Jazz Articles about Romain Labaye

Scott Jones: Fictional Characters

by Mike Jacobs
December 14, 2020

Let's face it, if you're an electric guitarist with high-level jazz fusion chops, there are certain inevitabilities. Merely treading (or in this case stomping) through the stylistic domains of Tribal Tech, Allan Holdsworth, The Chick Corea Elektric Band and the like means stepping into the quicksand of comparison to such behemoths of the genre, so one had better come prepared. With his latest offering Fictional Characters, guitarist Scott Jones does not shrink from those comparisons; he in fact stands up ...