The Bebop Shop Stanley Clarke & Other Jazz Fusion Guitarists

The Bebop Shop : Crossings: Miles, Mahavishnu & Fusion : Stanley Clarke & Other Jazz Fusion Guitarists


	Stanley Clarke: School Days (CD: Columbia) Price: £9.99


Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz In The Garden (CD: Heads Up) A musical “dream team” featuring Stanley Clarke, one of the most innovative bass players of the past three decades, Japanese pianist Hiromi, who has emerged as a rising star on the jazz scene, and the versatile drummer Lenny White, best known for his work with Return to Forever. Clarke’s acoustic recording of originals by Clarke and Hiromi along with the reinvented standards is jazz virtuosity at its highest level. (Heads Up) Price: £13.99


	Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi (CD: Heads Up) Price: £13.99


Sonny Sharrock: Black Woman/ The Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson: People Get Ready (CD: Collectables- US Import) Price: £13.99


	Stanley Jordan: Friends (CD: Mack Avenue) Guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan’s career took flight in 1985 with both immediate commercial and critical acclaim for his ‘Magic Touch’ album for the Blue Note label. On his latest Mack Avenue recording, ‘Friends’, Jordan takes the timehonoured path of inviting a handpicked cadre of guests: fellow guitarists Mike Stern, Charlie Hunter, Russell Malone and Bucky Pizzarelli; violinist Regina Carter; saxophonists Kenny Garrett and Ronnie Laws; trumpeter Nicholas Payton; bassists Christian McBride and Charnett Moffett; and drummer Kenwood Dennard. (Proper Note) Price: £13.99


Gabor Szabo: Spellbinder (CD: Impulse- US Import) Price: £13.99


	Gabor Szabo: The Sorcerer (Vinyl LP: Impulse) This 1967 set, recorded live at Boston's Jazz Workshop, showcases virtuoso guitarist Szabó-a veteran of Chico Hamilton's and Charles Lloyd's bands-at the top of his game on a diverse program featuring standards ("What Is This Thing Called Love") and pop hits ("The Beat Goes On") as well as the original and psychedelic-tinged jam, "Space." This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit. (Universal Music) Price: £29.99


Gabor Szabo: Dreams (Vinyl LP: Blue Moon) 180g Vinyl Pressing & Gatefold Sleeve. Price: £22.99


	Gabor Szabo: High Contrast (CD: Higher Plane) An unusually successful pairing of Hungarian jazz guitar innovator, Gabor Szabo with R&B legend Bobby Womack. Szabo digs deep into a soulful groove, inspired by Womack's silky-smooth originals. High Contrast features "Breezin," the Womack tune written especially for Szabo, which George Benson parlayed into a massive crossover hit in 1976, and several tunes Womack popularized in the film Across 110th Street. Produced by Tommy LiPuma featuring Womack's sympathetic rhythm guitar and inspired drumming from the great Jim Keltner. Price: £13.99


Gabor Szabo: Faces (CD: Vocalion) Hungarian born jazz guitarist Gabor Szabo arrived in America in the late 1950s, having fled the anti-communist uprising in his homeland. By the early 1960s, he had begun to establish himself as one of jazz’s rising stars, joining drummer Chico Hamilton’s group in 1960. He left Hamilton in 1965 and briefly played in a group co-led with tenor saxophonist Charles Lloyd before going out on his own as a solo artist. Between 1965 and 1977, he recorded a string of solo albums for the Impulse, Blue Thumb, Skye, CTI and Mercury labels. Faces, recorded for Mercury in 1977, is very much a jazz-fusion album. Produced by trombonist and ex-Crusader Wayne Henderson, the rhythm section was drawn from the soul-jazz-funk band Pleasure with whom Henderson was working at the Fantasy label. The music is built on irresistible, earthy funk grooves that allow Szabo plenty of space to spin long, elegant guitar lines and meticulously constructed solos, both of which were his trademarks. Largely overlooked on its original release, Faces is now revealed as a minor classic within the jazz-fusion genre. Includes an 8-page booklet with extensive biographical information and the stories behind the albums. Remastered from the original analogue tapes. First time on CD. (Dutton Vocalion) Price: £12.99

The Bebop Shop : Crossings: Miles, Mahavishnu & Fusion : Stanley Clarke & Other Jazz Fusion Guitarists

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