Jan Hammer - Drive

For an instrumental artist, hitting the pop charts is a blessing, but it can also bring along the baggage of stereotyping and higher expectations. If the smash happens to be the biggest sensation of a given decade, it might be that much harder to break the mold. But Jan Hammer, a fusion pioneer with the groundbreaking Mahavishnu Orchestra but best known for his in-your-face guitar oriented synth assault on the "Miami Vice" theme circa 1985, adheres to his own mixed moody agenda on his first non scoring project in years, the percussive yet often sweet and very melodic Drive. Read More