Artist	Song
Spyro Gyra	Slow Burn
The Tim Weisberg Band	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Stanley Clarke	Quiet Afternoon
Sadao Watanabe	Say When
Andy Narell	tornad(Oz)
Weather Report	Between The Thighs
Special EFX	Much Too Soon
Larry Carlton	Midnight Parade
Jeff Berlin	Freight Train Shuffle
Robert Greenidge & Michael Utley	Sunshine
Earl Klugh	Heart String
Billy Cobham	Indigo
Ryo Kawasaki	Sweet Tears

Comment:

The idea for this mix came from one of the comments on my last posting - Upheaval . This mixer, tornadoZ, liked the song with the steel drums - The Lights in the Sky Are Stars - by the Darol Anger / Barbara Higbie Quintet, and mentioned that.
Though my knowledge of latin music is admittedly weak (with the exception of Jobim, the Gilberto clan, and a few others), I have been delving into some of tornadoZ's mixes in an attempt to play catch up. They have been a wonderful source for me to soak up the flavors of the latin artists.
Secondly, I wanted to show my appreciation for his comments as I was coming from Behind the Curtain into the aotm mix community after spending some time watching from a silent (but appreciative) distance.
The steel drum player on the aforementioned song is Andy Narell. So for this mix, I have included a piece by Narell as a band leader along with another song which has the steel drum as a major component - "Sunshine" by Robert Greenidge & Michael Utley. Also, "Slow Burn" features a very nice vibraphone (close relative to steel drums) solo by Dave Samuels. By the way, the Narell song is actually titled simply "Oz."
There you have it. From the collection of 100% vinyl to tornadoZ and y'all.

Some notes on the players:
1-Spyro Gyra featuring Jay Beckenstein, Richie Morales, Dave Samuels, Tom Schuman, Oscar Cartaya
2-The Tim Weisberg Band with Chuck Leavell, Todd Robinson, Doug Anderson, Ty Grimes, Tom Dougherty
3-Stanley Clarke with Steve Gadd, David Sancious
4-Sadao Watanabe with Steve Gadd, Marcus Miller, Richard Tee, Ralph MacDonald, Eric Gale, Paul Griffin
5-Andy Narell with Kenneth Nash, Steve Erquiaga, Rich Girard
6-Weather Report is comprised of Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, Al Johnson, Alyrio Lure, Ndugu
7-Special EFX includes Chiell Minucci, George Jinda, Robbie Konder, Fernanado Saunders, JJ Lewis, Steve Robbins
8-Larry Carlton is joined by Greg Mathieson, Don Freeman, Pops Popswell, Paulinho da Costa, John Ferraro
9-Jeff Berlin's sidemen are Ron Reinhardt, Frank Gambale, Tris Imboden, Pul Gilbert, Brad Dutz
11-Earl Klugh is with Greg Phillinganes, Phil Upchurch, Charles Meeks, Victor Lewis, Ralph MacDonald
12-Billy Cobham's band includes Pete Mauna, Randy Jackson, Joachim Kuhn, Mike Manieri
13-Ryo Kawasaki is with Phil Clendenin, Herb Bushler, Buddy Wilheim, Steve Turre

Quiz: Win a copy of this mix with artwork by answering this question - What sideman has recorded with six of the artists listed above?

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