Jazz Articles about Jack Broad

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Jack Broad: Current

by Ian Patterson
March 25, 2009

The technological revolution is seeing ever more musicians recording and producing music themselves, thus threatening the predatory species known as big labels with extinction. Jack Broad is one such musician, and his independent debut, Current, was written, programmed, played, recorded, mixed and produced by the guitarist in little more than a year.

Broad is a guitarist with great chops and an approach to the guitar that is as much informed by the blues-rock of Jimi Hendrix as it ...

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Jack Broad: Current

by Mark F. Turner
January 24, 2009

With a fusion-for-today mindset, savvy tech work and some imagination, New York guitarist Jack Broad amps up the cool factor on Current. This debut goes beyond the usual fretboard pyrotechnics as Broad puts on a one-man show, not only laying down heated guitar licks but also writing, programming and delivering everything into the final product. While the music lies in the same vein as works by well-known guitarists Scott Henderson and Frank Gambale, Current's little touches--such as ...