The Gangsters – s/t LP rock Salt of The Earth finds

Salt of The Earth finds Private Lives coming into their own

‘LP’ is a tour de force of bratty

the sense of the fraught sophomore effort is accentuated even more so

General Baxter

"After spending the first years of the band recording everything on a shoestring budget

The Gangsters – s/t LP rock Salt of The Earth findsRescued from obscurity, the tracks on this album have all the punch and hip swinging joy of fellow jazz funk artists like The Crusaders, Weather Report, and Pleasure. But with Thara Memory leading the charge, the music has a rich complexity, best exemplified by the nine minute Suite for Funk Band, which runs through a series of movements that touch on Latin grooves and post bop before culminating in an almost psychedelic breakdown capped off by a