Even if I didn't have an overriding specific concept going in, I knew I wanted to be free from the usual expectations. What I've done previously is more about songwriting and creating a style, but the music here is about just playing, having incredible fun and ensemble energy with some of my all-time favorite musicians. The timing is perfect because I get the sense that a lot of people are looking for something unique and different out there. "I've been making funky jazz for some time now, and some of my early Jeff Lorber Fusion projects pointed the way to what became the smooth jazz radio format.
"I'm making a quantum shift on He Had a Hat because I felt it was time to shake things up a bit," says Lorber. Colomby, former drummer and a founding member of jazz-rock legends Blood, Sweat & Tears, also recruited that band's esteemed horn section for five of the recording's tracks. Lorber's guest list rolls like a euphoric, multi-genre jazz encyclopedia: Randy Brecker, Chris Botti, Brian Bromberg, Tom Scott, Gerald Albright, Kirk Whalum, Bob Sheppard, Hubert Laws, Alex Al, Paul Jackson, Jr., Paul Brown, Russell Malone, Abe Laboriel, Jr., Dave Weckl and Vinnie Colaiuta. Over the course of 13 tracks, the keyboardist pays homage to a wide range of his favorite influences, tapping into everything from gospel and brass-driven old school jazz-fusion to smoky and sultry Miles Davis-flavored moods, hard driving bebop, swinging jazz and, of course, his more familiar funk-jazz vibe.
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Long considered one of modern music's most adventurous players and performers, Lorber goes full throttle on He Had a Hat, taking a freewheeling, stylistically varied approach as whimsical as the collection's title (a punchline from a beloved old Borscht Belt joke).
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