Which TGPers albums are you digging on?

[jazzandmetal?]

TGP Name and title of the disc:

Aram - Sean Noonan and Aram Bajakian - Chips

Bassomatic - Random Access Orkestra - Random Access Orkestra

Mondoslug - Andy Most - Unexpected Visitor

I really dig all 3 of these albums. I got 2 on itunes and picked up the disc from Bassomatic. They are all different types of music, but none are rock or even very straight ahead. They all have something new every time you listen to them.

I listen to Aram play and I can't help but think...what the hell is this dude thinking about when he plays! Amazing. Have Boxing Dreams on the way as well.

I listen to Andy and wonder how the hell he is playing what he is playing. Great playing and tone.

And the Random Access Orkestra is just beautifully put together and I hear something new every time I listen to it. Matte is also on this disc. ( and I will be picking his up when it is available ).

What am I missing on TGP? Who else should I be checking out?

[mprvise]

Greg V - Tailgate Troubadour. A must have for any TGP'ers collection.

[gururyan]

The Saturday Nights - (The Warmth) That one is in my player quite often.

...although now he has a new band together.

[Jet Age Eric]

dsj- Populations (the Caribbean) a WONDERFULLY crafted album. Not a lot of guitar heroics, but great textures, arrangements, tunes, lyrics ... Dav is clearly the kind of guitar player who's so good he doesn't need to blow you away with his chops. -E

[fenderball]

i'll check some of these out...big mondoslug fan


TGP Name and title of the disc:

Aram - Sean Noonan and Aram Bajakian - Chips

Bassomatic - Random Access Orkestra - Random Access Orkestra

Mondoslug - Andy Most - Unexpected Visitor

I really dig all 3 of these albums. I got 2 on itunes and picked up the disc from Bassomatic. They are all different types of music, but none are rock or even very straight ahead. They all have something new every time you listen to them.

I listen to Aram play and I can't help but think...what the hell is this dude thinking about when he plays! Amazing. Have Boxing Dreams on the way as well.

I listen to Andy and wonder how the hell he is playing what he is playing. Great playing and tone.

And the Random Access Orkestra is just beautifully put together and I hear something new every time I listen to it. Matte is also on this disc. ( and I will be picking his up when it is available ).

What am I missing on TGP? Who else should I be checking out?

[Jerrod]

Brian Kahanek - Real Life & Suicide King
Ed DeGenaro - Dog House

[aram]

I listen to Aram play and I can't help but think...what the hell is this dude thinking about when he plays! Amazing. Have Boxing Dreams on the way as well.


Honestly man, a lot of times I'll hear something I played and I'll think to myself, "Damn, how did i do that? What was I thinking?"

It's fun! Anyhow- thanks for your comments. I think you'll dig boxing dreams. It's the first album that I really feel proud of.

was recently listening to CHIPS and really liked it as well. I recorded it in 2001, right when I moved to the city. We mixed it in the Columbia University Computer music lab (where i was going to school at the time).
I had no idea how to mix- we were just going by instinct. There's a real innocence in it, but also a feeling limitlessness.

We had no idea what we were doing, and were really exploring- weren't as confined with ideas of what is "good" and "bad".

It's really cool to listen back to it.

[Curly]

Randy McFarland has some cool instrumentals on Amazon.

also some clips on his MySpace (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=366061441&MyToken=d3b4e6b3-d226-4564-930a-81adbd971f80)

[kingsleyd]

Greg V - Tailgate Troubadour. A must have for any TGP'ers collection.

+1 for Greg!
Splatt's done some pretty cool stuff...
Wayne Eagles too. (RWE333)
And Kimock.
And Ed DeGenaro.

for starters anyways.

[Bassomatic]

Thanks so much for the kind words - and in good company, no less! (And yeah, Matte plays his ass off on 3 tunes, I believe).

TGP Name and title of the disc:

Aram - Sean Noonan and Aram Bajakian - Chips

Bassomatic - Random Access Orkestra - Random Access Orkestra

Mondoslug - Andy Most - Unexpected Visitor

I really dig all 3 of these albums. I got 2 on itunes and picked up the disc from Bassomatic. They are all different types of music, but none are rock or even very straight ahead. They all have something new every time you listen to them.

I listen to Aram play and I can't help but think...what the hell is this dude thinking about when he plays! Amazing. Have Boxing Dreams on the way as well.

I listen to Andy and wonder how the hell he is playing what he is playing. Great playing and tone.

And the Random Access Orkestra is just beautifully put together and I hear something new every time I listen to it. Matte is also on this disc. ( and I will be picking his up when it is available ).

What am I missing on TGP? Who else should I be checking out?

[wbfree]

Brad Williams Five The Vostok Record
Don't remember his gear page name but this is a nice album, and + one on the others mentioned.

[re-animator]

Alvin Youngblood Hart!

also Frank Axtell's recent stuff is great.

[Guitar Slinger6]

Depends on when you ask me, right now I am Diggin Andy Most, Joseph Lucido, and Julien Kasper. But everybody that was mentioned above I would agree with. Some fantastic musicians around here.

[michael patrick]

alvin youngblood hart!
.

Yep :dude

[Ed DeGenaro]

Kimock Band-Eudemony
Torn-Prezens
Nix..Power Triplets
Bassomatic-RAO
Eagles-Milligan
numerous Pauk Shigihara releases
Greg V
Brian Kahanek

And thanks to the guys that named me, goes down like baby food...eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezy! :)

[ToneGurus]

All mentioned are great. A BIG recommendation for Mike Walker: Madness and the Whole Thing There

http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_1023/cd_id_1323

***************

Also, John Findlay: Fairplay

http://www.johnfindlaymusic.com/index.cfm

***************

AND.. Chuck D'Aloia: Under The Hood

http://cdbaby.com/cd/artnchuck2



Mike

[big mike]

There's a bunch in regular rotation for me.

Josh Smith - Deep Roots
Tomo - Both of his
Greg V - Tailgate troubador
A couple of Wayne Eagles rwe333 are in the ipod and get some time.
John Mayer. Deal with it.
Scott Peterson - Rainshine
Ariel Pozzo - both of his..good stuff.
Mark Goldenberg

[Unclemeet]

It's a short list, but all that I know:

Kimock--much more than Eudemonic, Tongue N' Groove is in my top 10 for life

TravisE, The Silver Dukes this isn't fair cause the record isn't done, but if you want to hear some awesome music that is sort of a Jack White, Oasis, Delany and Bonnie, Howlin Wolf kinda crazy from a kickass singer/songwriter then find this record

I would like to think more of the folks I listen to hang around here, but if not, I'm glad to isten to the two above.

Almost forgot, I bought Scott Peterson's "Rainshine" at the last PRS Forum Event, also a very kick ass record featuring many PRS Forum/Members. GO Scott!!!

Tim

[Jahn]

I just got both of Tomo's albums, and not only am I groovin - my baby girl did her first headbangin' session listening to it, she's only one! Thanks!

[fusionbear]

Tomo- RPRT
DeGenaro- Dog House
Verheyen- Take One Step
Mayer- Try
Scott Jones- Jazz Tracks

[jazzandmetal?]

Tomo- RPRT
DeGenaro- Dog House
Verheyen- Take One Step
Mayer- Try
Scott Jones- Jazz Tracks

I forgot that I had some tracks off of this one too! Charlie Parker Goes Heavy Metal is badass!

[Jade]

TGPer Cowboy's band "Big Red Sky" new disk "Leave This Town".

Great songwriting, and musicianship, I think I know the damn thing word for word front to back. It's that good!

