Here are a couple of guitarists that should get your interest.
The band Blue Dog is lead by guitarist-synther Jay Ward, and along with Tommy Mandel/B3 he brings guest vocalists, bassists and trumpet players along for an intimate ep. You get some sliding delta blues with rock solid red clay on “Great Wide” and “Chain Gang,” and some easy B3 oozes on the rootsy boogie of “Edge of a Dream” along with Nikki Gregoroff’s vocals. A travelogue stream of conscious dialogue is presented on “Boom Chains” and some troubadour vocals are presented by Kriss Roebling no “Stronger.” Spartan strings.
Marcos Pin teams up with Yago Vazquezz/p, Pablo Castanho/as-ss, Alfonso Calvo/b and Andres Rivas/dr for some impressive upbeat post-bop. Pin’s strings are clean with solos with Rivas’ brushes on the gentle “Lullaby For My Two Boys” and flows with Vazquez’s piano and Castanho’s soprano on the lithe “Vulpecula.” The team gets Miles Davis ESPish on “Carmen’s Call” and the alto struts well on the bluesy “Castanho’s reed, while the upbeat swing is infectious on “Blind Hope” and the snappy “I Love You, Too.” Refreshing!
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