William Ash - Skyline Dreams

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2008
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 37:55
Size: 88,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:25)  1. The Soho Strut
(4:15)  2. Love Letters
(4:45)  3. Freewheelin'
(5:01)  4. Stardust
(3:46)  5. Coffee Rhumba
(3:52)  6. Four On Six
(3:14)  7. Skyline Dreams
(4:10)  8. S.O.S.
(4:24)  9. Usted Abuso

William Ash has been playing guitar most of his young life. He began learning the instrument at the age of nine, and by the time he was twelve he was working hard at mastering Wes Montgomery's style. During his high school years William studied with Barry Harris and Rodney Jones, and won the Young Talent Search of the National Association of Jazz Educators (NAJE), as well as the McDonald's Combo Contest. This led to him performing as a soloist with a big band at the Oakland Jazz Festival at the request of Buddy Montgomery, brother of the late Wes. William has continued to work as a sideman with a host of jazz legends, including Jack McDuff, Cecil Payne, Roy Hargrove, and Larry Goldings. On his own instrument, William acknowledges Wes Montgomery as a major influence, and William has been selected several times to appear in tributes to Montgomery. William's style emerges from his experiences playing with the great bop masters, as well as from playing in hard-driving organ combos with the likes of John Patton and Bobby Forrester, and you can clearly hear how he combines twisting bop melodies with deep groove. William Ash astounds on guitar, performing in a hard-swinging trio setting. William deploys his craft sincerely, and without guile, always drawing on his deep jazz roots. "a soulfully mellow sound with a driving dynamic approach" ~ All About Jazz

Personnel: William Ash - guitar; Jared Gold - organ; Yoichi Kobayashi - drums.

Skyline Dreams

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