Steve Grossman - 1977 - Terra Firma

Steve Grossman

1977

Terra Firma

01. Katonah 6:38

02. In It 4:29

03. 37 Willoughby Place 3:30

04. Enya 3:21

05. Inmate Man 6:49

06. Relentless Lady 3:13

07. This Way Out 3:28

Electric Bass, Engineer, Producer – Gene Perla

Electric Piano, Synthesizer – Jan Hammer

Percussion – Don Alias

Tenor Saxophone – Steve Grossman

Recorded at Red Gate Studio, Kent, New York, April 1976, June 1976 (4), June 1975 (7)

Heavy, hard blowing sax from Steve Grossman in a fusion setting with two of his band mates from Stone Alliance and Jan Hammer on keyboards. Essentially a fusion record very much in the late seventies mode that is made to stand above a crowded fusion market by Grossman's super intense playing. Make no mistake he blows hard on this LP and his playing is far from the lighter sounds that were the curse of many of the periods fusion records. His style owes a lot to Rollins and Trane but this is no bad thing. Hammer bubbles away producing all sorts of sounds from his Moog and other keyboards and the rhythm section of Don Alias and Gene Perla add the funk.