Jade

[Blues Lyne]

The only one I know that I have is Restoration by some dude named Blues Lyne. It was produced and engineered by our very own Danocaster. I dig it, but I'm ready to move on and write the sequel.:D

I'm looking forward to checking out some of the others mentioned in this thread.

[Dave B]

Greg V's Tailgate Troubadour and Wichita's (Lance Keltner) self-titled from around 1991. Just saw he has a new disc, Live From Austin, Texas, I'll be putting on my Christmas list.

[jpfeiff]

Alvis--Big Mamma's Door
Alvis--Motivational Speaker

Kimock Band-Eudemonic

[GDS Racing]

I've been listening alot to Chris Delis' (Cocheese on TGP) "On The Brink" which is a combo vocal/instrumental disc. It is really great music and great guitar playing. The tones are wonderful too (obligatory Guytron content!)

http://cdbaby.com/cd/chrisdelis

[ratter]

Some already mentioned, and also Jesper Nordal and Nicola Costa.

[pbradt]

There's a bunch in regular rotation for me.

Josh Smith - Deep Roots
Tomo - Both of his
Greg V - Tailgate troubador
A couple of Wayne Eagles rwe333 are in the ipod and get some time.
John Mayer. Deal with it.
Scott Peterson - Rainshine
Ariel Pozzo - both of his..good stuff.
Mark Goldenberg

But not mine. :(

[big mike]

But not mine. :(
\
Still gotta buy it! Link me big dog, been meaning too, and I forgot.

:o

[mike walker]

I'm after chuck and Mondo's. I didn't even know they were out!! Send me a link fellas.


Mike

[mike walker]

Just seen chuck's from Toneguru's post. So just need Andy's.

Cheers

Mike

[pbradt]

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Still gotta buy it! Link me big dog, been meaning too, and I forgot.

:o

http://www.cdbaby.com/ratd

[bickertfan]

Mike Walker : Madhouse and the whole thing There

http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_1023/cd_id_1323

[bickertfan]

Also great blues here : Zen Blues Quartet
http://www.zenbluesmusic.com/again.html

[splatt]

Mike Walker : Madhouse and the whole thing There

http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_1023/cd_id_1323
ditto,
amongst many others, like:
lyle workman
julien kasper
wayne eagles
ed degenaro
hectic watermelon
aram
brad347
scoredog
greg v
chuck d'aloia
john m.
tomo f.
mr. avatar (jzilla)
john wesley
a. youngblood hart
brian kahanek
hhb
kimock
& etc.....
ditto.
dt / spltrcl

[Rumblefish]

My personal favorite is Greg V's "Tailgate Troubadour". And I don't often listen to rootsy music,but his transcends category.Just beautiful.

[jazzandmetal?]

Just picked up and currently listening to Hectic Watermelon - The Great American Road Trip.

Good stuff.

[bobbymack]

HHB's trio Big Block Dodge has an absolutely killer CD "Manifold Destiny"...rarely leaves my car's 6 disc rotation. Great playing, lots of killer tones, and very creative writing. Check it out!

http://www.myspace.com/bigblockdodge

[Ed DeGenaro]

HHB's trio Big Block Dodge has an absolutely killer CD "Manifold Destiny"...rarely leaves my car's 6 disc rotation. Great playing, lots of killer tones, and very creative writing. Check it out!

http://www.myspace.com/bigblockdodge
Can't believe I forget off my list. Bill kicks severe arse!!!!

[mike walker]

Oh, and John Findlay. Fantastic musician.


Mike

[rwe333]

I've been a bit hesitant to post in this thread as I worry about forgetting folks...
So, here's an initial list, subject to additions...

I've heard fantastic CDs, demos, and/or clips from TGPers like:

BryanT
rh
splatt
Matte
KRosser
Bassomatic
kingsleyd
muddy
Ed DeGenaro
HHB
Brian Kahanek
pbradt
jzucker
scottl
Tomo
GregV
aram
shigihara
Myron Stratis
John Ziegler
shallbe
Leonc
Alvis
kimock
hawkeyeinexile
lionscut
etc. etc. etc.

(& many thanks to those kind enough to mention my name)

[dmczern]

GREAT THREAD !! I'm so looking forward to exploring.....thanks.
I don't have any of John Wesley's solo work, but I certainly love
his playing with Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree).
Cheers

[Lucidology]

Depends on when you ask me, right now I am Diggin Andy Most, Joseph Lucido, and Julien Kasper. But everybody that was mentioned above I would agree with. Some fantastic musicians around here.

Thanks for the kind words Chris ...
I know I don't have anything on CD featuring moi that folk can spin on their players
unless they pick up that Dark Chocolate Grammy Consideration disc ...

I couldn't even began to mention names because it would be taking a chance
on leaving out so many players here who's playing I absolutely adore ...

[jazzandmetal?]

Wouldn't even began to mention names ..
because it would be taking a chance on leaving out so many players
here who's playing I absolutely adore ...

The whole point of this is to turn fellow TGPers on to other TGPers. It isn't about mentioning your favorite player here or anything. Just some suggestions on a few discs.

Splatt mentioned Hectic Watermelon whom I had heard about a while back so I went to itunes, checked them out and bought the cd.

And it is badass!:BEER

[rwe333]

Wouldn't even began to mention names ..
because it would be taking a chance on leaving out so many players
here who's playing I absolutely adore ...

Yup... So, to continue from my last (very much incomplete) list...

melondaoust
iaresee
Lucidology
Dave Orban
Dana Olsen

etc.

[mike walker]

Demos wise i've heard many great clips from loads of the fellas here. Some awesome stuff.

Mike

[trisonic]

Everyone mentioned and more.
Has anyone else cited how inspiring it is to try some new genre and have so many people on this site be so encouraging?
It certainly worked for me; after years of working in Blues/Rock I feel liberated (though I still play Albert King licks poorly)...........

Best, Pete.

[loop62]

Purchased a guitar and he through a cd in the case, Very cool stuff. www.myspace.com/jeffmcerlain

[ToneZappa]

I have suggested on a couple of posts that it would be great to have a section here on TGP for members that have CDs out to say "Hi here I am buy me" !!! (I don,t have a CD out of my music BTW so......!!!)

At the moment I only have three CDs by TGP members.
"HECTIC WATERMELON" By John Czajkowski.
"CURRENT" By Jack Broad.
And "DOG HOUSE" By Ed DeGenaro.

And thats saying something for me because for the last six years I have,nt had a Hi-Fi so if I play a CD its on my laptop and I hate sitting at a laptop. So any good clips I hear at TGP I find of great interest. And I,ve heard some world class players here and a couple of fantastic writers. One guy that always sticks in my mind is ex member Sub-D (Chris Taylor) to me he is mister cool on so many levels.

I can,t really mention names of other players as there are so many and if I,ve left a comment on one of there posts then they know who they are anyway. mmmmmmm :phones

[marsellus]

Thanks to the admin for making this thread a sticky. Lots of talent on this board.

[Ed DeGenaro]

I have suggested on a couple of posts that it would be great to have a section here on TGP for members that have CDs out to say "Hi here I am buy me" !!! (I don,t have a CD out of my music BTW so......!!!)

At the moment I only have three CDs by TGP members.
"HECTIC WATERMELON" By John Czajkowski.
"CURRENT" By Jack Broad.
And "DOG HOUSE" By Ed DeGenaro.

And thats saying something for me because for the last six years I have,nt had a Hi-Fi so if I play a CD its on my laptop and I hate sitting at a laptop. So any good clips I hear at TGP I find of great interest. And I,ve heard some world class players here and a couple of fantastic writers. One guy that always sticks in my mind is ex member Sub-D (Chris Taylor) to me he is mister cool on so many levels.

