Artist: Tower Of Power
Origin: Oakland, California, USA
Genre: Soul, Funk, R&B, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock
Original line-up:
Emilio "Mimi" Castillo: Alto Saxophone, Vocals
Steve Kupka: Baritone Saxophone, Background Vocals
Skip Mesquite: Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
Greg Adams: First Trumpet
David Padron: Second Trumpet
Frank Prestia: Bass
Will Fulton: Guitar, Background Vocals
Mic Gillette: Trumpet, Trombone, Flugelhorn
Ken Balzell: Trumpet
David Garibaldi" Drums, Vibes, Background Vocals
Rufus Miller: Lead Vocals
Tower Of Power is an American R&B Band from Oakland, California, formed in 1968. Their music style mixed between Soul, Funk, R&B and Jazz. Their most-successful single "So Very Hard To Go", "This Time It's Real" and "What Is Hip?".
Title: Hipper Than Hip: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Live On The Air & In The Studio 1974) (2013)
Genre: Soul, Funk, R&B, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock
Label: Real Gone Music
Rating: *****
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1. Intro (0:31)
2. Oakland Stroke (1:57)
3. Squib Cakes (9:48)
4. This Time It's Real (4:01)
5. Soul Vaccination (5:22)
6. You're Still A Young Man (5:29)
7. Clean Slate (6:10)
8. So Very Hard To Go (5:12)
9. Get Yo' Feet Back On The Ground (5:11)
Disc 2:
1. Intro (0:20)
2. Time Will Tell (3:30)
3. Man From The Past (4:23)
4. Down To The Nightclub (2:38)
5. Just When We Start Makin' It (8:00)
6. Knock Yourself Out (18:51)
7. What Is Hip? (6:22)
Personnel:
Greg Adams: Trumpet
Brent Byars: Congas
Emilio Castillo: Tenor Saxophone
Bruce Conte: Guitar
David Garibaldi: Drums
Mic Gillette: Trumpet
Stephen Kupka: Baritone Saxophone
Lenny Pickett: Tenor Saxophone
Francis Rocco Prestia: Bass
Chester Thompson: Keyboards
Lenny Williams: Vocals
Hipper Than Hip: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is the live album by Tower Of Power, was released on November 25, 2013 by Real Gone Music, recorded art Ultrasonic recording studio, Hempstead Long Island. Broadcast over WLIR-FM on May 14, 1974.
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