Jimmy Herring - guitar
Oteil Burbridge - bass
Kofi Burbridge - piano, keyboards
Jeff Sipe - drums
Special Guests :
Derek Trucks - slide guitar
Greg Osby - sax
Matt Slocum - keyboards
Bobby Lee Rodgers - Leslie and rhythm guitar
Ike Stubblefield - hammond B3
Scott Kinsey - organ
Tyler Greenwell - drums
The first solo record from Guitar maestro Jimmy Herring, considered by many musicians and fans to be one of the hottest guitarists on the planet. It is surprising that it took him this long to launch his debut record after founding or performing with outstanding bands and projects - the Legendary Aquarium Rescue Unit, Project Z, Frogwings, Jazz is Dead with Billy Cobham, Alphonso Johnson, T Lavitz, Allman Brothers, The Dead, Phil Lesh, Justice League and currently fulfilling guitar duties for jam band phenom, Widespread Panic....
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This outstanding effort, which insiders and fellow musicians call an absolute musical masterpiece, is full of surprises that elevates
Jimmy's already fantastic reputation as an outstanding guitarist. Jimmy Herring wrote six of the tunes along with Kofi Burbridge who wrote two tunes as well...
tower.com No matter how adept they are at finding the place where rock energy and jazz harmony meets, fusion guitarists almost invariably favor one side of the equation. As raw and visceral as John McLaughlin and John Scofield can be, jazz remains the core of who they are, just as Jeff Beck and Carlos Santana are rockers at heart, despite occasionally turning to more jazz-centric material. Which makes Jimmy Herring all the rarer a guitarist sitting right in the middle, possessing all the unabashed power and edge of rock, but perfectly balanced with greater harmonic sophistication and rhythmic concepts... allaboutjazz.com
