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The history of jazz is strewn with brilliant players who have inexplicably eluded widespread recognition, flying under the radar of labels, journalists, and fans. But guitarist David Haskell’s stealth status over the past two decades isn’t hard to explain. He’s spent most of that time on the move as a commercial pilot, fulfilling a dream that took root as a child, about the same time he became enamored with the guitar. Before Haskell took to the air as a profession, he was a widely respected improviser at the center of the San Francisco jazz scene, a versatile, blues-drenched player often heard as a sideman and bandleader at high profile venues like Keystone Korner. Now that he’s hung up his wings, Haskell is once again making waves on the Bay Area scene, working with a superlative band

Album

Pivot Point

By Dave Haskell

Label: Coastal Sky Productions
Released: 2013
Track listing: 1. Agnes 2. For Barack 3. Mamba Samba 4. An Orchid For Emily 5. Second Look 6. Thirty West By Seventy ('o Something Hundred) 7. 888 Watson 8. For The Moment 9. Monty 10. Eye Of The Hurricane

Article: Album Review

Dave Haskell Group: Pivot Point

Read "Pivot Point" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 2, 2013

A one-time highly respected sideman and improviser in the San Francisco area, guitarist Dave Haskell put most of these activities on hold after becoming a commercial airline pilot. After hanging up his wings, the artist re-enters the scene with his tight-knit core band and garners the expertise of prominent West Coast musicians, guitarist Robben Ford, keyboardist ...