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The Trouble With minus drums

From the Steve Smith and Vital Information recording Vitalization, this is the track The Trouble With.  This track features Tom Coster on keyboards, bassist Baron Browne and Vinny Valentino on guitar.  Featuring Bill Evans on sax.

“The Trouble With” kicks-off with some serious rhythm work by the composer; rarely has a rhythm guitar part been used so effectively as an intro. A traditional Motown drum fill escorts Bill Evans’ muscular tenor saxophone into the melody. Both Valentino and Evans’ solos are instigated by duets with the drummer. With Valentino, Smith’s snare and bass drum answer (and occasionally end) the guitarist’s slippery phrases.

Coster forgoes the duet, and cuts right to the point with a super-funky organ solo that stabs and darts, building up to a soulful and gradual explosion from Evans. Smith and Evans begin with a duet that leaves you wanting more and Bill proceeds to weave his way through the solo form as though he’s played it a thousand times. The band then lays down a nice vamp for Steve to solo over, climaxing with some furious single strokes before the final chord.

Shake Me minus drums

This is “Shake Me” minus the drum track (with click) as it was recorded by Vinny Valentino, Baron Browne, Tom Coster and Joel Rosenblatt for the Double B Double V CD.

You Dont Say minus drums

This is “You Don’t Say” minus the drum track (with click) as it was recorded by Vinny Valentino, Baron Browne, Tom Coster and Joel Rosenblatt for the Double B Double V CD.

You Dont Say

This is the complete version of “You Don’t Say” as recorded by Vinny Valentino, Baron Browne, Tom Coster and Joel Rosenblatt for the Double B Double V CD.

Shake Me

This is “Shake Me” as it was recorded by Vinny Valentino, Baron Browne, Tom Coster and Joel Rosenblatt for the Double B Double V CD.

Shake Me minus bass

This is “Shake Me” minus the bass track by Vinny Valentino, Baron Browne, Tom Coster and Joel Rosenblatt form the Double B Double V CD.

Shake Me minus guitar

This is “Shake Me” minus the guitar track by Vinny Valentino, Baron Browne, Tom Coster and Joel Rosenblatt form the Double B Double V CD.

Shake Me minus keys

This is “Shake Me” minus the keyboard track by Vinny Valentino, Baron Browne, Tom Coster and Joel Rosenblatt form the Double B Double V CD.