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Kick the Cat, Kicks a***!!!! (The PG title)

crookedlid | Chicago, IL USA | 11/21/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I heard these guys on a college radio station a year or so ago and could not find the CD for the longest time .... Anyway, if you like progressive jazz (jazz-rock fusion, whatever you want to call it), you should add this to your collection. 'Kick the Cat' obviously has been influenced by many of my favorite musicians like Jaco Pastiorus, Jean Luc Ponty, King Crimson, Chick Corea, and maybe a little Santana (his solo stuff anyway) to name a few BUT they add their own style and spice (oh yeah, the first song is a tribute to some jazz guy named "Ramsey", anybody know who that is?)... just kidding, I guess you can add the "R" man as one of their influences. Great musicianship, great songwriting, okay production... The production is the only reason I didn't give this a 5 star rating. I hope to hear a lot from these guys in the future AND I hope they find a producer, engineer, or mixer to do them justice (I apologize to whoever was responsible for these on this CD; it is just my opinion as a jazz fanatic, musician, and consumer)... KICK THE CAT, KICKS BUTT!!!!!!"