Vernon Reid, Elliott Sharp, David Torn - GTR OBLQ - Guitar Oblique flac album

I bought and listened to this album endlessly when it came out. Guitar Oblique is all over the place. I'm a fan of punk, avant-garde, jazz, King Crimson, and Primus -this album touches on all these musical types. For you "rockers" that want something with the guitar up in your face shredding along with a funk rhythm, the track "Xenomorph" is worth the price of the whole CD, this track could reasonably be played on an intelligent rock radio station. The rest of the album is definitely not rock, the listener needs to let it play all the way through and allow the ambient.

Reid also appears on Guitar Oblique (Knitting Factory) with guitarists David Torn and Elliott Sharp. Reid was also featured in the program presented by BAM and the Experience Music Project in Seattle entitled "Magic Science", which includes Medeski Martin & Wood and the Gil Evans Orchestra performing Gil Evans' arrangements of songs by Jimi Hendrix. In July 2008 Vernon Reid assembled a one-off solo band for his appearance at the G-TARanaki Guitar Festival in Taranaki, New Zealand, with keyboard player Jonathan Crayford, bassist Crete Haami and drummer Magesh Magesh. At the Puke Ariki "Midnight Session" concert, Vernon performed an all-star jam with Uli Jon Roth, Gilby Clarke and Alex Skolnick.

Guitar summits take on new connotations with the advent of GTR OBLQ. Recorded live in New York's Knitting Factory, GTR OBLQ takes us into the 21st Century with digital loops, limitless EFX, electronic rhythms, sonic mayhem and stunning electric guitar expertise by Elliot Sharp, David Torn and Vernon Reid.

Label: Knitting Factory Works – KFR-233 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 17 Nov 1998 Genre: Electronic, Jazz Style: Fusion, Experimental. Tracklist 1 The Sentinel Composed By – Reid 11:47 2 Achrono Mites Composed By – Torn 10:14 3 Slightly East Composed By – Sharp 11:55 4 Reflection Of Composed By – Sharp 10:29 5 Vidya & Itch Composed By – Torn 6:11 6 Xenomorph Composed By – Reid 5:39 7 Valse Oblique Composed By – Torn, Sharp, Reid 4:30.

This guitar trio features Elliot Sharp, Vernon Reid (Living Color), and David Torn (Polytown, Jan Garbarek Quartet, Bill Bruford, Lou Reed's the Everyman Band et. Experimental, ambient, and multi-layered, the work of this trio is an otherworldly headspace untethered by a rhythm section. An exploration of dissonance and melody, effected guitars, and the interaction of the dissimilar, this trio's work is an impressive free-guitar alchemy from three of the instrument's most prolific and innovative players.

1998, Guitar Oblique. Vernon Reid + Elliott Sharp + David Torn - Guitar Oblique.

Gigs seen live by. 2 people have seen David Torn, Vernon Reid & Elliott Sharp live.