Singer Tony Adamo @ No 5 With 'What Is Hip'

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Tony Adamo Official Website) "'What Is Hip' is 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." Devon Jackson, Magazine Editor - Freelance Music Journalist- The Village Voice to Rolling Stone and Details.
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"What Is Hip?" (S Kupka, E Castillo, D Garibaldi : Bob-A-Lew Songs ASCAP)

Vocal/Hipspokenword - Tony Adamo
Drums - Mike Clark
Bass - Richie Goods
Piano - Neil Larsen
Guitar - Jerry Stucker
Percussion - Bill Summers
Bari Sax - Stephen Doc Kupka
Trumpet - Eddie Henderson
Background Vocals - Sandy Griffith
Midi Programming - Jerry