Kotikoski/Kleutgens/Colaiuta/Tavaglione - Cave Men (2002)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Kotikoski/Kleutgens/Colaiuta/Tavaglione Title Cave Men Length 57:59 Discs: 1 Tracks: 10 Format LQ <160 kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label j2k records Cat. Number N/A Style Fusion Rating Recorded sierpień 2002  at  The Cave, Hollywood, CA

Musicians	Credits
Antti Kotikoski guitars J.K. Kleutgens bass Vinnie Colaiuta drums Steve Tavaglione EWI, saxophones	Producer Antti Kotikoski Producer J.K. Kleutgens Mastering Dirk K

Track list

01 5 For Eddie 05:55 02 Make No Mistake 07:24 03 Country 06:33 04 Time Sensitive 03:59 05 Antti Goes To War 02:50 06 Sanctuary 08:11 07 Cave Men 02:02 08 Sitar 05:59 09 Off The Record 06:53 10 The Words Out 08:13

Notes

Featuring a teaming of guitarist Antti Kotikoski, bassist J.K. Kleutgens, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and sax man Steve Tavaglione, Cave Men offers a bounty of fusion tones and textures. All four players are world class musicians who are given tremendous amounts of space to showcase their talents. Kotikoski spreads angular legato lines all over the opener "5 For Eddie", while "Time Sensitive" fineds the guitarist taking a Holdsworthian-like spin through some ferocious bass and tenor sax lines. Colaiuta is at his best throughout the CD, with Germany's Drums and Percussion magazine even selecting Cave Men as one of its CDs of the month. Another great ansemble track is the eight-minute "Sanctuary" with Kotikoski and Tavaglione laying out a melodic framework for some otherworldly soloing to follow. (guitar9) Reviewer: Perry This is some very mature, over the top post-bop/fusion from some of the cream of the crop L.A. musicians (notably Vinnie and Steve Tavaglione). There's some incredible soloing going on throughout the cd, and the songs are very complex rythmically and harmonically. Everything a fusion fan wants to hear ! When can we expect 'Cavemen' 2? (3 Stars and a half) (cdbaby.com)