I can,t really mention names of other players as there are so many and if I,ve left a comment on one of there posts then they know who they are anyway. mmmmmmm :phones
The only reason I haven't mention Chris Taylor is the OP asked for albums and I actually have none of his. That said, from when I heard the infamous Ted M remix, to the stuff he did/does for me or for the John C/Minneman disk Chris is one of my all time fave writers/producers and he kills on guitar and keys as well.
The tunes he's been doing for and with me he just knocks it out of the ball park.

[Ed DeGenaro]

Purchased a guitar and he through a cd in the case, Very cool stuff. www.myspace.com/jeffmcerlain (http://www.myspace.com/jeffmcerlain)
Another one I forgot...dang. He's a bad mofo. And one of the nicest guys to boot.

[stark]

Just got the domain up for our Jan 09 release. Just a place holder till I get the site built up.
http://twist.us.com/

Adam Stark

[rh]

Still enjoying

The Milligan-Eagles Project
Prezens
Dog House

and just "iTuned" the albums Beyond Orange and Unexpected Visitor

Tailgate Troubadour still gets regular rotation as well.

Looking forward to CDs from Adam Stark and Matte Henderson.

Wish Jack Zucker would put out a CD of original material.

I've got other TGP CDs, from Bryan T and John Cz... which I still enjoy often.

[duanesworld]

I have been listening to Jimmy Mcintosh's cd Orleans to london. alot. Produced by Ronnie Wood, with like the whole Neville family and whats his name,sitting in on like 4 cuts, oh yeah,Jeff Beck. Plus Jimmy's Playing is outstanding. Nice work.

[HHB]

I'm honored to be mentioned in this thread, the number of truly inspiring players here is astounding, with so many I'll mention Ed DeG, I love the guys music and his vibe

[Marzio]

Hi guys! I'm a pro guitarist from The Netherlands. Motherland, my debut as a leader, was released this summer. It received critical acclaim. Please do check it out! I hope you like it. Let me know what you think (send me an email or so). If you wish to buy the cd you can use the 'buy now' button on the music page of my website (www.marzioscholten.com).

Anyway, hope you guys will check it out, and forgive me for this shameless plug!

Thanks.
Marzio

[jazzandmetal?]

Just got Boxing Dreams by Sean Noonan which Aram is on.

I don't know what kind of music genre it falls into, but it is a fantastic cd.

[aram]

Just got Boxing Dreams by Sean Noonan which Aram is on.

I don't know what kind of music genre it falls into, but it is a fantastic cd.


Thanks man! Glad you liked it.

We actually had some difficulty describing the genre as well.

Don't know if this helps, but here's the press release that we sent out.

"Noonan approaches postmodern jazz and world music from the angle of self-discovery...He attempts to braid together the Celtic balladry of his ancestors with the various traditions of West African griots, Southern bluesmen and downtown-scene alchemists [and] manages to make his pieces speak coherently, and in a unified voice." - Nate Chinen, New York Times

Since the release of his previous Songlines record Stories to Tell (http://songlines.com/storiescontent.html) in early 2007, Sean Noonan has been busy stirring up the ingredients of his unique "wandering folk music" project, and here's the new brew. Grandiose, intoxicating, and sui generis, Boxing Dreams is a wildly ambitious and idiosyncratic concept album that blends passionate vocals and time-honored lyrics from Ireland, Mali and Senegal, raw power-jamming jazz/rock guitars, shape-shifting improv viola, dense soundscapes, funked or punked up drum and bass grooves and complex, dancing polyrhythms. The musical stories Noonan tells are as diverse as ever, but the overriding metaphor of the record's title suggests how he wrestled its elements and his own restless subconscious into a personal artistic vision:

"The main effect I wanted in Boxing Dreams was to give the impression that the entire album is a single boxed dream, where each song captures a different dreamed or imagined story. 'Morpheus' in some ways sets the dreamy mood of the album. Morpheus is the god of dreams, who assumes any shape and form, and on this song Susan McKeown sings from an Irish Gaelic aisling or dream poem called 'Magic Mist.' 'Courage' is a tribute to my hometown (Brockton, Massachusetts) boxing legend Rocky Marciano, who remains the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire having won every fight in his professional career. Lately I've been intrigued by the physical intensity and body movements of boxing. I'm beginning to visualize these movements and apply boxing concepts in my drumming. 'The Return of the Peanut Butter Queen' was first an actual dream I had about a queen named Ilylea who taught her fellow peanuts the magic of making peanut butter, creating great prosperity and hope in the land of peanut. Later I wandered this story into a composition. 'Story of Jones' is a country-style instrumental narrative - each of the three sections re-enacts what happened on the famous train engineer's journey to the promised land in 1900. Jones lost his life saving his passengers when he collided with Old No. 9 in Tennessee and was found dead still gripping the train's brakes."

Along with the dream concept there's a lot more singing on Boxing Dreams than on Stories to Tell, and generally the songs are multi-lingual (Gaelic, Wolof, Bambara, English). Says Sean: “I think of my songs as old wine in new bottles, where my mission is to truly further understand and preserve folklore and present it in a modern context. A major aspect of Boxing Dreams is how the music adapts storytelling, folklore and post-modern jazz, merging material from the Bardic and Griot traditions.” The singers were given freedom to interpret the compositions: “I would first have them listen to the music and then told them what the basic theme was and have them sing about what they visualized. Both Susan and Abdoulaye surprised me in how they complemented the instrumental arrangements, and Susan discovered and presented some amazing Irish literature.” An example of the unique synergy between voices and instruments: Susan's sound is entranced and bewitching, and Mat Maneri is like her instrumental shadow or familiar. As Aram Bajakian, Sean's closest musical collaborator here, comments: "There's something really eerie about the way Susan's voice goes with Mat's playing. And then Abdoulaye will come in, and it brings a smile to your face. He has such an amazing presence." And this is just one example of the surprising juxtapositions Noonan pulls off throughout the record. With Marc Ribot and Jamaaladeen Tacuma adding their own brilliant improvising to the brew, Boxing Dreams takes Sean's Afro-Celtic-American project to a new level."

[Tomo]

Just got the domain up for our Jan 09 release. Just a place holder till I get the site built up.
http://twist.us.com/

Adam Stark

Congrats Adam! I am doing similar thing... with Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie and Will Lee! Look forward to...

Tomo

[Ed DeGenaro]

Congrats Adam! I am doing similar thing... with Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie and Will Lee! Look forward to...

Tomo
Nice!The beauty of friends with name recognition and monster skill!!!
I'm up to my eyeballs with my new one that will have...
Chris Taylor (SubD) ,Ray Gomez, Dave Weckl, Ric Fierabracci, George Whitty, Chuck Rainey, Marco Minnemann, Hari Ganglberger, Conor D (Bassomatic), Matte Henderson Anto Pukshansky (Red Ant), Satish....

[bigpat13]

Greg V - Tailgate Troubadour. A must have for any TGP'ers collection.

+1000
Greg V is simply amazing. That album has made him one of my favorite guitar players, period. I can't get enough!

[Funky Monkey]

Bryan Tysinger. SubD. Great stuff!

[Mike Fleck]

Iron Maiden,Number Of the Beast
I am amazed that I have been listening to this album since the 4th grade and am now 34 .

[John Czajkowski]

Thanks for the mentions genteelmens. Much gusto. Nice to hear people are still digging he first Hectic Watermelon album.

