Jazz Articles about New West Guitar

New West Guitar Quartet: Introducing

by Stephen Latessa
March 2, 2006

The New West Guitar Quartet does Lynyrd Skynyrd one better by featuring four lead guitarists. Take that, Mr. Van Zant. Of course, by adding that extra guitar, they drop bass and drums. And piano. And horns. In fact, excluding some percussion by Matt Roberts on one track, their debut full-length album features nothing but guitars. Perhaps even more surprising than their unique lineup is the fact that the music on Introducing is consistently involving and avoids the monotony for which ...