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Videos: Greg Howe, Stu Hamm and Gianluca Palmieri - Live in Argentina

Lots of great videos have popped up from Greg Howe's recent trip to Argentina with bassist Stu Hamm and drummer Gianluca Palmieri. Embedded above is a playlist with some of my favorites.

Bryan Beller Audio Interview for Internet Music Media

Bassist Bryan Beller recently spoke with John Slywka for Internet Music Media regarding The Aristocrats - Beller's killer new band with Guthrie Govan on guitar, and Marco Minnemann on bass. The interview is available as an mp3 via the link below.

Internet Music Media: Bryan Beller Interview

Video: Alex Machacek at the New Universe Music Festival

Alex Machacek interview and performance clip from the New Universe Music Festival 2010 DVD.

Video: Matthew Garrison at the New Universe Music Festival

Matthew Garrison interview and performance clip from the New Universe Music Festival 2010 DVD.

Video: Ranjit Barot at the New Universe Music Festival

Ranjit Barot interview and performance clip from the New Universe Music Festival 2010 DVD.

Video: Jimmy Herring and Jeff Sipe at the New Universe Music Festival

Jimmy Herring and Jeff Sipe interview and performance clip from the New Universe Music Festival 2010 DVD. Side note: I conducted the interviews for this DVD, but for this one I didn't ask a single question! Jeff just started talking to Jimmy and they filmed the whole thing. It was hilarious and it turned out great!

Video: Wayne Krantz at the New Universe Music Festival

Wayne Krantz interview and performance clip from the New Universe Music Festival 2010 DVD.

Scott Henderson 2011 Tour Dates with Jeff Berlin and Dennis Chambers

Following his upcoming US tour with bassist Jeff Berlin and drummer Mike Clark, guitarist Scott Henderson will be playing the following overseas dates this year with Berlin and drummer Dennis Chambers.

Oct 07 Barquisimeto - Venezuela
Oct 13 Taipei - Taiwan
Oct 15 Manila - Phillipines
Oct 16 Tokyo Japan
Oct 19 Zoetermeer Holland
Oct 20 Milano - Italy
Oct 21 Milano - Italy
Oct 22 Piombino - Italy
Oct 23 Roma - Italy
Oct 24 Foggia - Italy
Oct 25 Marche/ Abruzzo - Italy
Oct 26 Cervia - Italy
Oct 27 Lubiana - Slovenia
Oct 29 Tel Aviv - Israel
Oct 31 Szczecin - Poland
Nov 02 Sarajevo - Bosnia
Nov 03 Trieste - Italy

Brett Garsed and Ric Fierabracci to appear on the Tony Palkovic Radio Show

Guitarist Brett Garsed and bassist Ric Fierabracci will appear on Tony Palkovic's Radio Show on KSPC 88.7FM (Los Angeles area) on Tuesday 9/13/11 to discuss Garsed's latest album Dark Matter (Review). The show will be broadcast from 12pm-2pm Pacific time, with a rebroadcast on Wednesday 9/14/11 from 2am - 4am Pacific. To listen online, visit http://www.kspc.org.

Oz Noy's "Twisted Blues Volume 1" to be released November 19th

PRESS RELEASE

New York based plectorist extraordinaire Oz Noy makes his Abstract Logix debut with Twisted Blues, his most eclectic album to date that displays his signature guitar sounds as well as for the first time showcases his profound love of blues, featuring Chris Layton and Reese Wynans of the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughn Band.

Oz is a chopsmeister of the highest order with a wealth of weapons in his trick bag. A master manipulator of tones and effects, he can deftly switch from lacerating single note work to Leslie-imbued organ stylings (a la Charlie Hunter) to jaw-dropping wah-wah-inflected lines…sometimes within the same song (as he does so nonchalantly on the scintillating title track). And while he emigrated to New York City in 1996 from his native Israel, you’d swear he had a lengthy stopover in New Orleans by the sound of his authentic second line groover “Oh Really” featuring Allen Toussaint and his interpretation of The Meters’ funk anthem, “Cissy Strut.”

There’s a touch of Stevie Ray Vaughan in his shuffling “Whole Tone Blues” and the tough “Steroids,” and he brings a Hendrix-meets-Ry Cooder sensibility to his luminous ballad “You Are The State” with the help of Eric Johnson on second guitar. A fan of Thelonious Monk, Oz turns in highly impressionistic versions of the floating “Light Blue” and the chops-busting “Trinkle Tinkle,” the latter performed with unrelenting aggression as an uptempo Texas shuffle. And he strikes a calming accord on the soulful, “Two Centers,” which may remind SRV fans of Stevie’s “Riviera Paradise.” Like the title of a great Wes Montgomery album on Riverside from 1961, this stellar outing features So Much Guitar!

Twisted Blues which was recorded in one part in Austin featured the legendary Eric Johnson on guitar, Chris Layton on drums, Roscoe Beck on bass, Reese Wynans on the organ. The New York Sessions featured the amazing Vinnie Colaiuta and Anton Fig on drums, Will Lee on Bass, John Medeski and Jerry Z on organ, Allen Toussaint on the piano and Ralph McDonald on percussion. a stellar line up!

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Oz Noy - Twisted Blues Volume 1 (Abstract Logix)

Release date: November 19th, 2011

Tracklisting:

1. Twisted Blues
2. Oh Really?
3. You Are The State
4. Whole Tone Blues
5. Cissy Strut
6. Light Blue
7. Steroids
8. Two Centers
9. Trinkle Tinkle

Video: Bryan Baker - More footage with Bob van Luijt and Sebastiaan Cornelissen

I'm on video overload lately! Here's more footage of Bryan Baker from 9/6/11 in the Netherlands. With Bob van Luijt on bass and Sebastiaan Cornelissen on drums.

Video: Wayne Krantz on playing with the UMO Jazz Orchestra

Wayne Krantz interviewed in Finland prior to his recent performance with the UMO Jazz Orchestra.