Wow…I have a whole bunch of Cds, iTunes, and just homegrown mp3s from friends and the many great players who post here on TGP. But to answer the OP’s question, the CDs I just can’t seem to pry out of my changer these days are “Presenz” from David Torn (still...timeless like all his others), “Ta Da” from Chris Nix and his trio, the Power Triplets. Also, I’m digging Jack Broad’s new CD. I continue to be a proud member of the “I want to be like Andy Most” club! That wise guy, Chuck D'Aloia makes me very glad I don’t really consider myself a fusion guitarist...jeez! I am always impressed with my good drinking/pluckin’ buddy, Brian Kahanek’s knack for crafting complete, unified albums that feel passionate, powerful and professional all the way through, skin to skin. Lastly, Ad Astra has a fantastic new Prog Metal Fusion CD ranch-handed by Joe Narduli that is also very well-crafted. He doesn’t rely on any guests to do his work for him. It commands your attention as both player and songwriter. Bassomatic’s new one is a wonderful combination of avant-garde vision meets downtown. Honestly, I hate getting rolling publicly mentioning names as there are too many friends and legions of great players here to list all those who have given me inspiration, knowledge or just plain enjoyment here. Enjoyment…what a concept, huh?

On a personal note, I am sitting here on a completed, mastered album I did with Marco Minnemann called “West ZooOpolis” that I composed around a virtuosic (severe understatement) 51-minute improvised studio drum performance. After I got started on it last year, several other guitarist-composers, including Mike Keneally, Alex Machacek, Trey Gunn, and Phi Yan-Zek, followed suit. The plan is to release them all on Abstract Logix early next year in a big box set with individual releases to follow. Chris Taylor helped co-write 2 beautiful sections on West ZooOpolis - just worked/played his bleeping ass off - my hero. Ed D played a cool solo too. Meanwhile, I am writing music for the next Hectic Watermelon album which feels like a blast back to 90s rock/fusion/pop/punk/grunge world for me! Actually, it is good therapy to recuperate from Marco’s terrifying album. Actually he has already played some tracks on a few of the new HWM tunes, and the illustrious Mr. Jerry Goodman will again assault the new Hectic Watermelon album just like the last one! Although I want to try to keep the guests to a minimum to preserve the overall unity of feel and band atmosphere like the last one, there may be some more guests.

[PierreL]

Oh, and John Findlay. Fantastic musician.


Mike

I dig immensely his CD Fairplay...hope his new one will be soon here.

[mike walker]

I dig immensely his CD Fairplay...hope his new one will be soon here.

Absolutely,
'Love is a simple truth' is really rockin. Not heard all tracks yet but i'm ordering that soon.
Ed's new one also looks interesting as does Matte's and Jack Broad.
One thing i think is important to mention, and that is there are so many great players who's CD's i don't own because the music/writing often doesn't inspire me. This has happened over the years with Robben Larry Metheny Holdsworth
et al. It's the same for my old stuff and actually some of my new stuff too.
Some good solo's but not particularly memorable tunes or grooves.
I wrote a tune for my latest album. I wrote it about 10 years ago. Recorded
it and played a good solo on it. But when i heard it in the cold light of day i had to say i didn't really like it anymore. So it didn't make the album.
I guess this is new thread material but i think it's relevant here.

[PierreL]

I'll definitely give a listen to your music Mike. That's a cool thread :)

[Tomo]

There's a bunch in regular rotation for me.

Josh Smith - Deep Roots
Tomo - Both of his
Greg V - Tailgate troubador
A couple of Wayne Eagles rwe333 are in the ipod and get some time.
John Mayer. Deal with it.
Scott Peterson - Rainshine
Ariel Pozzo - both of his..good stuff.
Mark Goldenberg


Hi Mike,

Thank you so much! Hope you will like my new cd!!!

Tomo

[mike walker]

Hey Pierre,
You're welcome to start it amigo!!
Be sure to give those other guys i mentioned a listen too. Some wonderful stuff.

Mike

[jb70]

what a great thread! there are so many great players on tgp but not all of them have cd's out. that said, i love all of chuck d'aloia's cd's and simeon harris' "the assessment" is really cool (fans of eivind aarset should check it out). i'm not sure if ede wright is a regular around these parts but his latest cd "earthbound gravity" is killing. david torn's "prezens" is always in heavy rotation too. i will most likely be picking up the new releases from matte, john czajkowski, gene ess and mike walker because the clips that i've heard are all fantastic. i wish sub-d (chris taylor) would release something since he's one of my favorite tgp'ers.

jack

p.s. thanks to john c and bub for checking out "current". bub (tonezappa) is really killing and needs to put something out a.s.a.p.

p.p.s. i would also love to hear a joe lucido solo cd. i always dig the live clips he shares where he really gets to stretch out- great stuff!

[mike walker]

(tonezappa)[/B] is really killing and needs to put something out a.s.a.p.

+1!!!!!!!

Mike

[Priestunes]

Cool thread!!! I really appreciate Chris Taylor's work, Findlay's, Mondoslug's, Scott Lerner's, Joseph's, David Torn's, Ed's, and many others'. I appreciate how this place gathers some phenomenal players. Has been motivating since I discovered the forum a couple years past.

I have two CDs out: Mr. Pickhead (self-produced) and the Keeley Effect, out since Jan. '08, recorded in partnership with Robert Keeley. It was reviewed in Vintage Guitar Magazine, July '08. Mr. Pickhead was what I did with my time when laid off by the auto industry in 2002.

I'll bookmark this thread and start getting busy investigating the many great titles posted. Thanks, OP.

[joemesser]

Greg V - Tailgate Troubadour. A must have for any TGP'ers collection.

Plus one hundred trillion. He is one of the best guitarist musicians I have ever heard in my life.

[David Simpson]

I have really enjoyed:
Ed D - Dog house
Chris Nix - Power Triplets

Im sure theres a load of stuff around here I'd enjoy!

[jb70]

i forgot to mention jostein gulbrandsen's (the bear on tgp) cd "twelve" is really great and features my boy jon irabagon on sax (he just won the monk competition a few weeks ago and is a bad mofo).

[Lucidology]

p.p.s. i would also love to hear a joe lucido solo cd. i always dig the live clips he shares where he really gets to stretch out- great stuff!

THANKS so much Jack ...
Means really a lot coming from a player of your stature ...

[trisonic]

THANKS so much Jack ...
Means really a lot coming from a player of your stature ...

Me too! Need a "vocalist", Joe????????

Best, Pete.

[jb70]

THANKS so much Jack ...
Means really a lot coming from a player of your stature ...

wait... are you making fun of my size? :D seriously, it would be great to have a lucidology solo cd!

[jtodds]

Mike Walker : Madhouse and the whole thing There

http://www.jazzcds.co.uk/artist_id_1023/cd_id_1323

Just started perusing this thread and dug into the above selection. REALLY like it. Great stuff.
I love getting turned onto new cool music.
Great thread!
Some really great musical beings associated with TGP, thanks to you all.

[ToneZappa]

what a great thread! there are so many great players on tgp but not all of them have cd's out. that said, i love all of chuck d'aloia's cd's and simeon harris' "the assessment" is really cool (fans of eivind aarset should check it out). i'm not sure if ede wright is a regular around these parts but his latest cd "earthbound gravity" is killing. david torn's "prezens" is always in heavy rotation too. i will most likely be picking up the new releases from matte, john czajkowski, gene ess and mike walker because the clips that i've heard are all fantastic. i wish sub-d (chris taylor) would release something since he's one of my favorite tgp'ers.

jack

p.s. thanks to john c and bub for checking out "current". bub (tonezappa) is really killing and needs to put something out a.s.a.p.

p.p.s. i would also love to hear a joe lucido solo cd. i always dig the live clips he shares where he really gets to stretch out- great stuff!

