The Jeff Porcaro Collection Volume One by Martijn Soetens
The first in a new series celebrating the work of AOR diety Jeff Porcaro by Martijn Soetens, music director of NPO Radio 6 Soul & Jazz in the Netherlands. Porcaro is best known as the inspirational drummer and band leader of Toto who tragically died aged 38 in 1992. His cause of death is hotly contested to this day. Some say it was a fatal allergy to the insecticide he used on his lawn. Others point to the recreational activity most associated with the smooth superstars of his era. However the legacy of his music continues to grow in stature and this series will explore his work in Toto and as one of the most prolific session drummers in the Los Angeles music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. This first mix gives a taste of the extraordinary array of pop and rock classics Porcaro played on and also features the style he was most celebrated for: 'the Half Time Rosanna Shuffle'.
Randy Crawford - You Might Need Somebody
Airplay - After The Love Is Gone
Andrew Gold - Thank You For Being A Friend
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Pages - You Need A Hero
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
Alessi Brothers - Oh Lori
Bobby Caldwell - Jamaica
Herbie Hancock - Paradise
Christopher Cross - All Right
Aretha Franklin - What A Fool Believes
Pink Floyd - Mother
Four Tops - Don’t Walk Away
Steely Dan - Bad Sneakers
Michael Jackson - Human Nature
Lee Ritenour ft. Eric Tagg - Mr. Briefcase
Lionel Richie - Running With The Night
Ned Doheny - Guess Who’s Looking For Love Again
Toto - Rosanna
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