Dave Stryker And Blue To The Bone at Sweet Rhythm Jan. 24-25

Whether you've heard guitarist Dave Stryker fronting his own group (with twelve CD's as a leader to date), or as a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and more recently Kevin Mahogany, you know why Gary Giddins in the Village Voice calls him “one of the most distinctive guitarists to come along in recent years." He was voted one of the Top Ten Guitarists in the 2001 Critics and Readers poll of Downbeat Magazine. His approach combining the jazz burn to a soulful blues feeling is communicating to new fans wherever he plays.

One of the most exciting projects Dave has going is his Blue To The Bone band. The idea was to feature the blues side of Dave's playing with a horn section riffing behind him. Although still coming from a jazz perspective, it allows Dave to indulge his love of B.B. and Albert King with some different New Orleans and funk rhythms going on underneath. The most recent release, Blue to the Bone III (SteepleChase Music) was picked by Gary Walker at WBGO and by Jazzreview as one of the top CD's of 2002.

DAVE STRYKER AND BLUE TO THE BONE
features

Jay Anderson - bass
Tim Horner - drums
Special Guest - trumpet
Steve Slagle - sax
Clark Gayton - trombone
Bob Parsons - baritone saxophone

For more information: www.davestryker.com

Sweet Rhythm Jan. 24-25
88 Seventh Avenue
(Between Bleeker and Grove)
3 Sets 8pm, 10pm & 12
$15 cover
212-255-3626