+1!!!!!!!

Mike

Jack and Mike THANKS so much for the words of encouragement it means a lot to me coming from you two guys, you both have the writing, playing, arranging and studio skills to pull off great CDs.

I,m still trying to figure a lot of those things out, I have a huge backlog of material but in many different directions........ I need to concentrate on one flavour......but I,m going to do it some way thats for sure. :AOK

Thanks again........Bub.

[mike walker]

Good to hear Bub.

Put me down for one fella.

Mike

[Frethog]

Scottl
Jimmy Mcintosh
J. Findlay
CarlosEduardo

http://music.download.com/carloseduardoarellano/3600-8497_32-100754499.html

[hasserl]

Alvin Youngblood Hart, Motivational Speaker. I was turned on to Alvin by another TGPer and am really digging this record. Great tunes and tones! :cool:

[cdaloia]

I'm have and am listening to:

John Findlay
JB70
Hectic Watermellon
Mark Goldenberg (didn't know know hung out here, I'm learning a lot in this post) And Lyle Workman does too? Love his stuff on his myspace
Tomo

Savin up for......

Mondoslug
Mike Walker
Splatt

+1 for Scotti, Harry J, Tone Zappa, Lucid, ILuvStrats, Carlos E. making CD's.
I'm forgetting too many people I'm sure.......like S. Kimock..... geez, Kingsleyd, KRosser, Josh Smith, on and on.......a boatload of talent here
Look forward to new stuff from Scoredog, Tomo, Ed D, Gene S and matte......what I've heard here has been great. Don't know Greg V. (do I?) but sounds like I should from what people are saying
Sub D!!!.....visit his myspace
John C's thing w/ Marco Minneman is going to be sick.
And Findlay's new one, look out.
I played w/ him at the LA amp show and he scared me, a seriously good musician.

Thanks to all who've mentioned my CD w/ Art Bernstein, "Under The Hood"
We made that before I found this place.
Used a pod, a borrowed bass and a $160 ebay Fostex box!

Very cool idea for a thread......

Chuck

[big mike]

But not mine. :(

Pete, my CDBaby delivery was today.

GREAT CD!!!!!!:RoCkIn

[ToneZappa]

WARREN MENDONSA and his album "Nights In Shining Karma" has some great melodic playing and writing on it. Have,nt seen him around here for a while but he,s well worth looking into.............great tracks.

And I,d just like to say a big thanks to Chuck for mentioning me .......:eek:

[jmcerlain]

Purchased a guitar and he through a cd in the case, Very cool stuff. www.myspace.com/jeffmcerlain (http://www.myspace.com/jeffmcerlain)

Another one I forgot...dang. He's a bad mofo. And one of the nicest guys to boot.


Thanks guys! There are so many great players around here it is quite inspiring. Plus this is where Ed and I met, along with so many other great guys.

Starting about putting a new album together, being that the last one took the world by storm!

:eek:

[gkoelling]

Alvin Youngblood Hart, Motivational Speaker. I was turned on to Alvin by another TGPer and am really digging this record. Great tunes and tones! :cool:

+1

That CD has spent more time in my dashboard than anything else since March.

Mr. Hart definitely has soul, lots of it.

[beavis]

Great thread!

I'd like to add TGP'er Geetarpicker (Glen K.) to the list of great stuff to check out...ridiculous chops + gear to match.

http://www.myspace.com/glenkuykendall

[Lucidology]

wait... are you making fun of my size? :D seriously,
it would be great to have a lucidology solo cd!

Thanks Bro Jack ..

I've been listening to your CD for two days straight now
(there were only three left when I ordered it from Guitar 9 BTW...)

Dude, I'm sure I've told you before, but I'll say it again ..

You've got some serious chops brudder JB ...

[jb70]

Thanks Bro Jack ..

I've been listening to your CD for two days straight now
(there were only three left when I ordered it from Guitar 9 BTW...)

Dude, I'm sure I've told you before, but I'll say it again ..

You've got some serious chops brudder JB ...

hey joe,
thanks for checking the cd out bro! your kind words really mean a lot. btw, i just got the email from guitar 9 to send more cd's. thanks for the heads up.

jack

[Steve Foley]

A couple that stay in the rotation:
Paul Thorn with Chris Cornell on "Carry On"
Doc on Mission Blues' "I Don't Live There Anymore"
Greg V - "Tailgate Troubador" - always in the rotation
Ariel Pozo - I'm blanking on the names, but love the melodies, flashes of riff, and tones

El Steve-0

[anxiousmofo]

I really enjoy all of the albums by TGP'er BattleAngel's band Arizona. I listen to them mighty often.

[gdcx]

I really enjoy all of the album's by TGP'er BattleAngel's band Arizona. I listen to them mighty often.

+ 1

I just obtained these tunes last week and am really enjoying the music.

[DøøG]

Hey, few days ago got Lucidology's Dark Choco and Jack Broad's Current.......

Also have cdaloia's ABCD cd "under the hood".

Great stuff, guys! All on the heavy rotation...............

[jb70]

Hey, few days ago got Lucidology's Dark Choco and Jack Broad's Current.......

Also have cdaloia's ABCD cd "under the hood".

Great stuff, guys! All on the heavy rotation...............

thanks doug! happy holidays bro!

jb

[Lucidology]

Hey, few days ago got Lucidology's Dark Choco and Jack Broad's Current.......

Also have cdaloia's ABCD cd "under the hood".

Great stuff, guys! All on the heavy rotation...............

Great Thanks Doug ... I have Under the Hood & Current also in rotation ..

There's one tune on the Dark Chocolate album that I'm not playing guitar on ...
The 8th song. Dr. Blue ..Another fellow did because it was a last minute session which I couldn't make ...

All I can say is: "It ain't me babe, no, no, no it ain't me babe ..."

[DøøG]

There's one tune on the Dark Chocolate album that I'm not playing guitar on ...
The 8th song. Dr. Blue ..Another fellow did because it was a last minute session which I couldn't make ...

All I can say is: "It ain't me babe, no, no, no it ain't me babe ..."

Yeah, saw that posted somewhere else....by you....point noted....i don't remember it being terrible, but now I'll have to have a closer listen and critique!

Once Matte's new thing comes out , I'l have to get it, and eventually Ed G's new one with Sub, the little bits I heard sound really f'n good..

And there ya go....

[Lucidology]

Oops .... sorry to repeat myself ..

What about something from you on CD Doug ...?
You're one hell of a player ...

[DøøG]

Oops .... sorry to repeat myself ..

What about something from you on CD Doug ...?
You're one hell of a player ...

Well, geeez, thanx for the props.......
Mmm, there's some stuff that I'm on that might be on cd? A Ronnie Spector record from the 80's (interesting solo on one cut I did with a Coral sitar crankin thru a Marshall), uhh, this Guy Glen Burtnick, his record "Hero's and Zeros" (he was in Styx for a little, Beatle mania, Jan Hammer group, buncha other things). Did a lot of different things back in the 80's....some on cd, some not....

But anyway, that's not my tuneage, just sessions I was on. One of these days I'd like to record my stuff, not diluted and put something out, ala Jack B (killer record! All him? way cool!). All me and no one else. I always admired those kinda artist, ala Todd Rundgren, Roy Wood, Prince, etc.

No oops, you need to state those things, I may have not seen that other post! Cool.

