Common Ground

Not to be confused with the Common Ground Quartet (a Southern California post-bop unit featuring saxophonist Steve Feierabend and pianist Randy Potter), Common Ground is a hard-edged fusion outfit that emerged in Philadelphia in the mid-'90s. At a time when most Philly jazz clubs favored hard bop, Common Ground went for a tough, yet melodic, combination of jazz, rock, and funk along the lines of Scott Henderson's Tribal Tech. With founding members Erik Sayles (electric guitar) and Chris Farr (tenor and soprano sax) co-leading and doing all of the writing, Common Ground recorde...