John Kelman has a nice review up of Gary Husband's Dirty & Beautiful Vol 1 over at All About Jazz. The amazing guest list on this disc includes Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Robin Trower, Steve Topping, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, Steve Hackett, and many others.
All About Jazz Review: Gary Husband - Dirty & Beautiful Volume One
Gary Husband's new album Dirty & Beautiful Volume 1 is now available for pre-order from Abstract Logix. The disc will begin shipping on November 16th. This looks to be an amazing album. Here is the write-up and tracklisting from the ABLX website:
Over the course of a remarkable, still-unfolding career, Gary Husband has defined himself as the ultimate musician’s musician: a fiery, perceptive presence who elevates every scenario – from the tightly arranged to pure, open-ended improvisation. His newest solo album Dirty & Beautiful Volume One , available via Abstract Logix on November 16, is a riveting showcase for the many gleaming facets of his musical imagination. As befits his reputation among fellow performers, the album finds drummer and keyboardist Husband joined by an enviable cast of supporting musicians, among them John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Robin Trower, Steve Hackett (Genesis), Jerry Goodman (Mahavishnu Orchestra), Jan Hammer, Mark King (Level 42), and more. Longtime fusion enthusiasts will note that Dirty & Beautiful marks the first time that iconic guitarists John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth have appeared on the same album, and the first time that McLaughlin, Goodman, and Hammer have been heard on the same project since the glory days of the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Husband has honed his formidable skills as a sideman with such exacting artists as McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Robin Trower, Billy Cobham, Gary Moore, Level 42, Andy Summers, and many, many more. Currently, he is touring internationally as keyboardist and additional drummer with John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension, and is extensively featured on the group’s new album To The One. On his own, he has released a series of acclaimed albums ranging from solo piano projects to intricate full-band explorations of the intersection of jazz sophistication and rock exhilaration.
With a second volume to follow in Spring 2011 featuring Jimmy Herring, Alex Machacek, John McLaughlin and many others, Dirty & Beautiful Volume One is Husband’s most ambitious and captivating solo project yet. Composed of compelling new originals alongside reimagined classics from the pens of Miles Davis, Jan Hammer, and Holdsworth , Dirty & Beautiful Volume One boasts a range of materials and contributors that, Husband explains, “actually resembles closely what my diary looks like. It documents some of the many relationships and avenues of participation I am fortunate to enjoy in my working life as a musician, with artists that I both love and admire.”' Expertly steered from the meditative to the relentless by Husband’s propulsive yet nuanced drumming and nimble, harmonically daring keyboard work, Dirty & Beautiful Volume One is a valuable, long-awaited showcase for one of contemporary fusion’s most powerfully inventive figures.
Gary Husband - Dirty & Beautiful Volume 1
Personnel:
Gary Husband (Drums and Keys);Allan Holdsworth (Guitar); John McLaughlin (Guitar); Robin Trower (Guitar); Steve Hackett (Guitar); Steve Topping (Guitar); Jan Hammer (Keyboards); Jerry Goodman (Violin); Jimmy Johnson (Bass); Mark King (Bass); Laurence Cottle (Bass); Livingstone Brown (Bass); Steve Price (Bass)
Tracklisting:
Track 1 Leave Em On
Track 2 Bedford Falls
Track 3 Between the Sheets of Music
Track 4 Yesternow
Track 5 Afterglow
Track 6 Dreams in Blue
Track 7 Ternberg Jam
Track 8 Moon Song
Track 9 Swell
Track 10 Maverick
Track 11 Boulevard Baloneypo
Track 12 Alverstone Jam
