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| "Vinyl Live - Jan 16, 1999" | |
| "Vinyl at the High Sierra Music Fest - 1998" | |
Vinyl
Come Dancing (as originally appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian)
The members of Vinyl take your good time seriously. Drawing from R & B-funk acts like War, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone and Parliament / Funkadelic, this Marin-based act supplied an energizing groove of Latin funk, acid jazz, and R & B instrumentals to a mix of hip-hop fans, hippied-out dancers, and regulars at Mick's Lounge last Wednesday night.
The material was distinguished by its danceability and the band's abrupt changes of time signature, which often caused dancers to stutter awkwardly for a measure or two. Organist Jonathan Korty created a fat, melodic sound on such tunes as Booker T. and the MGs "Hip Hug-her" with his Hammond organ and Leslie speakers, and he added a Rhodes piano from time to time as well.
Vinyl, propelled by drummer Alexis Razon, percussionists Antonio and Sean Onorato, and bassist Geoff Vaughan, is incredibly tight for a band that's only been together for eight months. They built up to the evening's last number. "Percussion Orgy," a 10-minute-long jam on trap drums, timbales, congas, cabasas, and chimes. No one left with sweat to spare.
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