Time: 62:25
Size: 142.9 MB
Styles: Guitar jazz
Year: 2008
Art: Front
[ 6:56] 1. Strawberries-Rasberries
[ 7:05] 2. Seaweed Song-Tic Tac Toe
[ 6:43] 3. Feelings
[ 8:26] 4. Louie The Greek
[ 6:31] 5. Mighty Mouse
[ 6:51] 6. Motivation
[10:51] 7. Breath Of The Blues
[ 8:58] 8. Dance Of The Zodiac
Don Hales - Primary Artist, Guitar; Tony Monaco - Organ; Matt Wagner - Drums; Andy Woodson - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass, Acoustic Bass; Kris Keith - Flute, Tenor Saxophone.
Guitarist Don Hales is one of those jazz musicians almost too good to be true, one who has had a lengthy local career who finally bobs to the surface with a head-turning release. The disc is Unified String Theory and Tony Monaco's presence is no accident. Hales grew up in a Toledo neighborhood where he was exposed to a wide variety of ethnic and regional music. He taught himself to play guitar, was tutored by Rusty Bryant and Bobby Shaw. Hales went on to tour with the great Eddie Harris and Bill Doggett before returning home to Columbus to work in the Monaco family Italian Restaurant.
Talk about a well kept secret...Don Hales not only has chops, he is quite the funk master in composing. Six of the eight tunes presented are Hales originals. The two standards are "Feelings" and "Motivation," both dispatched with a Horace Silver soul-jazz sensibility. Hales' compositions all stretch the definition of the typical organ-guitar-tenor combo. Speaking of tenor, Kris Keith's tenor saxophone and flute fit into this quintet like a hand in a glove, a finely crafted glove. Check out "Breath of the Blues" and "Dance of the Zodiac." ~C. Michael Bailey
Incredibly gifted Midwest legend Don Hales makes a statement with this great jazz guitar recording, produced and played on by Tony Monaco. In his hometown, Hales has been performing for years with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
Guitarist Don Hales is one of those jazz musicians almost too good to be true, one who has had a lengthy local career who finally bobs to the surface with a head-turning release. The disc is Unified String Theory and Tony Monaco's presence is no accident. Hales grew up in a Toledo neighborhood where he was exposed to a wide variety of ethnic and regional music. He taught himself to play guitar, was tutored by Rusty Bryant and Bobby Shaw. Hales went on to tour with the great Eddie Harris and Bill Doggett before returning home to Columbus to work in the Monaco family Italian Restaurant.
Talk about a well kept secret...Don Hales not only has chops, he is quite the funk master in composing. Six of the eight tunes presented are Hales originals. The two standards are "Feelings" and "Motivation," both dispatched with a Horace Silver soul-jazz sensibility. Hales' compositions all stretch the definition of the typical organ-guitar-tenor combo. Speaking of tenor, Kris Keith's tenor saxophone and flute fit into this quintet like a hand in a glove, a finely crafted glove. Check out "Breath of the Blues" and "Dance of the Zodiac." ~C. Michael Bailey
Incredibly gifted Midwest legend Don Hales makes a statement with this great jazz guitar recording, produced and played on by Tony Monaco. In his hometown, Hales has been performing for years with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Symphony, and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
Unified String Theory
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