A Little Night Music Late One Night

Singer Nate Pruit and guitarist Rick Vandivier along with keyboardist Ed Manning. Vandivier and Pruitt achieved growing recognition in the 1980s in the dynamic South Bay sextet led by keyboardist Ed Manning. Along with Vandivier, Pruitt and Manning are Bert Pittman - bass, vocals / Dave Silliman - drums, congas, bells, triangle, vibra-slap and other percussion / Bob Johnson - saxophones.

Though the group appeared at a number of international jazz festivals and attracted the attention of the music cognizenti and other jazz and soul musicians, they never got the attention and fame that a major label would have brought. This self produced and privately issued LP is widely considered a lost soul/jazz gem; though their earlier LP is also quite solid. Both feature fat grooves, an almost alchemical communication between the players and spectacular, original writing and arrangements, killer, groove-centric production with stellar playing all around.