Actual Proof Discography of CDs

Actual Proof albums Actual Proof, a quartet based in Charlotte, North Carolina, consists of vibraphonist Eric Mullis, keyboardist Silas Aldridge, electric bassist Phillip W. Berkley III. and drummer-percussionist Scott Brower. Paradigm Shift is their first full-length CD and it is a very impressive effort. On Paradigm Shift, Actual Proof revitalizes jazz fusion. Their music is always funky (with powerful bass playing by Berkley), and utilizes the sound of rock, particularly on numbers where guitarist Clint Presley is a guest. But the jazz quotient is also quite high for the band constantly improvises, tugging at and stretching the boundaries of funky fusion, bringing in the best qualities of electric jazz and rock. The ten group originals set specific moods but are also often episodic with surprises heard along the way, especially the switch to double-time on "Mongo." Among the other memorable aspects of this well-rounded program are the melody (in 14/8 time) of "The Ion," the early 1970s groove of "Level It Out," the way that "Island" develops from a two-chord vamp into a sophisticated song, the otherworldly ...

Actual Proof CD discography Track Listing of songs: Down On Me; Sing It Back; Sunset, Sunrise; If Only; Dildo And The Weed; Kate; Chinese Whispers; Sirens; Alguém; Lettera A Mio Figlio; Different Scale; Cumonohara; God Bless America; Not Even Red; Cut The Line; I Know; One Night Dance; Memories; Lost City; Real Man; Princess Of Mars;