Virgil Donati with Scott Henderson - Just Add Water (1997)

This independent release from Australian drummer Virgil Donati features guitarist Scott Henderson and bassist Ricc Fierabracci. Just Add Water is essentially an improvised jam session -- but when the players are of this high caliber, a jam session is not only a good thing, but a great thing. Sure, it's a treat to hear these players unashamedly wail away on their respective instruments, but the real magic is in hearing their creative minds work together to make one interesting musical statement after another. Henderson's bluesy playing is perfectly suited for the CD's jam-oriented style, while Fierabracci's bass playing shows why he is in such demand. However, the rhythmic propulsion of the session's leader is the cause of this recording's underground success. Due mainly to Donati's undeniable genius at the traps (and partly because of the relative obscurity of his recordings), he has become a drumming superstar. Donati is equally adept at playing Tribal Tech-style jazz-rock fusion, as he does here, or high-powered progressive metal (see Planet X). An underground classic from down under.

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