Scott Henderson - Karnevel!

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2024
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:42
Size: 153,9 MB
Art: Front

( 0:47) 1. Step Right Up
( 8:40) 2. Karnevel!
( 6:58) 3. Haunted Ballroom
( 5:37) 4. Covid Vaccination
( 6:57) 5. Puerto Madero
( 6:28) 6. Sea Around Us
(10:00) 7. Sky Coaster
( 4:42) 8. Greene Mansion
( 8:03) 9. Bilge Rat
( 4:59) 10. Acacia
( 3:25) 11. Carnies’ Time

Scott Henderson will be releasing his highly anticipated new album Karnevel! on February 2, 2024! Scott’s previous album People Mover was voted best fusion album of 2019 by Jazz Times magazine, and he won both Best Guitarist and Best Electric/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Group in JazzTimes Readers Poll.

Karnevel! features a diverse set of beautiful compositions, and demonstrates Scott's striking ability to combine elements of jazz, rock, funk and blues in an authentic, seamless and musical way. After 35 years as a bandleader, Scott is a musician who's playing and composing continues to grow.

The album was recorded live in the studio with Romain Labaye on bass and Archibald Ligonnière on drums, the same musicians on People Mover. After the live session, Scott spent quite a bit of time layering additional guitar tracks. “I’m happy I was able to come up with quite a few sounds I’ve never used before” said Scott in a recent interview. “The variety and pacing are very important aspects of a record to me, and this one covers a lot of territory, from heavy rock moments to very harmonic jazz, and there’s a solo guitar piece which is something I haven’t done on an album before”.

Scott replied about the album concept, “It comes from being a fan of the LA Fair and carnivals in general, not so much as a kid, but from being a dad. Disneyland is fun, but the fair is way more quirky, ridiculous, and always hilarious. It’s a crazy atmosphere filled with variety, like my music.”

Born in 1954, Scott Henderson emerged in the 1980s with his legendary band Tribal Tech and has since become one of the top guitar players/composers in jazz fusion. Scott has toured and recorded with Chick Corea, Weather Report’s Joe Zawinul, Jean-Luc Ponty, and many others. As a bandleader, Scott has toured in over 70 countries and released over 20 albums. Throughout his career, he’s won numerous Best Guitarist awards in Guitar Player and Guitar World magazines, and been on the cover of many international guitar magazines.

“Few players have joined the spirit of jazz and rock as successfully as Scott Henderson, who consistently cranks out masterpieces of harmonic sophistication, overdriven energy, and tonal beauty. He is fully steeped in both jazz and rock tradition, and he’s woven them together to create one of the most powerful voices in fusion guitar.” By Guitar Player Magazine WILLIAM JAMES https://www.allaboutjazz.com/news/guitar-legend-scott-henderson-to-release-new-album-karnevel-announces-forthcoming-european-tour/

Karnevel!

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Scott Henderson - People Mover

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2019
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 61:55
Size: 142,6 MB
Art: Front

(8:08)  1. Transatlantic
(6:56)  2. Primary Location
(0:32)  3. All Aboard
(4:38)  4. People Mover
(5:33)  5. Satellite
(5:48)  6. Blood Moon
(8:07)  7. Blue Heron Boulevard
(6:16)  8. Syringe
(8:16)  9. Happy Fun-Sing
(7:36) 10. Fawn

Guitarist Scott Henderson’s innate talents overwhelmed both the music scene and music schools of his native South Florida before he moved to Los Angeles 40 years ago. Yet he didn’t relocate for stardom, eschewing sideman roles with Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Joe Zawinul to form his own band Tribal Tech, active from 1984-2013. Henderson’s solo recording career started in 1994, and his new People Mover release is one of the high-water marks among the half-dozen efforts under his own name. Another was its predecessor, the similarly self-released Vibe Station from 2015, with bassist Travis Carlton and drummer Alan Hertz. This time, Henderson features an even younger rhythm section in French musicians Romain Labaye (bass) and Archibald Ligonnière (drums), with equally explosive results. Henderson has always mixed his jazz/fusion guitar influences (like Allan Holdsworth) with those based in rock (Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore) and blues (Stevie Ray Vaughan), and does so from his opening chimes of “Transatlantic,” which segues between tranquil and high-octane sections, the latter featuring his signature soloing accents. “Primary Location” veers funkier, showcasing the rhythmic emphasis in both Henderson’s playing and composition and highlighting Labaye’s fretless tones and harmonics. People Mover features more effects, overdubs, and general production than its predecessors, courtesy of both the bandleader and Hertz, who recorded and helped mix the 10 tracks. “All Aboard” features piped-in crowd noise and touches of electronics within its inside-out cadence, and former Tribal Tech keyboardist Scott Kinsey contributes electronic percussion to the closing ballad “Fawn.” In between, Henderson shows his clean-tone soloing prowess on the swinging title track, also featuring a banner solo by Labaye and furious Ligonnière drumming; “Satellite” offers a Middle Eastern influence and background spoken overdubs; and “Syringe” features the trio’s ample improvisation within another of Henderson’s inimitable, acidic compositional mixes of jazz, rock, and blues. ~ Bill Meredith https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/scott-henderson-people-mover-scott-henderson/

