Artist description Warm acid-soul with bass, drums, keys/ synths, guitar, lots of vocals, and frequent horn guests, a trombone most recently. Original songs with memorable lyrics and melodies, jazz influenced improvisation, and dramatic pauses. Many styles cleverly knit together. Tight sound, 10 year history shows.

Music Style Soul

Musical Influences Steely Dan, Headhunters, Randy Newman, Grant Green

Similar Artists Steely Dan, Headhunters, Randy Newman, Grant Green

Artist History Three members share a ten year musical journey based out of CA. Today the band as a whole represents CA, Miami, India, Tahoe, Augusta, Tennessee, Santa Barbara, San Francisco... ALO continues to be musically active throughout CA, their San Francisco hometown, their former hometown of Santa Barbara, tours out to Colorado and Arizona, recording projects... Spring 2000 brings about the birth of several goodies. The next ALO album is just one exciting project in the works. The band has spent March and April preparing for the studio sessions and are currently crafting 10-15 songs, some very new! The release date is estimated for mid-June, and there will be a 5.1 version for those interested in a special order. (updated 4/23/00)

Group Members Steven Adams: bass, vocalsShree Shyam Das: drums, vocalsZach Gill: vocals, keysDan Lebowitz: guitars, vocalsspecial recent guest, Jon Jones: trombone

Instruments bass, guitar, keys, drums, vocals, trombone

Albums "One Size Fits All" 1999 (cd)/ "Animal Liberation Orchestra & the Free Range Horns vs. L.A.G." 1998 (cd)/ "Magnum Family" 1997 (cs)/ "Django: four song demo" 1996 (cs)/ "Django: Tabula Rasa" 1995 (cd)

Press Reviews "One Size Fits All deserves an award for sheer range of creative experimentation. Judging from the ALO's infectious positivity and their irrefutable soul and jazz talents, the foursome may be a band to look out for as they mature musically." -Beth Rose Middleton, California Aggie Online, Davis, CA 11/3/99

Additional Info many many many bootlegs available from 1993-1999

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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