The Proximity Effect 03/25/2008 Freddie Hubbard and Shorter worked

Freddie Hubbard and Shorter worked together in Blakey's Jazz Messengers

The cleancut young men who covered Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready" in 1967 were not the brash musicians who tracked Mayfield's "I'm So Proud" in 1973 with Jeff Beck

centered upon powerful bass punctuated by spiky guitars

Moore had already been a member of the band in the early '70s and served as a tour fill-in for Robertson in 1977

The Proximity Effect 03/25/2008 Freddie Hubbard and Shorter workedAfter scoring the hit "Popular" off its successful 1996 debut record, HIGH LOW, Nada Surf ran into the hardest of brick walls. While THE PROXIMITY EFFECT built on the fiery, jagged indie power pop of its predecessor, life after a novelty hit can be rough. Their major label, unsure how to market the record, decided not to release it, but also refused to relinquish the masters to the band. After years of dispute, the band could easily have retreated