Sorry to ramble, It's late here in NJ!

[corn husk bag]

I have heard a lot of great things here. Here are a few more that have not been mentioned. Frank Axtell and Jackaroo (?) Do either of them have spinning discs out yet?

Best Regards,
Steve

[cdaloia]

Hey, few days ago got Lucidology's Dark Choco and Jack Broad's Current.......

Also have cdaloia's ABCD cd "under the hood".

Great stuff, guys! All on the heavy rotation...............

I'm glad that you are digging "Under The Hood" Doug........
I appreciate the support!
Happy Holidays!

Chuck

[fyrwyr]

If I had one from Mondoslug THAT would be it!!!!

[Tomo]

Hi Chuck,

Thank you so much for your kind words. It means a lot coming from fantastic player like you. I have listened a lot your playing too! I have been listening a lot Splatt cds too. When I finish my new cd, i will send a copy to you. Will Lee played on all songs... I look forward to working next session. I got another my favorite drummer! (then I can finish it. it's time to save $$$ for that!)

Tomo

I'm have and am listening to:

John Findlay
JB70
Hectic Watermellon
Mark Goldenberg (didn't know know hung out here, I'm learning a lot in this post) And Lyle Workman does too? Love his stuff on his myspace
Tomo

Savin up for......

Mondoslug
Mike Walker
Splatt

+1 for Scotti, Harry J, Tone Zappa, Lucid, ILuvStrats, Carlos E. making CD's.
I'm forgetting too many people I'm sure.......like S. Kimock..... geez, Kingsleyd, KRosser, Josh Smith, on and on.......a boatload of talent here
Look forward to new stuff from Scoredog, Tomo, Ed D, Gene S and matte......what I've heard here has been great. Don't know Greg V. (do I?) but sounds like I should from what people are saying
Sub D!!!.....visit his myspace
John C's thing w/ Marco Minneman is going to be sick.
And Findlay's new one, look out.
I played w/ him at the LA amp show and he scared me, a seriously good musician.

Thanks to all who've mentioned my CD w/ Art Bernstein, "Under The Hood"
We made that before I found this place.
Used a pod, a borrowed bass and a $160 ebay Fostex box!

Very cool idea for a thread......

Chuck

[ahab]

Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs
Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers

[Cap'n Fingers]

Greg V - Tailgate Troubadour. A must have for any TGP'ers collection.

+1 Some beautiful sounds on that one.

[Guitar Slinger6]

You know how lucky can we be to not only know about these fantastic players, but also to be able to call them freinds and enjoy select pieces for us to enjoy and critique. There are many here that are just amazing and do not think twice about giving advice and encouragement. A big thank you to all that have posted their work here for all of us to enjoy, I for one plan to purchase and support our community players! :BEER

[DøøG]

You know how lucky can we be to not only know about these fantastic players, but also to be able to call them freinds and enjoy select pieces for us to enjoy and critique. There are many here that are just amazing and do not think twice about giving advice and encouragement. A big thank you to all that have posted their work here for all of us to enjoy, I for one plan to purchase and support our community players! :BEER

Totally there man! Losta cool guys and great players here!!!! Woweeee....
Buy and support! Go forth , young man........lol......

[cdaloia]

Hey, few days ago got Lucidology's Dark Choco and Jack Broad's Current.......

Also have cdaloia's ABCD cd "under the hood".

Great stuff, guys! All on the heavy rotation...............

Thanks for the support Doug!
Glad to be in such fine company.

Chuck

[DøøG]

No prob, Chuck! Besides you and the other folk mentioned, wanna get Basso's last CD (now on I tunes, I see) and Andy Most's last thing on the I tunes as well...

Like I said before, so many f'n great players here, cool to hear all the good stuff, and ask you about it later! God, I love the Inet.......

[Greg V.]

Greg V - Tailgate Troubadour. A must have for any TGP'ers collection.


To all,
I'm eternally grateful for the beautiful support and kind words for my music.

Thank you, Mprvise, Kingsleyd, Ed Degenaro, Big Mike, Dave B, Splatt, Rumblefish, Rwe333, Bigpat13, Joemesser, Steve Foley, Cap'n Fingers.

The Gear Page is an amazing place, so many massive talents here, it's an incredibly humbling corner bar in cyberspace. Many, many thanks.

[DøøG]

To all,
I'm eternally grateful for the beautiful support and kind words for my music.

Thank you, Mprvise, Kingsleyd, Ed Degenaro, Big Mike, Dave B, Splatt, Rumblefish, Rwe333, Bigpat13, Joemesser, Steve Foley, Cap'n Fingers.

The Gear Page is an amazing place, so many massive talents here, it's an incredibly humbling corner bar in cyberspace. Many, many thanks.

You're another one that I havta get the CD! Lovely stuff...........

[big mike]

Thank YOU Greg, I listen to your album at least twice a week at work. I love it!

[devinb]

Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs
Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers

I didn't realize anyone from DCFC was a member here...I can kind of see it with Chris Walla.

[Mike Schram]

Spectator

Great band great guitar tone, got it off CDBaby.

TGP's Jason Calieri

Well Done!

[guitarlifestyle]

What's "the one" TGPer album everyone should have? I'm liking a lot of the albums I've heard so far, but wondering if I've missed any.

[cdaloia]

John Czajkowski

"West ZooOpolis"

Wow........

Chuck

[jazzandmetal?]

Listening to Afreek Dub By Random Access Orkestra ( Bassomatic ) right now.

Killer groove.

[stark]

I posted audio clips for the new record on the band website.
http://www.twist.us.com/

Adam Stark

[Ricman]

Tweedy just sent me a 3 disc set of stuff he's done. REally good! I'm impressed! And funny in most cases, go figure.

[Twangmeister]

I'm rather humbly tooting my own Tele on this thread, but if your thing is Americana/rootsy/song-based music, you might want to sample my stuff on the "Music" link of my website:http://www.jeremendelsohn.com (http://www.jeremendelsohn.com/)

Some very cool players on the album whom you might recognize.

In fact, Greg V and I were working on my project together before he departed for Nashville and became "Greg V, Legendary Master of Tone!" (and yes, he is an awesome talent and just a real, nice guy).

[Bassomatic]

Listening to Afreek Dub By Random Access Orkestra ( Bassomatic ) right now.

Killer groove.

Hey - thanks for that, mon. Glad you dig it.

[bostonwal]

This is a really nice thread! I have to say any adjectives describing music will always fall short of the one true measure of someone's music: do you actually come back to listen to someone's posted music or do you listen to it, perhaps make nice comments, but never go back to it again? So it's really nice to see people mentioning other TGPers whose music has broken into the regular rotation of the most difficult Program Director on the planet: our own personal listening habits.

Anyway, because of all the comments about GregV's stuff I checked it out. I'm not usually into Americana - I usually go for giant instrumental sounds behind vocalists - but on this sunny Spring-ish Saturday in Boston it really hits the spot!

[stark]

http://www.abstractlogix.com/cdimages/ablxbanner.jpg (http://www.abstractlogix.com/mymusic/adamstark)
http://cdbaby.com/gif/buttons/buy_nothumb/Orange-Buy_CD_175px.gif (http://cdbaby.com/cd/twistfunk)

Adam Stark

[Ed DeGenaro]

Totally digging Chuck D's trio live hang...unbelievable touch and finesse!

[chrisr777]

http://idisk.mac.com/starkcreative//Public/web_cover_v3.jpg
Adam Stark


This is very, very good. I got it yesterday and gave it a listen. I am impressed. Hopefully I'll be able to see you at the Potato next time you are there and get a taste of some of this stuff live.

