SCOTT
HENDERSON's brand new studio album "Vibe Station"
|
||
Scott Henderson's
impressive work over the years as co-leader of the group TRIBAL TECH, leader
of his own ground breaking trio, and sideman to some of the best jazz artists
of their generation, including the great Joe Zawinul, has elevated him to the
front ranks of both Jazz and Blues. Besides being a world class player and
premier composer, Scott's trademark is his beautiful tone and striking
ability to blend Blues, Rock, Funk, and Jazz, creating a soulful and unique
voice on the guitar.
"Henderson wreaks havoc on his guitar amid howling
bottleneck notes, multihued chord voicings and ungodly hype-mode licks atop
the rhythm section's slamming grooves and agile progressions. He often
harmonizes with bassist Travis Carlton and during a variety of movements the
trio summons an Armageddon with supple and heightening choruses within the
prog-metal domain." -
Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz
"Vibe Station reminds us once again of what an
unbelievable talent Scott Henderson truly is. If you haven't yet discovered
the genius of this remarkable guitar player, now is the perfect time to do
so." - Peter Pardo,
Sea Of Tranquility
|
||
Guitarist Scott Henderson's 5th solo project exhibits
elements of jazz, rock & blues, but has a bigger variety of textures and
tones. The new all instrumental CD features bassist Travis Carlton (son of
Larry) & drummer extraordinaire Alan Hertz. Henderson speaks of the new
work as the most challenging project of his career. Says Scott, “I'm really
excited about this record because our trio has been touring a lot and that
energy came through on all the performances. The music is still blues-based,
but also has a lot of harmonic content. The big change is no vocals, which
challenged me as a guitarist to write material which can be played in a vocal
way on the guitar, while incorporating my own chord-melody style. I think
fans will enjoy the scope of this record because it has elements of blues,
rock, jazz and funk. There's something for everyone here.” Scott also said
that the majority of the songs are layered with multi guitar tracks,
utilizing many different guitars, pedals, amps and speaker combinations,
making it the most textural and versatile sounding album he's ever done.
Travis Carlton on bass and Alan Hertz on drums make this project and live
show very much groove-based. Says Scott, “I need to see people moving in
their seats. I'm not interested on putting on an intellectual show for
musicians only. I don't believe I need to dumb down the music to appeal to
people who aren't musicians, because when Travis and Alan play together, the
groove is going to attack you whether you're a musician or not”. Scott
Henderson's impressive work over the years as co-leader of the group TRIBAL
TECH, leader of his own ground breaking trio, and sideman to some of the best
jazz artists of their generation, including the great Joe Zawinul, has
elevated him to the front ranks of both Jazz and Blues. Besides being a world
class player and premier composer, Scott's trademark is his beautiful tone
and striking ability to blend Blues, Rock, Funk, and Jazz, creating a soulful
and unique voice on the guitar.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No comments:
Post a Comment