“All
in all this music has something everyone will love”
Rolling Stone
Recorded
in 1978, ‘Fat Doggie’ is a genre-defying fusion
of jazz, funk, disco, soul and Latin. Solid rhythm section,
tight horns, great tunes - imagine Average White Band,
Santana, James Brown, Albert Ayler, & Tower of Power
all on one album! The Greg Alper Band featured the finest
jazz players in New York, including Richie Morales (Spyro
Gyra, Brecker Bros), Chuck Loeb (Bob James, Fourplay)
& Ray Anderson (Best Trombonist: Down Beat magazine
critics poll 1987-91). The disco infused funk opening
cut Hole in Your Pocket, was a dance floor classic. The
combustible Give it Up is a scorching tightly-syncopated
funk workout that wouldn’t sound out of place on
a vintage Tower of Power album. The mellower mid-paced
Latin grooved bonus track Many Moods with exquisite horn
parts, lit by celestial shimmering guitar accompaniment.
The original release elicited positive press reviews including
Rolling Stone which said “...all in all this music
has something that everyone will love” as well as
Billboard’s “Top Album Picks”. In recent
years, the hard-to-find ‘Fat Doggie’ album
has become something of a cult collectable with groove
spotters, DJs and jazz-funk disciples the world over.
Remastered at Abbey Road Studios using the original source
tapes, ‘Fat Doggie’ has once again been unleashed
from the kennel!