[johnyfavorit]

This is very, very good. I got it yesterday and gave it a listen. I am impressed. Hopefully I'll be able to see you at the Potato next time you are there and get a taste of some of this stuff live.

I just got my cd today. man, is this some retro-cool and tasty stuff. I am really, really digging it.

[John H]

http://idisk.mac.com/starkcreative//Public/web_cover_v3.jpg


Absolutely! Heaps and heaps of groove, taste, and restraint. I'm so impressed with Adam's generosity on this disc. He leaves so much space for the other players - then again, when you see who the other players are, it only makes sense.

Highly, highly recommended for those who want to have a big smile on their face as they listen to some cool, cool music!

[HurricaneJesus]

http://idisk.mac.com/starkcreative//Public/web_cover_v3.jpg
Adam Stark

+1. Disc for all seasons.

[ToneZappa]

Totally digging Chuck D's trio live hang...unbelievable touch and finesse!

+1 great playing by everyone............. Chuck has a new album coming out in May as well. :AOK

[bacon-fat]

backalley - Racky Thomas Band
musicofanatic - Justin Quinn
dukeh62 - Ryan Hartt and the Blue Hearts

[robyogi]

Some already mentioned, and also Jesper Nordal and Nicola Costa.

+1 on Nordal - Twang is good music! I'll have to check out Nicola Costa, as well as a bunch of folks mentioned in this thread.

[Ed DeGenaro]

Adam Stark's Twist...great single coil tones, and if you dig the Meters and Booker T you'll love the CD. Great work!!!!

[cdaloia]

Totally digging Chuck D's trio live hang...unbelievable touch and finesse!

+1 great playing by everyone............. Chuck has a new album coming out in May as well. :AOK

Thanks you two guitar freaks......really appreciate it.

Ed, looking forward to your new CD, after hearing the stuff you've posted here.....woo!
And Bub, we're waiting........
:BEER guys.

Chuck

[norumba]

havent done a Cd in about 3 or 4 years, but i'll post when i do... ihave some rehearsal tracks, warts and all, on the myspace and facebooks links in the sig.

i in the mean time, theres lot of interesting stuff to check out and looking forward to digging in to all the other posters' work!

im familiar with Ed De Genaro's stuff mainy via his fretless work ( you were missed in NY in Sept.! )

[scottkahn]

If you like melodic prog rock ranging from Genesis/Yes/Rush/Styx to Marillion/Porcupine Tree/Dream Theater, then you should check out the new CD from my band, Days Before Tomorrow.

It was produced by Ron Nevison, the industry legend who gave us little things like... Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, The Who's Quadraphenia, and more from Heart, Bad Co, Jefferson Starship, Europe, Ozzy Ozbourne, and a ton of others.

http://www.myspace.com/daysbeforetomorrow -- we have four songs from the CD posted, and links to buy the CD or get tickets to see us perform in NJ with Keith Emerson (of ELP fame).

Our tone on the CD is mostly from the Mesa/Boogie Dual Recto lineage, but many other amps and a ton of different guitars were put to use in the recording. I hope you like it!

[Ed DeGenaro]

Thanks you two guitar freaks......really appreciate it.

Ed, looking forward to your new CD, after hearing the stuff you've posted here.....woo!
And Bub, we're waiting........
:BEER guys.

Chuck
Dude, your and Lerner's pocket iare AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're doing some super hip shit, which my friend Ray refers to a Blues +

[Ed DeGenaro]

So folks, it's done, less is seldom more that is...

http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=24177

2009 release, follow up to Dog House.
Ed DeGenaro teamed up with writer/producer Chris Taylor (Randy Brecker, Lionel Hampton, Grover Washington Jr.)who wrote and produced the majority of this CD. This album is as before Ed's take on a various influences, more refined than previous ones. The guys playing on this are all masters of their craft. With Dave Weckl (Mike Stern, Chick Corea), Joel Rosenblatt (Spyro Gyro, Steve Khan), Marco Minnemann (Mike Kenneally, Paul Gilbert) on drums and Ric Fierabracci (Frank Gambale, Brett Garsed, Chick Corea) on bass, George Whitty (Brecker Bros, Oz Noy, Chaka Khan) on organ, and Chris Taylor on keys and additional guitars it was bound to be a strong album.
If that was not enough, super guitar virtuoso Ray Gomez (solo artist, Stanley Clarke, Steps Ahead) makes a guest appearance on guitar.As does Matte Henderson, who also wrote two tunes for the album.
This CD is amazing material together with amazing musicianship.


Alternatively...
http://kunaki.com/sales.asp?PID=PX00ZAGV6N

[Lucidology]

So folks, it's done, less is seldom more that is...

http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=24177

2009 release, follow up to Dog House.
Ed DeGenaro teamed up with writer/producer Chris Taylor (Randy Brecker, Lionel Hampton, Grover Washington Jr.)who wrote and produced the majority of this CD. This album is as before Ed's take on a various influences, more refined than previous ones. The guys playing on this are all masters of their craft. With Dave Weckl (Mike Stern, Chick Corea), Joel Rosenblatt (Spyro Gyro, Steve Khan), Marco Minnemann (Mike Kenneally, Paul Gilbert) on drums and Ric Fierabracci (Frank Gambale, Brett Garsed, Chick Corea) on bass, George Whitty (Brecker Bros, Oz Noy, Chaka Khan) on organ, and Chris Taylor on keys and additional guitars it was bound to be a strong album.
If that was not enough, super guitar virtuoso Ray Gomez (solo artist, Stanley Clarke, Steps Ahead) makes a guest appearance on guitar.As does Matte Henderson, who also wrote two tunes for the album.
This CD is amazing material together with amazing musicianship.

Very cool Ed ... will order one right away!!

[Schtomp]

Bah! I´ll have to wait til the 25th, ah well - at least I got Dog House in the mail to look forward to until^^

[Uncle_Salty]

So folks, it's done, less is seldom more that is...

http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=24177

2009 release, follow up to Dog House.
Ed DeGenaro teamed up with writer/producer Chris Taylor (Randy Brecker, Lionel Hampton, Grover Washington Jr.)who wrote and produced the majority of this CD. This album is as before Ed's take on a various influences, more refined than previous ones. The guys playing on this are all masters of their craft. With Dave Weckl (Mike Stern, Chick Corea), Joel Rosenblatt (Spyro Gyro, Steve Khan), Marco Minnemann (Mike Kenneally, Paul Gilbert) on drums and Ric Fierabracci (Frank Gambale, Brett Garsed, Chick Corea) on bass, George Whitty (Brecker Bros, Oz Noy, Chaka Khan) on organ, and Chris Taylor on keys and additional guitars it was bound to be a strong album.
If that was not enough, super guitar virtuoso Ray Gomez (solo artist, Stanley Clarke, Steps Ahead) makes a guest appearance on guitar.As does Matte Henderson, who also wrote two tunes for the album.
This CD is amazing material together with amazing musicianship.

That sounds very cool! I know Mr. De Genaro is a fan of Ray Gomez, so that must have been quite something to have him on the album. The other players are awesome, too. Marco is a looney - in the best possible way. If they have it on iTunes Japan I'll be picking it up ASAP.

[Jon Silberman]

Check out Michael Dukes and crew on Mechanical Birds. You can listen to the entire CD on streaming audio before deciding whether to buy. Careful: if you listen, you will buy it!

http://www.mechanicalbirds.com/

[Ed DeGenaro]

That sounds very cool! I know Mr. De Genaro is a fan of Ray Gomez, so that must have been quite something to have him on the album. The other players are awesome, too. Marco is a looney - in the best possible way. If they have it on iTunes Japan I'll be picking it up ASAP.

