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Thonk (1994, Highstreet)
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This week's "Manthing" post is from 1994 and it's the first solo album by him that is NOT from the Windham Hill label, but by the Highstreet label. My friends, this is the album Thonk!
This is his fourth album, which shifts from soft jazz to what was described as "New Age Death Metal Fusion", with a bit of bass playing. After listening to tracks, such as "Bad Hair Day" and "Disturbed", I can say that Manring took a risky move, changing genres a bit, just to get listeners to be wowed by his works. For me, it's not my favorite album, but it IS a pretty epic one if you like or love instrumental rock.
I will not explain any more. Just listen to "Disturbed" for yourself.
"This album is truly amazing! If you thought the extremes of bass could not be pushed much further than you must hear this album. What makes this release so diffrent from many bass virtuousos is that manring is all about the melody. Manring writes some truly beautiful progressions and no songs include overdubs.This cd also includes guests such as Steve Morse(dixie dregs,deep purple,kansas) and Tim Alexander(primus)."
"This CD changed my perspective on the bass guitar and music in general. I bought this CD in January 1995 when I was 17 years old and it is still my favorite CD to this day. Michael Manring is a genius, and a very nice guy...I got to finally meet him when he came to Asheville NC in the Summer of 2004 and he signed my copy of Thonk!! :) Anyway, if you are a bass guitarist, it should be mandatory that you own this CD!"
For their second LP, Darol Anger invited Mike Marshall, Todd Philips and Andy Narell to join he and Higbie, as mention two weeks ago, and they soon became the Darol Anger and Barbara Higbie Quintet, later changing it to Montreux. Balakrishnan left the band to study composition and Anger took his position in playing the violin (full time). The band, minus Balakrishnan, performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1984, and their performances were recorded there for the release of their second album. Here is the album cover. Here are two reviews on the CD copy of the album from Amazon.com: 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful 5.0 out of 5 stars Major Windham Hill release from the 1980s April 27, 2003 By Paul A. Scofield Format: Audio CD "This is, according to the liner notes, the entire concert played on July 19th, 1984 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland. Musicians are: Darol Anger, violins; Barbara Higbie, piano; Mike M
Happy Christmas Eve everyone! For this year's post, it will be a late one due to the fact that the holidays came by too quickly for me to prepare myself. Tonight I will be reviewing George Winston's 1982 album, December . To learn more about George Winston, click the link here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Winston Now to begin, December is George Winston's fourth solo piano album, released in 1982 as a holiday album, follow up to the album Autumn , and as a tribute to the winter season. In 2001, a 20th Anniversary Edition of the album was released, including two bonus tracks not included on the original release. As of last year (2013), the album was again reissued by Valley Entertainment with Dancing Cat Records, since the original Windham Hill label is now defunct. This most recent reissue has been packaged in a Digipak and features a revised cover art, making the image wider and blending the text onto the art cover rather than above it. For comparison&#
Shutting down this site...APRIL FOOLS! But seriously, I really haven't been very active with this blog lately. However I have been coming up with ideas on how to re-organize the blog as well as going album shopping online and at thrift stores. I will continue to keep you updated on my official return.
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