'Doc' Kupka gets hip to Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
"I love Tony's version of "What Is Hip?". He evokes the beatnik-bongo days of my youth and gives a whole new slant to a hard-charging funk tune. Congrats to both Tony Adamo and Jerry Stucker!" Stephen 'Doc' Kupka, Tower of Power co-founder
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"In 2016, where an always-connected generation screams for attention through new, often contrived definitions of “cool” and surprisingly predictable proclamations of uniqueness, singer and spoken word artist Tony Adamo arrives seemingly from nowhere as a true anachronism: a performer who is authentically “cool” in a timeless, almost reckless way that almost no popular artist today can match." SOULTRACKS
Saturday, November 27, 2010
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
Tony Adamo
Singer Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
Category: Music
David C. Linton
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
This is a very interesting take on a hit song. For lovers of jazz,baby boomers, they will be right at home with song. This song evokes memories of Gil-Scott Heron, the Last Poets and others poets of late 60's/70's who used music to give life to their poetry which was the real foundation for hip hop.
David C. Linton
Has served as a Senior Vice President at Capitol Records, Vice President at Arista Records under the legendary Clive Davis, also at Island Records.
http://www.strokeland.com/
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Category: Music
David C. Linton
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
This is a very interesting take on a hit song. For lovers of jazz,baby boomers, they will be right at home with song. This song evokes memories of Gil-Scott Heron, the Last Poets and others poets of late 60's/70's who used music to give life to their poetry which was the real foundation for hip hop.
David C. Linton
Has served as a Senior Vice President at Capitol Records, Vice President at Arista Records under the legendary Clive Davis, also at Island Records.
http://www.strokeland.com/
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Jim Santella of L.A. JAZZ SCENE MAGAZINE digs Adamo’s strong original style and says, “He sings with the bold character of a man who knows how to entertain, recalling pop singers Tom Jones, David Clayton-Thomas and Brook Benton, as well as jazz singers Al Jarreau and Mark Murphy.” With Tony Adamo’s smooth funk vocals, the triple threat of TOP horns and the rhythm section applying pressure to the groove, this song will be the sound of the summer"
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http://www.strokeland.com/
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Tony Adamo is in Top MP3 downloads for the week ending Nov. 10, 2010
Top MP3 downloads for the week ending Nov. 10, 2010
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A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
Tony Adamo
Singer Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
Category: Music
David C. Linton
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
This is a very interesting take on a hit song. For lovers of jazz,baby boomers, they will be right at home with song. This song evokes memories of Gil-Scott Heron, the Last Poets and others poets of late 60's/70's who used music to give life to their poetry which was the real foundation for hip hop.
David C. Linton
Has served as a Senior Vice President at Capitol Records, Vice President at Arista Records under the legendary Clive Davis, also at Island Records.
http://www.strokeland.com/
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Category: Music
David C. Linton
A Review on Tony Adamo's "What is Hip"
This is a very interesting take on a hit song. For lovers of jazz,baby boomers, they will be right at home with song. This song evokes memories of Gil-Scott Heron, the Last Poets and others poets of late 60's/70's who used music to give life to their poetry which was the real foundation for hip hop.
David C. Linton
Has served as a Senior Vice President at Capitol Records, Vice President at Arista Records under the legendary Clive Davis, also at Island Records.
http://www.strokeland.com/
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tony Adamo's exuberant jazzy take on Tower of Power's funk classic"What is Hip"
Tony Adamo's exuberant jazzy take on Tower of Power's funk classic
Adamo and his producer/guitarist Jerry Stucker take Tower of Power's classic funk number and give it a more sinewy vibe, elasticizing the vocals and the bass, while crackling up the song's more timpanic elements. This exuberantly self-assured remake recalls the Acid Jazz insouciance of the early 90s while harkening back to the Big Band era and the Vegas-y stylings of suave masters of self-confidence such as Tom Jones and Al Jarreau. Adamo has a brash self-assuredness and a sense of showmanship that's neither unearned nor in your face. You can almost picture him taking a drag from an unfiltered or sipping from a martini in between some of his spoken-word lines. And the arrangements are crisp, solid and spicy--punctuating Adamo's vocals and his been-there sung-that attitude.
http://www.strokeland.com/
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Devon Jackson
Magazine Editor - Freelance Music Journalist
Devon Jackson has written about music and film for a variety of publications--from Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice to Rolling Stone and Details. He is also the author of Conspiranoia! and currently the editor of Santa Fean magazine
Adamo and his producer/guitarist Jerry Stucker take Tower of Power's classic funk number and give it a more sinewy vibe, elasticizing the vocals and the bass, while crackling up the song's more timpanic elements. This exuberantly self-assured remake recalls the Acid Jazz insouciance of the early 90s while harkening back to the Big Band era and the Vegas-y stylings of suave masters of self-confidence such as Tom Jones and Al Jarreau. Adamo has a brash self-assuredness and a sense of showmanship that's neither unearned nor in your face. You can almost picture him taking a drag from an unfiltered or sipping from a martini in between some of his spoken-word lines. And the arrangements are crisp, solid and spicy--punctuating Adamo's vocals and his been-there sung-that attitude.