It will be on itunes eventually, usually takes about 3 month. That said I think both CD baby and Abstract will have it as download in a few days...
http://www.abstractlogix.com/digital_downloads/

[aftguitar94]

If anyone's interested, check out my band's stuff.

afragiletomorrow.com or myspace.com/afragiletomorrow

Our name sounds emo, I know, but we're not even close to emo. Kinda like an REM, Hootie & the Blowfish sound. Our latest album, Beautiful Noise, was recorded in November 2007, when I just turned 13 (I'm Brendan Kelly) and my brothers turned 16. Our bassist, Shaun, was 21 at the time. It was produced by Malcolm Burn who won a Grammy for Emmylou Harris's "Red Dirt Girl" and has worked with everyone from Bob Dylan to Iggy Pop. Let me know what you think.

[cdaloia]

Ed D

"Less Is seldom More"

This is amazing.......
So many great performances, compositions........
Ed, congrats for putting this together.
And sub D.........producer of the year.
On and on......
Strap in and get ready for the journey......

Chuck

[johnfindlay]

Hi All...

My buddy Chuck D'Aloia has just released a new CD called "Circle 7" with some heavy world-class guitarmanship!!!Heavy rotation here.On drums another heavy: Art Bernstein-a master of funk/latin & Afro-Cuban drum grooves.

The combination of harmonic taste & complexity are hard to beat.However
there is also a gorgeous slow blues which hits somewhere between Robben & Larry with Chucks own 'bob' sensibilities thrown in.

I could go on & on but I have to go write some mashed potatoes (without the gravy-thanks Billy Bob!).

Go to Chucks web here for purchase info: http://www.chuckdaloiamusic.com/

Chuck will be appearing at the NY Amp Show May 9th (and the jam May 8th). AND he will also have copies of his new DVD guitar intructional called "Blues With Brains":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0rzJakbW5Y

JF

[Ed DeGenaro]

Hi All...

My buddy Chuck D'Aloia has just released a new CD called "Circle 7" with some heavy world-class guitarmanship!!!Heavy rotation here.On drums another heavy: Art Bernstein-a master of funk/latin & Afro-Cuban drum grooves.

The combination of harmonic taste & complexity are hard to beat.However
there is also a gorgeous slow blues which hits somewhere between Robben & Larry with Chucks own 'bob' sensibilities thrown in.

I could go on & on but I have to go write some mashed potatoes (without the gravy-thanks Billy Bob!).

Go to Chucks web here for purchase info: http://www.chuckdaloiamusic.com/

Chuck will be appearing at the NY Amp Show May 9th (and the jam May 8th). AND he will also have copies of his new DVD guitar intructional called "Blues With Brains":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0rzJakbW5Y

JF
What he said, between that, Adam Stark's and Matte Henderson's upcoming release I hope I've seen the last of those "there isn't any good music ou there threads".

Chuck, you have that rare combination of chops, pocket and great note choice. I'm a fan.

[mike walker]

Just got Chucks',

Slinky all the way. Cerebral blues with a heart.

Love it fella.

Mike

[Snottyboy]

Gene Ess - Modes or Transcendence.


Excellent material, very well executed.

[wichita]

I'm hearing so much about music that I am currently unfamiliar with but should be that I would request that if everyone mentioned on here has a Myspace page... please post the link.!!!

I have heard Matte's new CD, Ed's stuff, some of Stark's and obviously DT's work.. ALL AMAZING RECORDS.. I would love to hear some more GP'rs music.

[jb70]

Gene Ess - Modes or Transcendence.


Excellent material, very well executed.

yep! i'm diggin' this one too. what a great group of players!

[Schtomp]

24-7 Spyz "Harder than You" & "Gumbo Millennium" - both remastered. (Face the Day & the DVD will be next^^)

Ed D "Less is seldom more" - Gets better every time I listen to it..

[Bassomatic]

Finally had the time to listen to some of Ed's new record.

Holy sh*t is it good.

I'm wiped right now from a long week at work/school, but I'll be expanding on this initial impression.

Ed and Chris (Sub-D) in particular make a rather terrifying team. The Teutonic Terror does it again.

[Schtomp]

Oh yeah - I would´ve included Mr Bassomatic´s RAO release here to, but unfortunately my bassplaying younger brother was visiting shortly after I received it, him being into Drum & Bass and such, I told him to check it out - Haven´t seen it since. I am however getting reports saying it´s "good stuff". Might have to get another copy^^

Cheers

[Bassomatic]

Oh yeah - I would´ve included Mr Bassomatic´s RAO release here to, but unfortunately my bassplaying younger brother was visiting shortly after I received it, him being into Drum & Bass and such, I told him to check it out - Haven´t seen it since. I am however getting reports saying it´s "good stuff". Might have to get another copy^^

Cheers

Now *that's* an encouraging little read over my morning coffee - thanks!

[hubberjub]

alschnier-Any of the moe. CDs.

[DøøG]

Just got Ed D's new one, stellar!!!! Great stuff indeed!

Also Chuck D's Circle 7 (wow!) Basso's Random Access Orkestra's (also great, Matte's killin on it), and "late to the party" Andy Most's "Unexpected Visitor", great playing on there, and the acoustic tunes are really very cool! Also late (better late then never) is Splatt's "Prezens, big wow there! I dug em live, but I'm really diggin the record, maybe a little more.....

Tell ya, so many great players on here at ye old TGP, extremely humbling....in a very good way, you need your eyes (and ears) opened up once in a while, lol......

[kidmandude]

Me to, going to pick up Ed's latest CD today! Sounds awesome!!

Ed DeGenaro

www.esession.com

[will132]

Lance Keltner (Wichita) http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lancekeltner

Seriously good CD. I'll leave it in playing for months at a time without changing to another.

[Bassomatic]

Me to, going to pick up Ed's latest CD today! Sounds awesome!!


That's cuz it *is* awesome.

[andyland6]

Pete Wood's CD "No One Home" (woodyworld)

[Lucidology]

Pete Wood's CD "No One Home" (woodyworld)

Yo Andy ... Woody plays great on it doesn't he ..
He plays 'on the beat' so damn well, I'm envious ..

[cdaloia]

+1 for Woody.

I love his articulate, musical phrasing and his D-style tone that many of us here are experimenting with.
Congrats Woody! (and Ed Poole)

Chuck

[Woodyworld]

Pete Wood's CD "No One Home" (woodyworld)

Yo Andy ... Woody plays great on it doesn't he ..
He plays 'on the beat' so damn well, I'm envious ..

+1 for Woody.

I love his articulate, musical phrasing and his D-style tone that many of us here are experimenting with.
Congrats Woody! (and Ed Poole)

Chuck

Thanks guys for the thumbs up and support - made my day.

CD's that are regularly spinning on my Ipod are:

ABCD 'Circle 7' - outrageous on so many levels
ABCD ' Gears' & 'Under the hood'
Mike Walkers 'Madhouse' - Beautiful piece of work.
Jack Broad 'Current' - Real fresh approach to Jazz
Tomo's 'Right Place, Right Time'
Andy Most - 'Unexpected Visitor'
John Findlay 'Fairplay'

Waiting for Bubs CD, Tomo's new one and Andreas Lidberg's 'Russian Tourrete'.............

[SoulToStrings]

Scott Peterson - Rainshine !

Great instrumental guitar album!

[bmorelli]

Thrice, Beggars