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An Eight Track Christmas

Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: This Christmas; What Child Is This?; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen; Happy Xmas (War Is Over); Soulful Frosty; Christmas Time Is Here; Sleigh Ride; Blue Christmas; We Three Kings; O Tannenbaum.

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Eight Track III

By Dave Stryker

Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Move On Up; Papa Was A Rollin' Stone; Pretzel Logic; Too High; We've Only Just Begun; This Guy's In Love With You; Everybody Loves The Sunshine; After The Dance; Joy Inside My Tears.

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Holiday Roundup 2019

by Mark Sullivan
December 24, 2019

An exceptionally large and diverse group of holiday albums this year. Dave Stryker Eight Track Christmas Strikezone Records 2019 Prior to this album, guitarist Dave Stryker made three albums under the “Eight Track" moniker. As the title implies, they were all devoted to funky 1970s radio classics from ...

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Dave Stryker: Eight Track Christmas

Read "Eight Track Christmas" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 16, 2019

No, you needn't scour the woods searching for an eight-track tape player (good luck with that). Guitarist Dave Stryker's Eight Track Christmas refers not to outmoded recording / playback equipment but to his Eight Track Band (actually a quartet) and its album of songs for the 2019 holiday season. As those who've heard the group perform ...

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We Three Holiday Happenings: Season's Greetings From Benny Benack III and the Steven Feifke Big Band, Martina DaSilva and Dan Chmielinski, and Dave Stryker

Read "We Three Holiday Happenings: Season's Greetings From Benny Benack III and the Steven Feifke Big Band, Martina DaSilva and Dan Chmielinski, and Dave Stryker" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 5, 2019

It's Christmas all over again, so deck the halls, break out the eggnog and get ready for a proliferation of holiday albums. As with any and every year, there are plenty of new jazz releases that fall into this most festive category and saturated market. Some lean solely on popular favorites, sticking close to the templates ...

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Dave Stryker: Eight Track III

Read "Eight Track III" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 2, 2019

Attuned to the idea that you can never get too much of a good thing, guitarist Dave Stryker has forged sequels to some of his most dynamic projects. From his Steeplechase cannon there are the four volumes of Blue to the Bone and a pair of releases devoted to the electric side of Miles Davis. So ...

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Dave Stryker: Eight Track III

Read "Eight Track III" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
May 31, 2019

Guitarist Dave Stryker says this is the last of his trilogy of classic pop melodies from the 1970s. If so, its release is a little bittersweet: because like the other two it is a truly fun project, for the players and listeners alike. Completing the trilogy was suggested by vibraphonist Stefon Harris, who had appeared on ...

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Dave Stryker: Eight Track III

Read "Eight Track III" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 30, 2019

If an idea works, you might as well ride it to its logical conclusion. Following vibraphonist Stefon Harris' advice along those lines in this context, guitarist Dave Stryker completes his Eight Track odyssey with the delivery of the third volume of jazz takes on '70s radio staples. Harris, after having passed the mallets off to fellow ...

Album

The Groove Hunter

By McClenty Hunter

Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Blue Chopsticks; The Big Push; Autumn; That Girl; My Love; Sack Full Of Dreams; I Remember When; Countdown; Give Thanks.

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Reemergence

By Jared Gold

Label: Strikezone Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Reemergence; It Ain't Necessarily So; Lookin' For Another Pure Love; She's Leaving Home; One for John A; How Long Has This Been Going On; Blues Connotation; Sweet Sweet Spirit; Nomad.