Guitarist Wayne Krantz's hardness in addition to intensity serve him good on Signals -- a respectable fusion appointment uniting him amongst drummer Dennis Chambers, keyboardist Jim Beard in addition to bassist Hiram Bullock, amidst others. When Krantz lets loose in addition to digs into such complex yet accessible jazz-rock equally "Faith inwards the Process," "Don't Tell Me" in addition to "Alliance," the listener tin focus on the depth of his playing. Guitarist Leni Stern joins Krantz on the reflective "As Is."
This album is a breath of fresh air for a jazz enthusiast similar myself. For me it's a novel album fifty-fifty if it's been recorded inwards 1990. Anyway Wayne's guitar playing sounds actually fresh in addition to novel fifty-fifty 15 years subsequently the recording of this album. His music is a variety of electrical jazz real melodical simply at the same fourth dimension complex specially rithmically. The album is composed of combo tunes in addition to of tunes where Wayne plays past times himself. I tin nation that his approach to guitar playing is real deep harmonically, simply he excels actually inwards the rhytmic stuff. Not talking well-nigh comping stuff, I'm proverb that he is smashing rhytmically inwards both phrasing in addition to comping in addition to evething inwards betwixt the 2 ways of playing. Something y'all can't nation of a lot of guitar players which commonly are non so forwards inwards price of subdivisions. Even when Wayne plays past times himself he is fantastic rhythmically ,,, y'all actually cause got to hear him for yourself. And fifty-fifty when he plays amongst the band he gives in addition to cause got a lot of rhytmic inputs. His agency is real rich in addition to dense. The album is real entertaining in addition to melodical. H5N1 must cause got for the jazz (and jazz guitar) enthusiast. He plays his ain music caught betwixt his friend Mike Stern'stuff (less hendrixesque) in addition to Pat Metheny (but without Pat's chromatic idiosyncrasies). He is a actually novel vox inwards Jazz guitar, in all likelihood the best I cause got heard recently. Catch him if y'all can.
This is without a uncertainty i of the best guitar albums ever. Krantz is a consummate parcel amongst a unique in addition to totally integrated harmonic in addition to melodic signature on the guitar. He has a blazing, complex technique, simply it ever serves the music. And his tone...incredible. Considering that this was recorded inwards the mid-Eighties, it has absolutely NO smoothen jazz influence or schmaltz and, inwards fact, was recorded to move the antithesis of that genre, piece nonetheless merging the stone in addition to jazz idioms inwards an approachable, commercial way. H5N1 consummate artistic success, simply unfortunately non a commercial one. If y'all cause got fifty-fifty the slightest involvement inwards the electrical guitar, this album is essential.
Just a few notes in addition to i tin readily recognize the fantastic in addition to unique agency of Wayne Krantz. There are so many favorites I cause got on this album -- I don't ever tire of listening to it. Highly recommended.
This is an exciting master operate past times a real creative creative somebody in addition to performer. The menstruum of the music is hypnotic in addition to total of energy. The audio expresses both breadth in addition to depth of grapheme in addition to range. It is a "must" for jazz enthusiasts. Mr. Krantz's operate is technically precise in addition to musically unmatched.
Track listing:
All songs written past times Wayne Krantz, except where noted
01 "Alliance" – 3:37
02 "Faith In Process" – 3:52
03 "One of Two" – 4:16
04 "Don't Tell Me" – 5:29
05 "As Is" – 3:30 (Leni Stern)
06 "Signals" – 5:35
07 "Sossity, You're a Woman" – 3:32 (Ian Anderson)
08 "Music Room" – 4:50
09 "Two of Two" – 3:17
10 "For Susan" – 3:40
Personnel:
Wayne Krantz - Electric Guitar
Dennis Chambers - Drums
Don Alias - Percussion
Anthony Jackson - Bass, Contrabass guitar
Leni Stern - Guitar
Jim Beard - Keyboards
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