Simon Phillips - Symbiosis (1995)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Simon Phillips Title Symbiosis Length 62:22 Discs: 1 Tracks: 9 Format CD Packaging Jewel Case Label Lipstick Cat. Number 8936 Style Fusion Rating Recorded 1995  at  A&M Studios, Hollywood, CA

Musicians	Credits
Ray Russell guitars Mitch Forman keyboards Wendell Brooks saxophones Mike Porcaro bass John Peńa bass Jimmy Johnson bass Sheila E. timbales Chris Trujillo percussion Simon Phillips drums	Producer Joachim Becker Engineer Jess Sutcliffe Mastering Doug Sax

Track list

01 Symbiosis (Phillips) 08:53 02 You Restless Angel (Phillips/Russell) 04:52 03 Midair Decision (Phillips/Russell) 04:42 04 Biplane To Bermuda (Phillips) 09:02 05 Isis (Phillips/Russell) 08:10 06 Out Of The Blue (Phillips) 06:14 07 Starfish Spaghetti (Russell) 07:03 08 Indian Summer (Forman/Phillips) 07:51 09 Sea Of Sighs (Phillips/Russell) 05:35

Notes

Amazon.com Reviewer: A music fan **** This CD is a great find for all musicians listening to contemporary jazz. The level of musicianship is very high. Simon Phillips is, of course, just fantastic. On this, his third solo effort, he turns off the sequencers and does it all with real musicians. The ensemble contains the core from Force Majeure - Anthony Jackson, Ray Russle and adds Mitch Forman and various percussionists. Several of the compositions seem to have more body than Simon's earlier work without losing any of the Simon signature fireworks. Absolute must for any drummer. I would have given it 5 stars but I would reserve that rating for aclassics like 'A Love Supreme" or 'Kind of Blue' and so forth.