Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People - Weather or Not (WHALING CITY SOUND 2017) 2 CD

It is unique and kind of madcap, the sign of a fertile artist plowing through all the ideas swirling around his brain. Gerry Gibbs is the artist, and "Weather or Not" is his new, two-disc set. Disc 1 is devoted to covering a variety of tasty material from the legendary 'Weather Report,' while Disc 2 features Gibbs cranking up the creative juices on a set of 16 originals, traversing from flamenco to pulse-quickening funk, calypso, gospel Latin jazz, R&B and plenty of all-out swing. It is Gibbs' most audacious and fully-realized project to date, an early crowning achievement from a restless spirit and a triumphant, indefatigable artist.

Disk 1

01. Teen Town

02. Palladium

03. Mr. Gone

04. Young and Fine

05. A Remark You Made

06. Black Market

07. Sightseeing

08. Punk Jazz

09. Scarlett Woman / Boogie Woogie Waltz

10. Elegant People

11. Birdland

12. Directions

Disk 2

01. Maestro Ron

02. Just Glad to be Anywhere

03. Kojak

04. Road Trip

05. Joaquin and Pinky

06. We Are So Free

07. The 70's Song / aka Patrice Rushen

08. Only In Dreams

09. Paul & Sid's Blues

10. I'm Simply Waiting

11. When I close My Eyes

12. St. Marteen

13. The Caribbean Song

14. Her Last Words (R.I.P.)

15. It's A Good Day

16. When I close My Eyes (and go to a place I have never been before) (part 2)

Gerry Gibbs - drums, percussion, electronics, voices

Alex Collins - piano, rhodes, organ, vocals

Hans Glawischnig - acoustic, electric bass