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Victor Wooten: Extraction

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Label: Tone Center Records
Released: 2003.10.07
Time:
 50:08
Category: Instrumental Rock, Jazz Fusion
Producer(s): Greg Howe
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.victorwooten.com
Appears with: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Extraction (G.Howe) - 6:13
[2] Tease (G.Howe) - 6:07
[3] Crack It Way Open (G.Howe) - 5:59
[4] Contigo (G.Howe) - 6:30
[5] Proto Cosmos (A.Pasqua) - 4:15
[6] A Delicacy (G.Howe) - 2:24
[7] Lucky 7 (G.Howe) - 6:02
[8] Ease Up (G.Howe) - 6:20
[9] Bird's Eye View (G.Howe) - 6:18

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Greg Howe - Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Keyboard, Producer
David Cook - Additional Keyboard, Keyboard Solos
Dennis Chambers - Drums
Victor Wooten - Bass

Mark Gifford - Engineering, Mixing
John Grant - Engineering
Tony Gross - Mixing
Ashley Moore - Mastering
Lisa Lake - Photography

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Recorded on 2001–03 at Moore Music Recording Studio in Bath, Pennsylvania; Secret Sound Studio in Baltimore, Maryland; Ashmoon Studio; Greg Howe's home studio in Easton, Pennsylvania; David Cook's home studio in New York City; Victor Wooten's home studio in Nashville, Tennessee.



Although he's primarily known as a heavy metal shredder, guitarist Greg Howe can pretty much adapt to any style thrown his way -- including jazz fusion. And this is precisely the style that is featured throughout 2003's Extraction, which saw Howe joined by such top-notch instrumentalists as Victor Wooten on bass and Dennis Chambers on drums (as well as David Cook on keys). Longtime fans of Howe who are hoping for at least a glimpse of his hard rock roots are out of luck here, as the tunes often recall the carefree fusion days of the 1970s, when such artists as Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke, and Al di Meola were consistently giving a clinic with chops-heavy tunes. As far as modern-day fusion goes, Extraction is pretty darn consistent from front to back, as evidenced by such uptempo ditties as "Extraction" and "Crack It Way Open," as well as more tranquil moments like "Tease" and "Ease Up." Howe, Wooten, and Chambers have certainly succeeded in summoning up a heavy '70s vibe throughout Extraction, and as a result, the album wouldn't sound out of place played between School Days and Where Have I Known You Before.

Greg Prato - All Music Guide



In his acclaimed bass camps, Vic Wooten counsels his students that the spaces between the notes are as important as the notes themselves. Greg Howe doesn’t seem to have taken that lesson to heart, considering the number of notes per second on this release. Extraction is just about evenly divided between well-crafted, thoughtful compositions and dead-end chops demonstrations. Whether the ratio is worthwhile is up to the individual listener.

The pedigrees of these musicians are unquestionably solid. Right off the bat we’re treated to a powerful Chambers drum solo on the title track, which then settles into a 16th-note melody line so typical of modern fusion. “Tease” is exceptionally entertaining, each performer coming up with an endless series of creative ideas. But the next track, “Crack It Way Open,” is pretty much inconsequential filler, the kind of aimless noodling that almost put fusion in its grave a decade ago. The tracks keep alternating thusly between promise and pap.

When Howe picks up the acoustic guitar things get a bit more interesting, yet he still tries to say too much at times. Wooten adds some marvelous runs and his fretless playing is as fine as always but he, too, tends to fall into the 16th-note babble pattern. Chambers, for his part, bubbles and swells appropriately on each tune; it’s a shame he doesn’t have more to support. Keyboardist Dave Cook’s pads and lines help to keep things on track, and he is a respectable soloist. Extraction does have its moments, but it’s not the most wisely considered entry in anyone’s catalog here.

Todd S. Jenkins - October 18, 2003
© 2015 All About Jazz



Extraction is a collaborative studio album by guitarist Greg Howe, drummer Dennis Chambers and bassist Victor Wooten, released on October 7, 2003 through Tone Center Records. According to Howe, the album went through a very difficult recording process which spanned two years, resulting in disagreements between the three musicians and Shrapnel founder Mike Varney, as well as several delays in the release date.[2][4]

The sixth track, "A Delicacy", is a re-recording of an instrumental previously released on Now Hear This, a 1991 album by Howe II (an earlier band of Greg's). "Proto Cosmos" is a popular jazz fusion composition by pianist Alan Pasqua, originally featured on The New Tony Williams Lifetime's 1975 album Believe It.

Todd S. Jenkins at All About Jazz gave Extraction a mixed review, describing it as "just about evenly divided between well-crafted, thoughtful compositions and dead-end chops demonstrations." Praise was given to each musician for their technical craft and musical contributions, but criticism was directed at some of the songs for being "pretty much inconsequential filler, the kind of aimless noodling that almost put fusion in its grave a decade ago." Furthermore, he remarked that Howe "tries to say too much at times" and Wooten "tends to fall into the 16th-note babble pattern." Jenkins concluded by saying "Extraction does have its moments, but it's not the most wisely considered entry in anyone's catalog here."

Greg Prato at AllMusic gave the album a more positive review, saying that "the tunes often recall the carefree fusion days of the 1970s [...] As far as modern-day fusion goes, Extraction is pretty darn consistent from front to back". He noted "Crack It Way Open", "Tease", "Ease Up" and the title track as highlights.

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