Personnel: Guitar, Composed By – Scott Henderson; Bass – Romain Labaye; Drums – Archibald Ligonniere

People Mover

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Scott Henderson, Jeff Berlin, Dennis Chambers - HBC

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:28
Size: 136,7 MB
Art: Front

(10:16)  1. Actual Proof
( 6:58)  2. Mysterious Traveller
( 8:45)  3. Footprints
(11:57)  4. D Flat Waltz
( 3:25)  5. The Orphan
( 5:18)  6. Sightseeing
( 4:21)  7. Wayward Son Of Devil Boy
( 3:09)  8. Threedom
( 5:15)  9. Stratus

Not simply a super-group, but more like a jazz-fusion superpower as this formidable trio melds classic fusion works amid a few originals on its debut release, although the artists have crossed paths over the years. Bios and resumes would transcend the limitations of a review or analysis. So, it's the in-your-face attitude, creative impetus, and the respective musicians' gargantuan chops that account for a passionate exposition. Guitarist Scott Henderson's enviable technique as a monumental blues-rock soloist shines on his "Wayward Son of Devil Boy," inflicting pain on his axe via some serious shedding and molding a blues-with-a-vengeance stance with blazing fills, detuned extended notes and wailing choruses. But the preponderance of the album offers an abundance of cunning insights and spins on pieces such as drummer Billy Cobham's jazz-fusion anthem "Stratus." Then again it would be a sacrilege to ignore this trend-setting classic. Here, all-universe session drummer Dennis Chambers slams the backbeat into overdrive in concert with bass great Jeff Berlin's sinuous fretless bass lines. Owing to the original recording, Henderson abides by late guitarist Tommy Bolin's tension and release buildup, and then goes off the radar with stratospheric licks, leading to the heavy metal-like finale.

Henderson morphs polytonal chord voicings to execute a translation of pianist Herbie Hancock's funkified "Actual Proof," where Berlin unleashes a mindboggling solo, awash with twirling notes and breakneck linear runs. Henderson injects some spacey electronic treatments and spatial attributes into saxophonist Wayne Shorter's title track from Weather Report's Mysterious Traveler (Columbia, 1974), raising the bar with edgy and distorted crunch chords while reshaping and reconfiguring the primary theme, tinted with a rather ominous rite of passage.  HBC also integrates a pure jazz element into Shorter's "Sightseeing," offset by the artists' expressive solo spots and streaming background effects, all the while prepping for the kill towards the coda as Berlin thumps and plucks his bass strings into submission. Sure, he's all over the place, but lessons learned will dictate that he makes every note count, marked by his lyrical thematic statements and a technique to die for. Other than the instrumentalists' technical mastery, these works' construction lend to a refreshing glimpse of the proverbial roads previously traveled. From a holistic perspective of the jazz-fusion genre, it doesn't get a whole lot better.~ Glenn Astarita https://www.allaboutjazz.com/hbc-scott-henderson-tone-center-review-by-glenn-astarita.php

Personnel: Scott Henderson: guitar; Jeff Berlin: bass; Dennis Chambers: drums.

