Last Day inwards Paradise is an album released on March 15, 2007 yesteryear the Alex Skolnick Trio, on the Magnatude Records label. The album was recorded from Oct 4–7, 2006.
When Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick jumped transportation earlier touring for 1992’s hugely successful The Ritual, few fans seemed to detect on the initial dates (as at that topographic point were no Internet postings dorsum then). When the Return to the Apocalyptic City EP came out a twelvemonth later, he was sadly absent, having been replaced yesteryear Forbidden axeman Glen Alvelais, though Skolnick’s musical career had taken a 180° turn—into jazz. He went dorsum to school, earned a BFA, together with formed the Alex Skolnick Trio, releasing their 2002 debut Goodbye to Romance, which featured jazz covers of classic stone standards. Another album, Transformation, followed inwards 2004, together with this twelvemonth holds AST’s high-water grade inwards Last Day inwards Paradise.
Opener “Mercury Retrograde” percolates amongst the group’s now-trademark interplay, spell the laid-back championship rail simmers amongst a Rush-like ambience. Speaking of which, Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” is covered next, though listeners volition live hard-pressed to discern it from the starting fourth dimension infinitesimal or so. The band turns the melody within out, tempos changed, together with chords bent into a whole novel composition that must live heard to live believed. “Shades of Grey” is some other ballad-like divulge that precedes “Practica Que Lo Predicas,” Skolnick’s jazzy rendition of Testament’s “Practice What You Preach.” The Stevie Ray Vaughn-flavored “The Lizard” amongst Nathan Peck’s double-bass workout gives means to “Channel 4,” spotlighting Matt Zebroski’s particular drum fills. Another cover, Ozzy’s “Revelation (Mother Earth),” reveals a previously unexplored side of Randy Rhoads’ melodic soloing, together with the Peck-penned “Out There Somewhere” could easily live tagged every bit contemporary jazz every bit Skolnick’s archtop guitar echoes mellifluously throughout, amongst to a greater extent than of Zebroski’s Neil Peart-like fills at the fade-out. Brandishing swatches of “Fairies Wear Boots,” the über-fuzzy “Western Sabbath Stomp” sounds similar prime number Sab every bit interpreted yesteryear Blackfoot, a forward-thinking solid soil rocker similar Steve Earle, or fifty-fifty the adventurous California Guitar Trio. It’s also the starting fourth dimension time that Skolnick has played slide guitar on a record, though he totally sounds similar a natural.
From the starting fourth dimension Federal Reserve annotation to the last, the band genuinely gels on this release, together with dissimilar previous albums, the master compositions aren’t at all pedantic, nor are the comprehend songs fraternizing or besides high-brow for casual fans. Since Skolnick together with co. are real busy amongst other diverse projects, let’s promise that they shout out upward that AST get got non even thence seen their Last Day inwards Paradise together with volition rightfully heighten the ante on their side yesteryear side album.
The Alex Skolnick Trio, the band led yesteryear Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick, liberate their latest album, LAST DAY IN PARADISE. LAST DAY IN PARADISE includes the Testament classic "Practice What You Preach" reinter[reted every bit a Latin Jazz slice together with Rush's "Tom Sawyer" inwards a ability Jazz trio setting, along amongst many more.
This is real, no messing roughly jazz. Skolnick is thence talented, together with his jazz accept on Rush together with Sabbath remind us that the venerable standards of the jazz canon in i lawsuit started out every bit pop songs themselves. This guy has chops together with gustation for days.
One of the greatest albums for AST. I am non a fan of jazz, merely Alex knows how to brand y'all autumn inwards honey inwards his ain jazz genre. endeavour playing this album after coming dorsum from habitation together with you'll run across how much relaxing together with energetic this music tin give notice be. i intend it tops Veritas inwards some ways. dandy album!
Track listing:
1. "Mercury Retrograde" 4:33
2. "Last Day inwards Paradise" 4:51
3. "Tom Sawyer (Rush cover)" 6:35
4. "Shades of Grey" 6:23
5. "Practica Lo Que Predicas (Practice What You Preach) (Testament cover)" 5:16
6. "The Lizard" 5:17
7. "Channel 4" 4:26
8. "Revelation (Mother Earth) (Ozzy Osbourne cover)" 7:20
9. "Out There Somewhere" 4:48
10. "Western Sabbath Stomp" 5:24
Personnel:
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Loops [Loops Programming], Vocals – Alex Skolnick
Double Bass, Vocals – Nathan Peck
Drums, Vocals – Matt Zebroski
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