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SCOTT HENDERSON/GARY WILLIS
"TRIBAL TECH"

Official website:
http://home.earthlink.net/~scottkinsey/tribal.htm

"In a time when the word 'fusion' describes instrumental rock and roll (and 'jazz' is routinely applied to guys like Kenny G and Fourplay), Tribal Tech stands out like a diamond-back in a pile of cotton balls. The original fusion of the early '70s wedded musical complexity to raw energy, in the process becoming jazz's answer to acid rock; Tribal Tech retains most of the idiom's virtues with few of the drawbacks. In contrast to that other stuff masquerading as fusion, Tech's music has an urgency that has always distinguished the great players of jazz and rock..." - The Chicago Reader

After twelve years of working together and eight critically acclaimed albums, Scott Henderson and Gary Willis of Tribal Tech, have proven they are visionary composers, as well as world class players. In recent years, Henderson has been named the #1 Jazz Guitarist, by both Guitar World and Guitar Player's Annual Reader's Polls. Bass Player magazine referred to Willis as "one of the most vital bass voices of the 90's", while Guitar Player's Annual Reader's Poll has listed Willis among the top three bassist in the Jazz Bass category for the last two years in a row. While they've always had the following of loyal jazzers, the band has steadily attracted the attention of rock and rollers, as well, seducing them with their sometimes big, dark wall of sound and their bad boy attitude toward "happy jazz". Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith says that Tribal Tech "kicks ass!". Packed houses in the U.S., Europe and South America show he is obviously not the only one who thinks this.
Rounding out the dynamic foursome is the awesomely talented, turbo-driven Kirk Covington on drums and the improvisationally-gifted Scott Kinsey on keyboards. The coming together of such talented players could only result in the creation of a band like Tribal Tech. A band that grabs you by the throat and won't let go until they've shaken you out of your musical complacency with a roar of energy.

TRIBAL TECH DISCOGRAPHY
Spears - Passport 1985
Dr. Hee - Passport 1987
Nomad - Relativity 1990
Tribal Tech - Relativity 1991
Illicit - Bluemoon 1992
Face First - Bluemoon 1993
Reality Check - Bluemoon 1995
Thick - ... 1999


SCOTT HENDERSON DISCOGRAPHY
Solo
Dog Party
Tore Down House
with Joe Zawinul Syndicate
The Immigrants - Columbia #CK 40969
Black Water - Columbia #CK 44316
with Chick Corea
Elektric Band - GRP #GRD-9535
with Jean-Luc Ponty
Fables - Atlantic #781278-2
with Jeff Berlin
Champion - Passport
Players - Passport
with Tom Coster
The Forbidden Zone - JVC #2040-2

SCOTT KINSEY DISCOGRAPHY
with Tribal Tech
Illicit
Face First
Reality Check
Thick
with Scott Henderson
Dog Party
Tore Down House
with Gary Willis
No Sweat
Bent
with Bob Belden
Strawberry Fields
Prince Jazz
Shades of Blue
GARY WILLIS DISCOGRAPHY
Solo
No Sweat
Bent
with Allan Holdsworth
None Too Soon - Restless 1996
Come Together - NYC 1993
Metal Fatigue - Enigma 1985
with Wayne Shorter
Phantom Navigator - Columbia 1987
with Hubert Laws
My Time Will Come - MusicMasters 1993
with Joe Diorio/Robben Ford
Minor Elegance - MGI 1990
with Wayne Johnson Trio
Keeping the Dream Alive - MoJazz 1993
with Brett Garsed/T.J. Helmerich
Exempt - Legato 1994
Quid Pro Quo - Legato 1992
with Jeff Richman
The Way In - MGI 1991
People Like Us - MGI 1989
Hymalaya - Passport 1985

 

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