Near Life Experience is Keyboard whiz
Scott Kinsey’s sophomore solo album after Kinesthetics, released almost
10 years ago in 2006. Considered by many to be Tribal Tech’s secret
weapon, Scott either penned or co-wrote nine out of the twelve tunes on
the record. Near Life Experience features a terrific version of Marvin
Gaye’s Inner City Blues featuring Jason Joseph on vocals as well as the
amazing Lalah Hathaway who contributes some incredible wordless vocal
improvising on Siya, an element of her artistry seldom heard. The
terrific 12 track album features a long list of A-Listers who bring
their best to the game; Michael Landau, Kirk Fletcher on guitar, Gary
Novak, Danny Carey, Kirk Covington, Gergo Borlai, Karim Ziad on the
drums, long time collaborator Matthew Garrison, Jimmy Earl, and Hadrein
Feraud on bass along with Arto Tuncoboyacian among others on percussion.
While Scott certainly pays homage to his friend and guru Joe Zawinul in
moments, he more importantly carves out his own unique and definitive
voice like never before, as highlighted on the explosive title track on
the album.