http://www.strokeland.com/
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo
Devon Jackson
Magazine Editor - Freelance Music Journalist
Devon Jackson has written about music and film for a variety of publications--from Entertainment Weekly and The Village Voice to Rolling Stone and Details. He is also the author of Conspiranoia! and currently the editor of Santa Fean magazine
Singer Tony Adamo's "What is Hip" Reviewed By Ken Spellman-Soundcheckny Radio
Singer Tony Adamo Reviewed By Ken Spellman-Soundcheckny Radio
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Singer/songwriter Tony Adamo and his producer/guitarist Jerry Stucker have re-grooved the Tower of Power (TOP) songs "What Is Hip" and "This Time It's Real," and have added their unmistakable smooth groove to these TOP hit classics. Adamo and Stucker have reimagined "What Is Hip" in a totally fresh and hip style that pays homage to, but never attempts to duplicate, the classic Tower of Power original.
"What Is Hip" is a pleasant and refreshing project that reflects back on a legendary time in music history where REAL INSTRUMENTS were played. No Garage Band, Live, Fruity loops here buddy!
On top of that Tony and Jerry dared to cover one of the most famous songs to garner appeal from jazz enthusiasts, lovers of funk, and R&B. This is the type of music that SHOULD be on the radio as it was when "Tower Of Power" initially released it.
As I listened I was rewound back in time to pleasant summer days of my youth refining my skills as a percussionist. It was a time to be HIP and this was the anthem.
The song opens with funky percussion, light keys and spoken word which immediately grab your attention. The horn sections softly remind you of the "Tower Of Power" horns and the overall flow casts you back into the street scenes of movies like "Superfly, Car Wash, and Lady Sings the Blues". The song progresses at a hip pace, no rush, no pressure, we'll get there when we get there!
When we got to the end of the song I had to play it again until I finally downloaded it to my IPhone, got in my baby Benz and took to the streets of Manhattan, from The Trade Center in complex in lower Manhattan, up the West Side highway to 125th Street and i was Hip".
This one gets lot's of Stars **** out of five and I encourage you to visit their sites and buy both their current projects.
Urban AC radio and the few Jazz stations out there get on this one! You can believe we're playing it on Soundcheck!
http://www.strokeland.com/
Ken "Special K" Spellman
Founder / CEO - Soundcheck Incorporated
Ken Spellman - Founder / CEO - Soundcheck Incorporated
http://www.soundcheckny.com/
http://www.strokeland.com/
Singer/songwriter Tony Adamo and his producer/guitarist Jerry Stucker have re-grooved the Tower of Power (TOP) songs "What Is Hip" and "This Time It's Real," and have added their unmistakable smooth groove to these TOP hit classics. Adamo and Stucker have reimagined "What Is Hip" in a totally fresh and hip style that pays homage to, but never attempts to duplicate, the classic Tower of Power original.
"What Is Hip" is a pleasant and refreshing project that reflects back on a legendary time in music history where REAL INSTRUMENTS were played. No Garage Band, Live, Fruity loops here buddy!
On top of that Tony and Jerry dared to cover one of the most famous songs to garner appeal from jazz enthusiasts, lovers of funk, and R&B. This is the type of music that SHOULD be on the radio as it was when "Tower Of Power" initially released it.
As I listened I was rewound back in time to pleasant summer days of my youth refining my skills as a percussionist. It was a time to be HIP and this was the anthem.
The song opens with funky percussion, light keys and spoken word which immediately grab your attention. The horn sections softly remind you of the "Tower Of Power" horns and the overall flow casts you back into the street scenes of movies like "Superfly, Car Wash, and Lady Sings the Blues". The song progresses at a hip pace, no rush, no pressure, we'll get there when we get there!
When we got to the end of the song I had to play it again until I finally downloaded it to my IPhone, got in my baby Benz and took to the streets of Manhattan, from The Trade Center in complex in lower Manhattan, up the West Side highway to 125th Street and i was Hip".
This one gets lot's of Stars **** out of five and I encourage you to visit their sites and buy both their current projects.
Urban AC radio and the few Jazz stations out there get on this one! You can believe we're playing it on Soundcheck!
http://www.strokeland.com/
Ken "Special K" Spellman
Founder / CEO - Soundcheck Incorporated
Ken Spellman - Founder / CEO - Soundcheck Incorporated
http://www.soundcheckny.com/
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