For Y'all Steve Topping - 2004 Piece Of Cake Flower

"Late Flower" is the highly anticipated album from Steve Topping, i the firstly guitarists of our fourth dimension as well as a seminal influence on a whole generation of rock, jazz as well as classical musicians. This album of novel plant features performances past times several of his long-time collaborators including bassist Jimmy Johnson as well as drummer Gary Husband. English linguistic communication guitarist Topping grew upward inwards Liverpool during the sixties. Born into a musical family he was playing guitar from the historic menses of seven. He was already pushing against technical horizons when he started music college. Later on, composing became as of import to him... but the tough purpose was however to come: finding himself as well as non beingness a follower. That early on hope is right away beingness fulfilled... inwards a belatedly flowering.

Steve Topping has lately completed ii years of recording his latest musical masterpiece, Late Flower. Steve is inwards the rare league of guitar innovators such as Allan Holdsworth as well as John McLaughlin. His tasteful as well as highly original approach to the guitar is indeed refreshing.

" ... this is an exciting as well as challenging fourth dimension ... I only can't await to play this materials live! Heartfelt cheers to everyone that has taken an involvement as well as sent messages of support. It's been a really long as well as winding path to Late Flower ... I never desire this form of delay inwards output again! Hope to run across y'all out in that place ... " Steve Topping, May 2004.

"I dearest this tape ... it's genuinely a breath of fresh air ... especially inwards these times of a gazillion music schools, magazines as well as videos that tend to churn out musicians playing everything you've e'er heard earlier ... again! Steve has a unique harmonic approach that is deep, emotional as well as exciting". Allan Holdsworth

Track listing:

1. Woody Chimer 04:48
2. The Lost Song 05:51
3. Aigburth 10:35
4. Game Of Light 04:04
5. Strolling Boy 08:37
6. Jo 02:37
7. On My Hill...Late Flower 06:44

Personnel:

Steve Topping - Guitars (Real & Virtual), All Keyboards, Percussion on 2, 7, Mixing, Production, Engineering, Editing
Jimmy Johnson - Fretted as well as Fretless Bass
Gary Husband - Drums, Synth Solo on 4
Frank Schaefer - Cello on 3, 5
Richard Marcangelo - Percussion on 6