Tower of Power - 40th Anniversary [Digipak] - CD

Personnel: Larry Braggs (vocals); Mark Harper (guitar); Emilio Castillo, Tom Politzer (tenor saxophone); Doc Kupka (baritone saxophone); Adolfo Acosta (trumpet, flugelhorn); Mike Bogart (trumpet, trombone); Roger Smith (keyboards); David Garibaldi (drums). Audio Mixers: Randy Faustino; Tim Hatayama. Recording information: The Filmore Auditorium, San Francisco. Director: Tony Harding. Editor: Micahel Potter. Introduction by: Bill Graham. Photographers: Frank Anzalone; "Philly" Brian Rachlin; Tim Hapson. A quintessential funk band of the 1970s, Tower of Power was one of the strongest horn-centric large-ensemble groove factories around. The band never really burned out, touring and making new records into the decades that followed, shuffling players as it went. 40th Anniversary serves as testament to the band still going strong, if in an evolved form from where it began. Crowd favorites like "What Is Hip" and "This Time It's Real" highlight Tower of Power's signature horn-laden breezy sou