitarist Godinez has quite the career ahead of him, if this disc is any indication. He is a thoughtful and engaging player that pays props to the past (Santana, Larry Coryell, Szabo, Benson, Pat Metheny) while making it clear that he's got something of his own to say. Few organ/guitar/drum groups have been this stimulating since John Abercrombie's association with Dan Wall and Adam Nussbaum.

While Live at Tost is an excellent—if sadly too brief—introduction to this band, it only scratches the surface of what is hoped will be the start of something beautiful (their version of "Spellbinder," which is not heard here, is indeed spellbinding)—a long and well-recorded career for Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder.

it is REALLY good!

you can get it at CD baby or go to Michael Shrieve website.
www.michaelshrieve.com/



MORE SHRIEVE INFO...



Michael Shrieve
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949, in San Francisco) is a U.S. drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. His name is included on the alumni "Wall of Fame" at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City, California. He is an alum of Junípero Serra High School.




History

Michael Shrieve is best-known as the drummer in an early lineup of Carlos Santana's band, Santana, and for his performance at the 1969 Woodstock festival, when he was just 20 years old (he turned 20 on July 6 of that year; he was the youngest musician to perform at the festival). He left the original Santana band to pursue solo projects. One little-known but worthy effort was his drumming in the 1976 release of Automatic Man, with guitarist Pat Thrall.

He also played in the band Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (with Sammy Hagar, Neal Schon, and Kenny Aaronson).

In addition, he played drums on (former Supertramp member) Roger Hodgson's first solo album, In the Eye of the Storm.

From 1979 to 1984, he collaborated as a percussionist in Richard Wahnfried, a side project of Klaus Schulze (another drummer turned electronic composer) while recording with Schulze his own first "solo" album of electronic music, Transfer Station Blue, in 1984.

He has also collaborated with David Beal, Andy Summers, Steve Roach, Stomu Yamashta, Jonas Hellborg, Buckethead, Douglas September, and others.

In 2001, he appeared on the Revolution Void album Increase the Dosage.

He currently lives in Seattle, Washington, and plays in his fusion jazz group, Spellbinder, at TōST in Fremont, Seattle, with Danny Godinez, Joe Doria, John Fricke, and Farko Dosumov.

Discography

Drummer

(This is a partial discography.)

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* (1969) with Santana — Santana (drums)
* (1970) with Santana — Abraxas (drums)



* (1971) with Santana — Santana III (drums) * (1972) with Santana — Caravanserai (drums) * (1973) with Santana — Welcome (drums) * (1974) with Santana — Borboletta (drums)
* (1973) with Santana - LOTUS LIVE IN JAPAN
* (1973) with Santana/ MCLAUGHLIN -- LOVE DEVOTION SURRENDER
* (1976) with Automatic Man
* (1976) with Go/Stomu Yamashta
* (1979) with Richard Wahnfried — Time Actor (percussion)
* (1981) with Novo Combo — Novo Combo (drums)
* (1981) with Richard Wahnfried — Tonwelle (drums)
* (1982) with Novo Combo — Animation Generation (drums)
* (1984) with Richard Wahnfried — Megatone (percussion)
* (1984) with Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve (HSAS) — Through the Fire (drums)
* (1984) with Roger Hodgson — In the Eye of the Storm (drums)
* (1993) with Jonas Hellborg and Buckethead — Octave of the Holy Innocents (drums)
* (1997) with Abraxas Pool — "Abraxas Pool" (drums)
* (2004) with Revolution Void — Increase the Dosage (drums) (one track)

Composer

* (1984) Transfer Station Blue (with Kevin Shrieve & Klaus Schulze, recorded 1979–83)
* (1989) The Big Picture (with David Beal)
* (1989) Stiletto (with Mark Isham, David Torn, Andy Summers, & Terje Gewelt)
* (1989) The Leaving Time (with Steve Roach)
* (1995) Two Doors (with Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane)
* (2001) Fascination (with Bill Frisell & Wayne Horvitz)
* (2005) Oracle (with Amon Tobin) Available only on iTunes
* (2006) Drums of Compassion (with Jeff Greinke, Jack DeJohnette, Zakir Hussain, & Airto Moreira)
* (2009)
Michael Shrieve's Spellbinder Live at Tost






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