Husband, Gary - Hotwired
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A new album by the multi-talented Gary Husband (who plays drums and keyboards with equal fluency and also composes) is always something to look forward to! This is a excellent modern jazz record, featuring Gary Husband (Drums), Richard Turner (Trumpet), Julian Siegel (Tenor Sax), Michael Janisch (Bass).
"Though widely regarded as one of the top fusion drummers around, the Yorkshire native concentrates on his jazzier side with Gary Husband's Drive on Hotwired, a propulsively swinging quartet outing on which a lot of his most important jazz drum influences emerge, including Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, John Von Ohlen, Jack DeJohnette and Mel Lewis. "This project was very much born out of the inspiration I derived from a lot of the great American bands that I used to go see at places like Ronnie Scott's club in London. Elvin Jones would bring his band through, as did Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette and both Ralph Peterson, Jr. and Jeff 'Tain' Watts have done the same in recent years. Seeing all of these great bands led by those great drummers always really affected me, so this time I wanted a band for myself that really has a lot of that very hard-hitting, more American-influenced presence to it - that kind of in-your-face, New York style. It's a vibe and attitude in jazz I always particularly loved and I am really enjoying exploring more that kind of approach with this band now."..."
“A musician whom I have known and admired for many years, not only for his wizardry at the piano, but for his artistry at the drums! Immense musical talent." - John McLaughlin
"Gary's pretty much of an improvisational genius to me. He's an amazing drummer, and he's always been special to me because the way he plays the drums within my music is about as close as you can get to the way that I "hear" it. It's always been like that, and I've known him since he was about eighteen." - Allan Holdsworth