Steve Howe "Spectrum"

Steve Howe "Spectrum"

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Steve Howe
Spectrum
The Story
Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck at Muzikreviews.net writes, "Steve Howe is the master of diversity on the six-string. With his new CD he covers the entire musical "Spectrum" and beyond. The entire album is instrumental and he certainly makes an immense statement without any vocals added to each track. There is no need for his Yes band mates Anderson and Squire to add any vocals to this mix; it is a complete masterpiece without that element present. Rick Wakeman's son Oliver and his own two talented offspring, Dylan and Virgil, join Howe, which is a stunning combination of the old guard and the new blood emerging from the Yes family. Howe is one smart cookie, he has bass player supreme Tony Levin is in the studio for the sessions to round out his resonating guitar oriented compositions. You hear will jazz, rock, country, blues, or combinations of them all in electric and acoustic settings during the course of Howe's brilliant compositions. This is guitar 101. If you are an avid listener of the Howe repertoire or wish to study one of the more diverse and incredible guitar players on the face of the earth today, check out "Spectrum" now. "
The Music
03:46 Tigers Den Instrumental
03:57 Labyrinth Instrumental
03:34 Band Of Light Instrumental
03:39 Ultra Definition Instrumental
04:12 Raga Of Our Times Instrumental
04:03 Ebb And Flow Instrumental
04:27 Realm Thirteen Instrumental
03:45 Without Doubt Instrumental
04:30 Highly Strung Instrumental
05:13 Hour Of Need Instrumental
04:05 Fools Gold Instrumental
04:16 Where Worlds Fall Instrumental
03:13 In The Skyway Instrumental
03:34 Livelihood Instrumental
03:52 Free Rein Instrumental
The Artists
Steve Howe Guitars, Pedal Steel, Bass, Dobro, Fretless Bass, Acoustic-Sitar, Acoustic-Banjo, Keyboards, Production, Arrangements, Engineering, Photography
Tony Levin Bass
Dylan Howe Drums
Oliver Wakeman Keyboards
Virgil Howe Keyboards
Greg Epps Engineering
Curtis Schwartz Engineering, Mixing
Mark Hadley Photography
Thomas Ewerhard Layout
Recorded at Dinemec, Gland, Switzerland and Langley Studios, Devon, England.

Drums recorded at Ardingly, Sussex, England.