Steve Cardenas - Blue Has A Range - Import CD

Credits:

Steve Cardenas

Description:

The "Mercy Project," which includes Steve Cardinas, one of the most important figures in contemporary guitar music, was born in 1959 and features John Cowherd and Brian Braid. He started his career based in Kansas City, Missouri, and spent six years on the West Coast from around the end of the 1980s. In 1995, he moved to New York, and in 1997, on the recommendation of Pat Metheny and Wolf Gangmoosepiel, he joined Paul Motian's electric bebop band. Steve Cardinas, who has been active as a member of many great bands such as Joey Barron, Charlie Haden, and Steve Swallow, is now ready to release his solo leader's work. Cardinas has been a member of John Cowherd's folk and gospel-based "Mercy Project" since the early 2010s, and is also the pianist for Brian Braid's fellowship.Cardinas had previously worked primarily with a piano-less guitar trio at its core, but he wanted to feature Cowherd, with whom he had developed a musical friendship, and the recording became a new project. On bass is longtime collaborator Ben Allison, who also played on Cardinas' third album in 2010. And on drums, Brian Braid, who has played with Cowherd's Mercy Project as well as with John Patitucci's Electric Guitar Quartet, will join the band, solidifying the vision and getting the new project off the ground. (1/2)

Tracklisting:

1.Lost And Found
2.Blue Language
3.Language Of Love
4.Highline
5.Fern'S Guitar
6.Reflector
7.Siquijor
8.Signpost Up Ahead
9.Blue Has A Range