Recorded in New York, Nashville, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Miami, the finished product was mixed by Malcolm Pollack and eventually mastered by Greg Calbi Sterling Sound. Bass) and Marc Quiñones (Timbal, Conga, Bongó & Perc.). Mark's vocals here are simply out of this world, and we can't wait for everyone to hear it! "Island Letter" was composed by Shuggie Otis, and it appeared on his 1974 LP, " INSPIRATION IMAGINATION." Back then, writers chose to categorize his music as Psychedelic Soul.Īs has become a recent custom, the core group features: Rob Mounsey (Keys & Orchestrations) Rubén Rodríguez (5-String Elec. This project enters into new territory for Steve, and Mark as well who is known for his brilliant work as part of Take 6. JUST RELEASED - MAY 13TH, 2022! " Island Letter" is the title of a new Mark Kibble - Steve Khan recording, which has just been released as a special one song project by Blue Canoe Records. We hope that you will enjoy following along with the story. There you will find the freshly written addendum that brings this saga right up to the present. If you want to read more about just how this all came about, take a moment and visit this recently updated page, The Khan He add much needed muscle and the authentic Latin rhythms that this collection of music needed. Unlike its 1987 predecessor, " LOCAL COLOR"(Denon), where Rob and I were the only two musicians present, " YOU ARE HERE" saw Rob and I join forces with the most brilliant percussionist Marc Quiñones for most of the album. Rob did take it upon himself to do some great things to preserve the life of this music by, at the very least, placing it iTunes where it has resided for many years. It has remained "lost" until this moment. And the most sad truth of all is that, the album is gone, lost, in a sense, forever. The truth is that you lose everything, all the energy and momentum once started is now gone. Just about 3 weeks after its initial release, the record company could no longer sustain operations and went out of business! When something like that happens, there is just no way to relaunch an album as if nothing had ever happened before. The original release of this album on Mike Landy's SIAM Records was the victim of some very unfortunate circumstances. It is important to be clear about one thing. We were both in agreement that we wanted to see this happen, and would do everything possible to make it so. I was very surprised, but thrilled, and most excited to phone Rob with this news. He listened to it, and he loved it, and then phoned me about the possibility of a reissue. NOW AVAILABLE - NEW CD REISSUE!: It happened yet again, but this was a very different path for the Wounded Bird Records reissue of " YOU ARE HERE." It seemed that, at some point after the release of the reissue of " EVIDENCE" earlier in the year, president Terry Wachsmuth was exploring my recorded catalog and came upon the duo album with Rob Mounsey from 1998. The album on which this track appears is Wes' fourth studio album.Welcome to the homepage of guitarist Steve Khan! As players, we often look more closely at what our heroes say in their open solos, and forget that that head is the real composition, and we should treat it with the same level of detail in our transcriptions and performances. I included the head as well as the first chorus of solo in this transcription because I think it's worth noting how much embellishment and expression Wes puts on the classic melody. He has access to so many subdivisions that groove on a medium swing like this: 8 th notes, triplets, double-time.įor those who are interested-my particular recording of the head and first chorus of this has some makeshift drums-played on my trousers-supposed to emulate the brushes on a snare drum. Wes Montgomery's feel on every 8 th note line is effortless, and the tempo suits him so well. This latest transcription is a solo I have always loved.
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