I think Jeff Lorber is a criminally underrated musician. He has been making and producing music for the best part of 30 years. His sound is smooth and jazzy but always funky. Galaxian, released on Arista in 1981 is probably my favourite of Lorber's early records (as the Jeff Lorber Fusion). It retains it jazz fusion roots, but also points the way forward with songs like Monster Man which is a funky mid-tempo groove as good as any and Think Back & Remember, a smooth pop/R&B ballad. This was the direction his sound would increasingly lean towards in the coming years, the culmination of which was the Step By Step album from 1985 which was his most successful record and featured the club & pop hit Best Part Of The Night.
Jeff Lorber Fusion - Monster ManJeff Lorber Fusion - Think Back & Remember
