Product Description
Wayne Krantz, the top NYC guitarist favored by Steely Dan and Donald Fagen, presents his long-awaited new album, a super fusion featuring legendary musicians such as Tal Welkenfeld, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Charlie Drayton! A super guitarist in the contemporary scene active since the 1990s, Wayne Krantz proudly presents his strongest album to date, luxuriously accompanied by numerous big-name sidemen! While Krantz is known as a contemporary jazz guitarist based at 55bar in NYC, he has also been an indispensable presence for Steely Dan since the 1990s, serving as their in-house guitarist. This latest work from Krantz, leading a magnificent rhythm section, is a true fusion of rock and contemporary jazz. The drummers include Charlie Drayton, well-known in Japan for his work with the Keith Richards Band and as Tamio Okuda's partner, and Vinnie Colaiuta, a sideman for Jeff Beck and Herbie Hancock. The lineup includes Steely Dan bandmate Keith Carlock, Anton Fig who supported Kiss in Gene Simmons' absence, Kenny Wolsen who laid down abstract beats on John Zorn's Masada, and other bassists such as Jeff Beck's favorite, the beautiful Tal Wilkenfeld, Pino Palladino who has supported big names like The Who (Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey), John Mayer, Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck, John Patitucci of the Chick Corea Electric Trio, James Genus of the Brecker Brothers, and more. In addition, there's Los Angeles Grammy Award-winning pianist John Beasley, who has worked as a keyboardist for Lee Ritenour and Chaka Khan, among others?all top-notch studio session musicians, as you'd expect from Kranz!