HBC

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Scott Henderson - Vibe Station

Size: 156,9 MB
Time: 67:41
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz: Jazz Rock
Art: Front

01. Church Of Xotic Dance (7:18)
02. Sphinx (8:59)
03. Vibe Station (7:05)
04. Manic Carpet (7:22)
05. Calhoun (8:38)
06. The Covered Head (6:55)
07. Festival Of Ghosts (8:40)
08. Dew Wut (6:59)
09. Chelsea Bridge (5:41)

Scott Henderson is best known as the guitarist for the legendary fusion group Tribal Tech, and also for his sideman work with Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Weather Report’s Joe Zawinul. He also plays in the group HBC with bassist Jeff Berlin and drummer Dennis Chambers.

In 1991, Scott was named by Guitar World as the #1 Jazz Guitarist, and in January 1992, he was named #1 Jazz Guitarist in Guitar Player's Annual Reader's Poll. His first solo blues album "Dog Party" won best blues album of 1994 in Guitar Player Magazine.

Vibe Station is his most ambitious work to date, and features Travis Carlton on bass and Alan Hertz on drums. The music can only be described as a mixture of edgy blues rock, funk, and modern melodic jazz, amid a huge soundscape of guitar tones and textures.

Vibe Station

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Dennis Chambers - Groove And More

Styles: Jazz Funk
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:19
Size: 125,1 MB
Art: Front

(5:24)  1. Aircraft
(7:29)  2. Time to Time
(4:24)  3. Fall Out - Radio Edit
(4:41)  4. Past and Future
(0:47)  5. Drums Solo Pt 1
(4:56)  6. We Don't Know
(7:18)  7. Virtual Life
(6:40)  8. Fall Out
(4:50)  9. Practice What You Preaching
(6:30) 10. Running On Line
(1:14) 11. Drum Solo Pt 2

A drummer whose propulsive style and versatility have enabled him to play in combos or large groups, and work with fusion and hard bop bandleaders, Dennis Chambers has also released two sessions as a leader. He's also recorded and played with Bob Berg, Bill Evans (sax), Victor Bailey, Bob Belden, Kevin Eubanks and Mike Stern among others. All these musicians currently have sessions including Chambers available on CD.  Bio ~ Ron Wynn  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dennis-chambers-mn0000816892/biography

Personnel: Dennis Chambers: drums; Scott Henderson: guitar solo on " Virtual life " & " Time to time ";  Brian Auger: Hammond organ solo on " Running on line " & " Aircraft "; Jeff Berlin: bass on " Practice what you preaching "; Patti Austin: vocals on " Practice what you preaching "; Stanley Jordan: guitar solo on " Past and future "; Gregg Kofi Brown: vocals on " Fall out "; Dora Nicolosi: vocals on " We don't know "; Lino Nicolosi: rhythm guitars, guitar solos, percussion programming; Rossana Nicolosi: bass; Pino Nicolosi: keyboards, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes; Dora Nicolosi: backing vocals & scat on " Fall out " and & scat on " Aircraft "; Gregg Kofi Brown: backing vocals on " Fall out "; Melissa Aldana: tenor saxophone on " Fall out " , saxophone solo on "Aircraft " and soprano saxophone on " Running on line "; Bob Crystal: tenor saxophone & flute solo on " Fall out ", tenor saxophone on " Aircraft ."

Groove And More

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Mimmo Langella - Funk That Jazz

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 44:48
Size: 102.6 MB
Styles: Guitar rock-jazz, Fusion
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[5:11] 1. Follow Me Now
[6:09] 2. Scò
[5:57] 3. Up Two
[4:09] 4. The Gig Una Razza
[6:56] 5. The Harmony Of The Soul
[5:12] 6. In The Air
[4:05] 7. Come On
[7:06] 8. Jean Paul

"Langella continues the musical journey begun some years ago with the record "The Other Side". The jazz/blues influences absorbed after all these years merge naturally into a fine blend of styles on the rhythmic territory of black music roots (with pleasand hints of modern electro-lounge trends), colored with "retro" timbres so warm and "alive" that, when the listener closes their eyes, they seem to be there in the studio during the recording sessions. The bandleader shows great maturity in conducting the combo, accommodating his partners and relegating his fine guitar technique in the sevice of his music. The music of Langella is once again personal, fresh and melodically engaging; the phrases of the neapolitan guitarist are articulated in the rhythm that has the naturalness of one." Funk That Jazz features guest guitarist Scott Henderson on "Up Two" and "The Harmony Of The Soul"

Funk That Jazz

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