The Pat Petrillo Big Rhythm Band - The Power
Station Sessions is an assortment of music that crosses genres,
changes up traditional tempos, and restates how and why tracks are set down in
an order on a release, but in the end - IT JUST WORKS! Featuring a Who's Who of
artists such as Nile Rodgers, John Popper, Oz
Noy, Lenny Pickett, Felicia Collins, Glen
Burtnik, David Cook, Scott Ambush, Steve
Jankowski and of course the heart and soul of the release, Pat
Petrillo.
The Pat
Petrillo Big Rhythm Band - The Power Station Sessions
The
Power Station Sessions: 48th
Street, Big Man On Mulberry Street, Asbury Daze, Black Cow, It Won't Be Long,
Runnin', Global Warming, Knocks Me Off My Feet, Hey, Pocky Way
Personnel: Pat Petrillo: drums; David Cook:
keyboards; Scott Ambush: Bass; Steve Jankowski: trumpet; Tom
Timko: saxophone; Plinky Giglio: B3 organ; Nile Rodgers:
guitar; Felicia Collins: guitar; Oz Noy: guitar; John Popper:
vocals; Lenny Pickett: saxophone; Glen Burtnik: vocals
Pat Petrillo Big
Rhythm Band - The Power Station Sessions was recorded at the famed Power Station studio,
produced by Pat Petrillo, engineered by Roy Hendrickson,
and released on the Autumn
Hill Records
label. The Power Station Sessions follows up the critically acclaimed
Big Rhythm Band's debut, The Abbey Road Sessions.
The release opens
with the funky 48th Street written by Pat Petrillo and
featuring guitarist Nile Rodgers and saxophonist Lenny Pickett. 48Th
Street is the amuse bouche for a smorgasbord of music that crosses genres. 48th
Street is more than a song title as Pat pointed out, "48th Street in
New York was where the music lived via music shops, records stores and
recording studios in the 70s."
The jazzy Billy
Joel track Big Man On Mulberry Street is the next track featuring Tom
Timko on saxophone and Oz Noy on guitar. The song is significant as the
original track by Billy Joel was laid down at The Power Station Studios. The
saxophone sings' the vocals in this instrumental track and complements the
compelling groove that Pat arranged. Pat's arrangement of the track Asbury
Daze captures the Asbury sound with a powerful horn section that is reminiscent
of Bruce Springsteen and South Side Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.
The Big Rhythm Band
transitions to the Steely Dan classic track, Black Cow with Oz Noy's brilliant
guitar work playing the "vocals" on this funky revamped arrangement. Never
swaying from their love for the Beatles, The Big Rhythm Band tackles It
Won't Be Long featuring Glen Burtnik and John Popper sharing the vocals on
the only non-instrumental track; a tight baseline sets the foundation for the
vocals.
Changing it up a
bit with the track Runnin' by Earth, Wind & Fire the band takes the funky
sound up a few measures with Pat Petrillo taking center stage with a drum solo.
Pat shows his writing chops with his original composition Global Warming,
which is a tense and powerful fast tempo song that calls out the increased
paced of the climate crisis.
Rounding out the
release is Knocks Me Off My Feet by Stevie Wonder, which Pat arranged as
a ballad, and the track Hey, Poky Way, a fun New Orleans Mardi Gras
Indian Chant. The transitions across genres and tempos throughout the release are
not only refreshing but they make a powerful statement that music, in the right
hands, is pure entertainment.
Websites where you
can procure The Pat Petrillo Big Rhythm Band -
The Power Station Sessions: Pat Petrillo, Powder
Finger,
Amazon
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