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Article: Profile

Dave Stryker: Striking an Authentic Chord

Read "Dave Stryker: Striking an Authentic Chord" reviewed by John Kelman


With the release of Trio Mundo Rides Again , guitarist Dave Stryker's Latin jazz collaborative band with bassist Andy McKee, percussionist/vocalist Manolo Badrena and guest saxophonist Steve Slagle, now is as good a time as any to reassess Stryker's career which, while remaining all too far below the broader public radar, is well-known to musicians and ...

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Article: Interview

Stryker's Shades: Insights Into the Multifaceted Work of Guitarist Dave Stryker

Read "Stryker's Shades: Insights Into the Multifaceted Work of Guitarist Dave Stryker" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


With a genuine feeling for the history of not only the jazz guitar, but of the blues and rock tradition too, guitarist Dave Stryker is a distinctive and resourceful musician who has made the most from such experiences as working with organist Jack McDuff and the late saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. Furthermore, over the course of the ...

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Blue to the Bone II

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Rockin' In Rhythm, Goin' to New Orleans (introduction), Goin' to New Orleans, Sittin' On Top of the World, 24 For Elvin, Mystery Street, The Squeeze, Mood, Mug Shot (62:14)

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Shades of Miles

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Topaz, Sienna, Orchid, Jade, Cobalt, Fuchsia

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Article: Album Review

DaveStryker: Shades of Miles

Read "Shades of Miles" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Over the course of some dozen SteepleChase sides guitarist Dave Stryker has presented himself in various forums that have illustrated his diversity and flexibility as a musician. However, Shades of Miles has to be his most radical departure while simultaneously being possibly his greatest work to date. The premise is actually very simple, yet inspired. Instead ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Stryker: Blue to the Bone II

Read "Blue to the Bone II" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Considering that forty-something guitarist Dave Stryker has made over a dozen albums under his own name, leads a sharp quartet with Steve Slagle, and is in constant demand as a sideman working in the past with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, Javon Jackson, and Kevin Mahogany, you'd think he'd be practically a household name. Unfortunately that's not ...

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All The Way

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: I Got Rhythm, All the Way, All or Nothing at All, God Bless the Child, Dearly Beloved, Brother Can You Spare a Dime, A Lazy Afternoon, The Touch of Your Lips (59:00)

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Article: Album Review

Dave Stryker: All The Way

Read "All The Way" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan


Not as well known as he should be, guitar man Dave Stryker's most recent claim to fame has been as part of saxophonist Javon Jackson's new combo. Before that he spent some time in the group of the soulful Stanley Turrentine. Throughout all this work as a sideman, Stryker had also been honing his skills as ...

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Strike Zone

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 1994


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