From the Chicago area, Streetdancer are one of the more energetic of the jazz fusion bands to come from the USA. Their debut borders on free jazz, is entirely dominated by saxophone, and is a difficult listen. However on this, their sophomore effort, the music is completely different. Adding a guitarist and a violinist, Streetdancer jumped in with both feet in crafting their version of the early Mahavishnu Orchestra sound. And it smokes pretty much from the beginning to the end. This is the kind of roughhewn fusion I personally love with distorted guitar, soaring violin, and an active rhythm section. It gets a little loose in places, not surprising given their free jazz background, but for the most part it's a tight, kinetic barnburner. No fusion head should be without it.
A1 Presence A2 Cosmocossic A3 Visualization A4 Yonnie's Tune B1 Maitreya B2 Reunion B3 Bridges B4 Moon In The Water
Kestutis Stanciauskas - bass guitar Robert Long - keyboards Andy Potter - drums and percussion Roger Glienke - guitar Chris Miller - violin Chico Freeman - saxophone
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