Synergy (Dave Weckl Band album)

Synergy is a 1999 studio album by the jazz fusion group Dave Weckl Band.

The album peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "Weckl has a solid team to work with and emphasizes improvisation and honest-to-God playing not high-tech studio gloss."

Track listing

1. "High Life" (Buzz Feiten, Tom Kennedy, Jay Oliver, Dave Weckl) – 7:46
2. "Panda's Dream" (Feiten) – 5:21
3. "Swunk" (Oliver, Weckl) – 4:49
4. "A Simple Prayer" (Feiten) – 4:53
5. "Cape Fear" (Feiten, Oliver, Brandon Fields) – 6:54
6. "Wet Skin" (Feiten, Fields, Oliver, Weckl) – 6:10
7. "Synergy" (Oliver, Weckl) – 7:13
8. "Where's My Paradise?" (Feiten, Oliver) – 4:52
9. "Lucky Seven" (Fields) – 5:55
10. "Swamp Thing" (Feiten, Kennedy, Oliver, Weckl) – 5:22
11. "Cultural Concurrence" (Weckl) – 3:24
12. "Tower '99" (Oliver, Weckl) – 6:06

Personnel

• Dave Weckl – drums, percussion (4, 11), tambourine (9), hi-hat (9), brushes on box (11)
• Brandon Fields – tenor saxophone (1, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 12), soprano saxophone (2, 4), Yamaha WX5 (5, 8, 9), baritone saxophone (9), additional keyboards (9)
• Jay Oliver – keyboards (1–8, 10, 12), synth solo (1), organ (9)
• Buzz Feiten – guitars (1–3, 5–7, 9, 10, 12), nylon guitar (4), steel string guitar (8)
• Tom Kennedy – bass (1–10, 12)

Production

• Chick Corea – executive producer
• Ron Moss – executive producer, management
• Dave Weckl – producer, mixing, photography, liner notes
• Jay Oliver – associate producer, mixing (3, 10, 12)
• Robert Read – recording, mixing (1, 2, 4–9, 11)
• Gavin Lurssen – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Evelyn Brechtlein – production manager
• Alexis Davis – production manager
• Jonathan Marshall – design, concept
• Curtis Parker – illustration
• Tyler Bender – photography

References