Seductivity
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On their debut release, "Seductivity", Times 4 presents an energetic concoction of all-original music, integrating groove-based funk/hiphop beats with modern harmony and improvised jazz.
"Seductivity" features a wide range of musical beats and flavors that reflect the eclectic backgrounds of the musicians. From straight up jazz/funk to latin to blues to middle eastern tinge, a diverse musical journey is embarked on in the name of progressive jazz.
One of the showcase tracks on the CD is Track 5, entitled "Down Low", in honor of the venue at which it was recorded (The Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley, California). It was performed with an approach most characteristic of Times 4 - no preconception of form or direction, no musical notation - simply freestyle musical improvisation that never sacrifices the strength of a powerful groove - truly progressive jazz.
Times 4 is an instrumental performance quartet of San Francisco Bay Area natives. They deliver a potent force of fresh, energetic interplay steeped in the history of friendship and common musical roots.
Times 4 is Lincoln Adler (saxophone), Kevin Lofton (bass), Maurice Miles (drums), and Greg Sankovich (keyboards). Maurice and Kevin are friends and musical collaborators since high school; likewise, Lincoln and Greg continue a musical dialogue that also dates back to their teen years.
The members of Times 4 have, together and individually, traveled the world contributing their talents to a wide range of musical projects with many renowned artists, and have recorded music on over 20 distinguished record labels.
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...a fine example of the funkier side of jazz.
author: All Music Guide - Scott Yanow
Times 4 is an excellent and tight funk/jazz group. Both tenor saxophonist Lincoln Adler and keyboardist Greg Sankovich are expert at setting danceable grooves and, although Adler's originals are generally pretty basic, the music develops well and holds onto one's attention. The bass-drums team of Kevin Lofton and Maurice Miles is tight and the quartet often thinks as one. The live group improvisation "Down Low" is a solid and coherent change of pace. Seductivity succeeds as both funky dance music and a fine example of the funkier side of jazz.
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....grabs you like a magnet and never lets go.
author: All About Jazz
The quartet's exciting program grabs you like a magnet and never lets go. These players can hold your enraptured attention for marathon sessions, as they do on the album's live track, “Down Low,” or they can provide you with music to make your day a whole lot brighter, as they do on this highly recommended album.
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...some massive, creative jazz, fusion funk.
author: ContemporaryJazz.com
...what you should expect from this disc is some massive, creative jazz, fusion funk...It is like the Average White Band meets the Headhunters meeting Down To The Bone...No fluff, just mind exploring, but extremely fun, rhythmic music.
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This is sexy stuff!
author: The VibeMistress - Soul Sanctuary Radio
This is sexy stuff! Times 4 is a quartet that rides the line between jazz and funk to eargasmic effect. There’s stuff on this disc that will bring about the stank face as easily as it will make you snuggle closer to your chosen cold weather companion. So no, seductivity is NOT a real word. But these tunes will make you believe it is. Somehow the coined term seems perfectly appropriate to describe this sound.
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