Lindsey Blair shows off not only his impressive guitar skills but his guitar collection on this hip release with Clay Ostwald/key, Nicky Orta/b and Carlomagno/dr-perc. Each song seems to be played by the leader on a different axe, giving a fun sense of variety. He can do some straight on rockish fun during “Schiziod Seat” and delve into the world of Wes Montgomery on a kinetic “Aquarius Island.” Orta lays down a nice electric bass groove on “A New Dawn” as well as doing some nice spotlighting on “Nocturnal Vision” while everyone gets down and bluesy on”Turn Out THe Light.” A clever take of The Beatles’ “Julia” goes from acoustic to electric, and “Dayspring” stays unplugged the whole way. Nice workshop here!
Southernmost Records