Larry Klimas / Retro-Spec(t)

Chicago-born Larry Klimas one of LA first call horn players was a member of the rare white group signed by Motown Records, Puzzle featuring John LiVign (aka John Valenti) in early 1970’s. Eventually John Valenti started solo career and the Puzzle disbanded, Klimas started as his studio musician’s career in Los Angeles. In 1980, Klimas joined the War as the successor of late Charles Miller. Whilst he played an important role at Lee Oskar producing works, he also works very closely with David Garfield over decades including Garfield’s band Karizma, the project "Tribute To Jeff Porcaro", Luis Conte's solo albums and so on. In the summer of 1999, finally Klimas finished and released his first solo album "Retro-Spec(t)". This was one of the best urban contemporary Jazz albums of 1999. And for the AOR-maniacs, the album features "What's Goin' On" featuring Jason Scheff on the lead vocals with Bill Champlin and Joseph Williams on the background vocals.

Release: August, 1999 (USA) / 25 March, 2000 (Japan)
Label: Creatchy Records, USA (CR012) / Cool Sound Inc., Japan (COOL-044)

Tracks:
1. Bawls
2. Off The Beaten Path
3. Ganja
4. What's Goin' On
5. Desire
6. Stranger Things Have Happened
7. Under Your Spell
8. That's The Beauty Of It
9. One For The Old Man
10. Quiero Hablar Espanol *
11. Heavy Resin *

* Bonus Track(s) only for Japanese edition; unreleased 1987 Japan live performance recording tracks of Karizma

Producer: David Garfield, Michael Landau, John Pena, Simon Phillips, Jason Schef, Larry Klimas

Larry Klimas: Sax

- Musicians-
Keyboards: David Garfield
Keyboards, Drum Programming: Arthur Barrow
Guitars: Michael Landau, Ricardo Silviera, Mike Miller, Steve Farris, Tim Pierce, Steve Lukather
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta, Simon Phillips, Gregg Bissonette, Steve Ferrone
Drums and Cymbals: Carlos Vega
Snare Drums: Dave Karasony
Bass: John Pierce, Jimmy Johnson, John Pena, Jason Scheff, James Earl, Nathan East
Lead & Backing Vocals (on track 4): Jason Scheff
Backing Vocals (on track4): Bill Champlin, Joseph Williams
Percussion: Lenny Castro, Luis Conte, Pat Murphy, Lenny Castro, Greg Ellis
Tenor Sax Solo (on track 8): Earnie Watts
Alto Sax (on track 8): Brandon Fields
Trumpet: Rick Braun, Walter Fowler
Trombone: Nick Lane
Flugelhorn: Ralf Rickert, Walter Fowler

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