Various Artists - Guitar Zone

Title: Guitar Zone Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 3/17/1998 Re-Released On: 9/7/1998 Label: Times Square Records, CMP Records Duration: 76:40 Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits, Instrumental UPCs: 738572990220, 044351500628 Genre: Rock Styles: Modern Creative, World Fusion, Worldbeat, Fusion, Alternative Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock, Contemporary Instrumental, Post-Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Experimental, Post-Punk, British Blues, Jazz-Rock, Guitar Virtuoso, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Album Rock, Avant-Garde Jazz, Regional Blues Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Monk Hangs Ten :: Andy Summers
2. Hamburg 2 :: Mark Nauseef
3. Holiday Insane :: Chad Wackerman
4. Willpower :: Jack Bruce
5. Sam the Man :: Michael Shrieve
6. Uncle Herbie's Dance :: Sonny Sharrock, Nicky Skopelitis
7. Spell Breaks with the Weather :: David Torn
8. Middle Rose :: Victory of the Better Man
9. Manini :: Trilok Gurtu
10. The Mask :: Bernie Worrell
11. Life on Earth :: Jack Bruce, Buckethead, Gary Moore
12. Born Under a Bad Sign :: Jack Bruce
13. Envelopes of Dispair :: Jimi Sumén
14. Stellar Rays :: Michael Shrieve
15. Nardis :: Mick Goodrick, Wolfgang Muthspiel
16. Sleep My Love :: Philip Catherine, Philip Mariano, Jasper van't Hof

Year Type Label Catalog # 1998 CD Times Square Records 9902 1998 CD CMP Records 5006

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Opening with fret master Andy Summers (the Police), "Monk Hangs Ten" (from Synaesthesia), Guitar Zone sets itself out as a daring and perceptive overview of the most expansive and important work done with guitar composition. Each track is off a full-length CMP release. This is no exhibition of mere solo guitar -- each piece is equally demanding of all the instruments involved. The Summers piece relies heavily on the talents of drummer Gregg Bissonette and keyboardist Mitchel Forman. This example of contemporary progressive rock is well mated with another state of the art creation that shows off guitarist Allan Holdsworth and drummer Chad Wackerman. Not everything is over the top and born of modern studio capabilities, though -- the duo of Miroslav Tadic (guitar and classical slide guitar) and Mark Nauseef (drums and gongs) gives a sparse, skeletal piece whose serpentine undulations nicely reflect the title of its source album, The Snake Music. Inexplicably, Jack Bruce is given three tracks here. Because Bruce works with excellent personnel (Eric Clapton and the ex-Zappa Fowler Brothers horn section) his keyboard-drenched forays sound too '80s compared to the rest of the selections. Also unforgettable is the ubiquitous Bill Frisell joining Wayne Horvitz (organ) and Michael Shrieve (drums). Guitarist extraordinaire Nicky Skopelitis puts the sounds of over a half-dozen instruments into one three-minute song for a very hopeful and positive-sounding piece. David Torn makes a one-man show on "Spell Breaks with the Weather." Here "guitars and guitar-like thingies" soar magnificently above deep, deep bass sounds. Also present is Bernie Worrell (Hammond B-3) and Buckethead (guitar) on the requiem-like "The Mask." All 16 tracks push the limits of guitar possibility. ~ Tom Schulte, All Music Guide

Name Credits Allan Holdsworth Guitar Andy Summers Producer, Mixing, Performer, Guitar Bernie Worrell Producer, Organ (Hammond), Performer Bill Frisell Guitar Bill Laswell Producer Bruce Calder Engineer Bruce Fowler Trombone Buckethead Guitar, Effects Cedric Beatty Engineer Chad Wackerman Drums, Producer, Performer Charlie Mariano Sax (Soprano), Flute Clem Clempson Guitar Daniel Goyone Keyboards, Piano David Colvin Engineer David Hentschel Producer, Mixing David Torn Engineer, Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Performer, Loops, Mixing, Sampling Dick Heckstall-Smith Saxophone Don Gilmore Engineer Edward Vesala Producer Eric Clapton Guitar Gary Moore Guitar Gerd Dudek Sax (Tenor) Gregg Bissonette Drums Harald Bernhard Vocals Henrik Lund Engineer Henry Lowther Trumpet Jack Bruce Producer, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals Jasper van't Hof Piano, Performer, Keyboards Jerry Jr. Watts Bass Jim Cox Piano, Organ, Keyboards Jimi Sumén Guitar (Electric), Engineer, Performer Jimmy Johnson Bass John Mumford Trombone Jonas Bruce Piano Jonas Hellborg Bass Kurt Renker Producer Marc Bertaux Bass Marc Lehan Drums Mark Nauseef Producer, Drums, Gong Martin Fredebeul Sax (Soprano), Piano Michael Shrieve Producer, Drums Mick Goodrick Guitar, Performer Miroslav Tadic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Producer Mitchel Forman Keyboards Nicky Skopelitis Producer, Coral Sitar, Guitar (Electric), Taragat, Performer, Guitar (Acoustic), Baglama, Saz, Bass Oz Fritz Mixing, Engineer Pat Metheny Guitar Philip Catherine Guitar, Performer Philip Mariano Performer Robert Musso Engineer Shawn Lane Guitar, Vocals Shobha Gurtu Vocals Simon Phillips Drums Sonny Sharrock Guitar (Electric), Performer Stuart Elliot Drums Trilok Gurtu Drums, Producer, Percussion, Tabla U.K. Rattay Guitar, Compilation Victory of the Better Man Performer Walt Fowler Trumpet Walter Quintus Executive Producer, Engineer, Producer, Mixing Wayne Horvitz Organ