Artist: SCOTT HENDERSON/ JEFF BERLIN/ DENNIS CHAMBERS
Album: HBC (CD)

Year: 2012
Media type: CD

HBC is the new fusion supergroup comprised of three virtuoso Musicians, Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers who join to together to create one of the most phenomenal trios in the history of jazz fusion. Rather than jumping into a studio as virtual strangers and winging it like some superstar alliances, instead HBC hit the road first and refinined a repertoire of classic fusion covers in front of thousands of hungry fusion fans. After assembling an impressive collection of road-tested masterpieces, the group, all composed of leaders, decided that it was finely time combine their talents to make  this musical statement.
 
Henderson is one of the most well known contemporary guitarists in the jazz fusion genre and he has mesmerized guitar fans around the globe with his masterful phrases and unique style. Guitar fans have enjoyed hearing Scott work with Jean Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul and power fusion trio “ Henderson, Smith and Wooten”with Steve Smith and Victor Wooten. In addition, Scott has churned out an incredible body of work stemming from his other career as founding member of Tribal Tech and as a solo artist, both of which he has toured extensively to support. Henderson is one of the most well known contemporary guitarists in the jazz fusion genre and he has mesmerized guitar fans around the globe with his masterful phrases and unique style.
 
Bassist Jeff Berlin is a celebrated solo artist with numerous fusion recordings under his own name, and affiliations with artists Al Dimeola, Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth. John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham. Berlin is widely regarded as one of the greatest bassists in the world and is equally adept at playing hardcore, no holds-barred jazz fusion and straight ahead traditional jazz. As a bassist, Berlin’s tone, phrasing and keen sense of melody are a winning combination that has helped him reach the top of magazine reader’s polls for years.
 
A formidable, ferocious and ultra-funky presence behind the kit in such celebrated ensembles as Parliament-Funkadelic, Steely Dan, Santana and the Brecker Brothers as well as incendiary fusion outfits led by guitarists John Scofield, Steve Khan, Mike Stern and John McLaughlin, Dennis Chambers is miracle in modern music. A remarkably versatile drummer who has shown limitless ability to swing on a small kit in traditional jazz settings or flaunt his stylistic chops in fusion super sessions, Dennis Chambers is one of the most recorded drummers in the World of jazz fusion.

TRACKLIST:

1. Actual Proof
2. Mysterious Traveler
3. Footprints
4. D Flat Waltz
5. The Orphan
6. Sightseeing
7. Wayward Son Of Devil Boy
8. Threedom Stratus

LINE-UP:

SCOTT HENDERSON - guitar
JEFF BERLIN - bass
DENNIS CHAMBERS - drums