Alex Skolnick Trio

Nachdem wir gerade etwas Blues hatten, jetzt etwas Jazz, von jemandem von dem ich bis vor kurzem nicht wusste, dass er auch ein solches Projekt hat. Das er ein klasse Gitarrist ist, wusste ich, hab mich live des öfteren bei Testament davon überzeugen können. Ich bin irgendwann über den Bandnamen gestolpert und hab mal etwas gesucht und siehe da, feinste Rock-Klassiker in völlig neuer Form. Last Euch überraschen...

Hier noch ein kleines kurzes Statement von Kirk Hammett (Metallica) über AST.

In the December 2008 issue of Guitar World, Kirk Hammet is asked a question about the Alex Skolnick Trio

GW: One of your thrash metal contemporaries, Alex Skolnick of Testament, has recorded a couple of straight-up jazz albums as the Alex Skolnick Trio. Have you heard them?

Hammett: Love them. I love his work. What Alex is doing by putting heavy metal songs in a jazz context is completely refreshing. His take on "Detroit Rock City" blew me away; that song has never sounded better to me. And when you think about, the old jazz standards were the pop music of their time. so alex has updated the notion of what a standard is, and it's opened up all the current music to interpretation. The idea of playing Kiss or the Scorpions in the style of Dave Brubeck is great and quite radical. There are tons of people at Julliard who are playing "Straight No Chaser" for probably the 50 millionth time, so it's about time somebody tried something new.


Goodbye To Romance - Standards For A New Generation

01. Detroit Rock City (KISS)
02. Dream On (Aerosmith)
03. No One Like You (Scorpions)
04. Goodbye To Romance (Ozzy Osbourne / Randy Rhoads)
05. Still Loving You (Scorpions)
06. Skol Blues
07. Pinball Wizard (The Who)
08. Ofri
09. War Pigs (Black Sabbath)

Year: 2002
Bitrate: 256kBits


Transformation

01. Transformation [Dace Eggar - cello] 5:54
02. Electric Eye [Judas Priest cover] 5:21
03. Fear Of Flying 5:11
04. Money [Pink Floyd cover] 5:14
05. Both Feet In 5:30
06. Scorch [Charlie Hunter - 8-string guitar] 7:14
07. Blackout [Scorpions cover] 5:04
08. IMV/The Trooper [Iron Maiden cover] 5:19
09. No Fly Zone 4:29
10. Don't Talk To Strangers [Dio cover] 5:58
11. Highway Star [Deep Purple cover]

Year: 2004
Bitrate: VBR


Last Day In Paradise

01. Mercury retrogade
02. Last day in paradise
03. Tom Sawyer
04. Shades of grey
05. Practica Lo Que Predicas (Practice What You Preach)
06. The lizard
07. Channel 4
08. Revelation (Mother Earth)
09. Out there somewhere
10. Western Sabbath stomp

Year: 2007
Bitrate: 192 kBits