Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist and composer. Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respect to melody and harmony. His music incorporates a vast array of complex chord progressions, often using unusual chord […]
Forty Reasons is the first studio album by drummer Chad Wackerman, released in 1991 through CMP Records; it was later reissued together with Wackerman’s 1993 album The View as a limited edition double-disc compilation Tracks 1 Holiday Insane (Chad Wackerman) 07:22 2 You Came Along (Chad Wackerman) 04:10 3 Forty Reasons (Carl Verheyen; Chad Wackerman) […]
The View is the second studio album by drummer Chad Wackerman, released in 1993 through CMP Records; it was later reissued together with Wackerman’s 1991 album Forty Reasons as a limited edition double-disc compilation.
All Night Wrong is the first official live album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 2002 through Sony Music Entertainment Japan and in 2003 through Favored Nations Entertainment (United States). Tracks 1 Lanyard Loop (Allan Holdsworth) 05:46 2 The Things You See (Allan Holdsworth) 06:53 3 Alphrazallan (Allan Holdsworth) 07:04 4 Funnels (Allan Holdsworth) 05:01 […]
Blue Tav is an album by saxophonist Steve Tavaglione, released in 1990. Steve Tavaglione, sometimes known as “Tav”, is a woodwind and EWI musician best known for his work as a co-founder of the Latin fusion group Caldera with Jorge Strunz and Eduardo del Barrio, his work with Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, John Pisano, Scott […]
Speed is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by Jan de Bont in his feature film directorial debut. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, and Jeff Daniels; its premise revolves around a bus that is rigged by a terrorist to explode if its speed falls below 50 miles per […]
Wardenclyffe Tower is the seventh studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1992 through Restless Records (United States) and JMS–Cream Records (Europe), and in 1993 through Polydor Records (Japan); a remastered edition was reissued in 2007 through Eidolon Efformation, containing three bonus tracks (alternative versions of “Tokyo Dream” from 1983’s Road Games and “The-Unmerry-Go-Round” […]
Million Dollar Legs is the second album by The New Tony Williams Lifetime, released in 1976 on Columbia Records. The album features the jazz fusion drummer Tony Williams with Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua and Tony Newton. Tracks 1 Sweet Revenge (Tony Williams ) 06:06 2 You Did It To Me (Al Cleveland; Tony Newton ) […]
I.O.U. Live is a live album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released on 15 April 1997 through Cleopatra Records. According to Holdsworth, the tracks were taken from video footage of a 1984 concert in Japan, which later became a bootleg circulating under the name of Tokyo Dream: Allan Holdsworth in Japan. He therefore considered it an […]
Velvet Darkness is the first studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, released in 1976 through producer Creed Taylor’s CTI Records. The tracks for the album were originally recorded by engineer Rudy Van Gelder at his Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey. According to Holdsworth, this was done during a rehearsal session, after which the tapes […]