Spectrum Road CD

Spectrum Road is a groundbreaking collaboration between four giants of modern music Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman Santana. Spectrum Road is named for one of the incendiary tracks on the original Tony Williams Lifetime album, but as these four musicians demonstrate on their debut recording, this isn t a tribute band. After making rock history with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker in Cream, legendary British bassist Jack Bruce joined the Lifetime for two records thus serving as Spectrum Road039s direct connection to their muse. The group is artfully rounded out with famed guitarist Vernon Reid, of Living Colour, and multikeyboardist John Medeski, onethird of the juggernaut Medeski, Martin amp Wood. Made famous by her ten plus years backing Lenny Kravitz, Cindy Blackman Santana has distinguished herself as an impressively versatile player who s as comfortable on postbop sessions with Joe Henderson and Wallace Roney as she is touring with pop stars like Kravitz and husband Carlos Santana. The formidable lineup of Spectrum Road assures the legacy of Tony Williams lives on, and clearly qualifies as a major 2012 music event.