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Mercury Retrograde

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Label: Magnatude Records
Released: 2007
Duration: 3:30

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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.

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Alex Skolnick: Transformation

Read "Transformation" reviewed 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 ...

Album

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

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Article: Album Review

Alex Skolnick Trio: Transformation

Read "Transformation" reviewed 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. ...


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