Jazziz
Jazziz (1980)…
4 stars Downbeat magazine, feature review of the month Keyboard magazine;
the magazine, JAZZIZ, was named after this album (in 1983.)
John Serry: piano, composer, keyboards, additional percussion, arranger, producer; all instruments on the track, Jazziz (piano, keyboards, percussion, drums.)
Bob Sheppard: saxophones, woodwinds
Mike Sembello: guitar
Jimmy “Flim” Johnson: electric bass
Gordon Johnson: additional electric bass
Carlos Vega: drums
Peter Erskine: drums (Upstart and Don Quixote’s Hustle: A Disco Nightmare)
Gordon Gottlieb: percussion
The strongest aspect of Serry’s style is his interlocking rhythms in shifting time signatures…funky hiccupping lines dodge around one another…the forward motion is so compelling…it’s a little like being in orbit. Serry achieves a remarkable amount of coloration.
Keyboard Magazine