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Alex Skolnick Incorporates Thrash-Metal Origins Into His Jazz Work
People have their own path to becoming a jazz musician. Sometimes a parent or other family member who plays. Sometimes a musician starts off in one direction and then goes in another. Alex Skolnick has to be one of the most unique examples of the latter. The guitarist joined the thrash-metal band Testament when his was ...
The $100 Guitar Project: Act 1
by Pascal-Denis Lussier
An online listing for a “no name," threadbare guitar; musicians with a distinct sense of humor; an idea, and one credit card... And a few emails later we've got something that combines the honest-but-struggling underdog, the ugly duckling, Pygmalion, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Kaspar Hauser, a Cinderella rags to riches, Herbie the Love ...
Alex Skolnick and Rock House Break the Barriers of Jazz Guitar in a New 3 DVD Set
West Haven, CT. -- Rock House, the leader in music instruction, announced today the release of JAZZ GUITAR, Breaking the Traditional Barriers, a new Three DVD set featuring guitarist Alex Skolnick who is world renowned for creating an unprecedented blend of Metal and traditional Jazz. On his first-ever instructional program, Alex shares his perspectives and secrets ...
Mercury Retrograde
Album: Last Day In Paradise
By Alex Skolnick
Label: Magnatude Records
Released: 2007
Duration: 3:30
Transformation
Label: Magnatude Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Transformation;
Electric Eye;
Fear Of Flying;
Money;
Both Feet In;
Scorch;
Blackout;
IMV / The Trooper;
No Fly Zone;
Don't Talk To Strangers;
Highway Star.
Alex Skolnick: Transformation
by Andrey Henkin
Despite his best efforts, guitarist Alex Skolnick remains a novelty in the exclusive jazz community. Why he should care though is another question, given that as a thrash metal guitarist, he probably sold more records than Miles Davis. His decision to be reborn as a jazz player has been well documented, as has his movement to ...
Transformation
Label: Magnatude Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Transformation; Electric Eye; Fear of Flying; Money; Both Feet In; Scorch; Blackout; IMV/The
Trooper; No Fly Zone; Don't Talk to Strangers; Highway Star
Alex Skolnick Trio: Transformation
by John Kelman
Call me a jazz bigot. When I received Transformation by Alex Skolnick, apparently the ex-guitarist for thrash metal-heads Testament, my first thought was, “Great, another rocker trying to be a jazzer." Things didn't get better when I saw that Skolnick was interpreting material by Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Scorpions, Iron Maiden and--yes--Ronnie James Dio. ...
