Results for "Trevor Rabin"

Musician

Trevor Rabin

Born: January 13, 1954

Trevor Rabin has earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative work as a musician and composer. Born in 1954 in Johannesburg, he is the son of a prominent lawyer Godfrey Rabin, who was also a highly respected violinist. Godfrey performed as first chair for the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra for over a decade. His mother was a well known actress and an accomplished classical pianist. Trevor showed a natural gift for music, beginning classical piano lessons from the age of six and, after hearing Hank B. Marvin from the Shadows, started playing guitar at age twelve. One year later he joined his brother Derek's band and started playing his first local gigs soon after

Album

The Bull and The Lion

By Ratau Mike Makhalemele

Label: We Are Busy Bodies
Released: 2023
Track listing: Togetherness; Snowfall; Rainy Day.

Article: Multiple Reviews

Two Tenors South Africa Style

by Chris May
November 28, 2023

The latest batch of albums from Canada's We Are Busy Bodies label, which specialises in vinyl reissues of South African jazz, spotlights saxophonists Winston Mankunku Ngozi and Mike Makhalemele, separately and together, on three discs originally released in 1975 and 1976. Ngozi and Makhalemele both opted to remain in South Africa during the apartheid era, thus ...

Article: Album Review

Chris Squire: Fish Out of Water (Deluxe Edition)

by John Kelman
June 15, 2018

If ever there were an album that deserved the deluxe treatment, it would be Fish Out of Water (Atlantic, 1975), which would turn out to be (more or less) the only solo album ever released by Yes co-founder and electric bass trailblazer Chris Squire. There was a special remastered edition released in 2007 by Castle Music, ...

Album

Jacaranda

By Trevor Rabin

Label: Varese Fontana
Released: 2012
Track listing: Spider Boogie: Market Street: Anerley Road; Through the Tunnel; The Branch Office; Rescue; Kilarney 1&2; Storks Bill Geranium Waltz; Me and My Boy; Freethought; Zoo Lake; Gazania.

Article: Interview

Trevor Rabin: All Colors Considered

by Ian Patterson
November 26, 2012

It wouldn't be the norm, that's for sure, but 23 years between solo albums is just one unusual facet of guitarist/composer Trevor Rabin's career to date. Whether taking a stance against apartheid in the early '70s in his native South Africa or turning down the opportunity to play in super group Asia for artistic reasons, Rabin ...

Article: Album Review

Trevor Rabin: Jacaranda

by Ian Patterson
October 27, 2012

It's been 23 years since Can't Look Away (Elektra Records, 1989), guitarist Trevor Rabin's previous solo album of original material, and 18 years since his departure from Yes. Rabin's relatively low profile since reflects his immersion in composing almost 40 film soundtracks. Jacaranda is a dazzling offering that showcases Rabin's virtuosity in numerous styles, drawing from ...

Video

Anerley Road

Featuring the music of Trevor Rabin
Duration: 07:15
September 7, 2012

Jacaranda is Trevor Rabin's new solo album. He describes the track 'Anerley Road' in his notes: "I lived here from when I was eight years old until moving to London in 1978. Tal Wilkenfeld was so inspiring. Her playing on this had a big impact on me, and the track. Her solo is beautiful. Lou Molino's drums are as usual so good, effortless and perfect. I used the dobro, gut string, my Alvarez signature, Westone Rainbow, Gibson Super 400 CES, old Les Paul, my Strat, a Gretsch and the Barney Kessel. The fast weird solo near the end is a Tobias guitar that he custom made for me."

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Trevor Rabin

by Trevor Rabin
August 16, 2012

Meet Trevor Rabin: Trevor Rabin is a South African-born composer, guitarist, songwriter and producer.Rabin learned guitar and piano as youth, and played in a couple of bands as a teenager. His involvement in his first serious band, Rabbitt, led them to become to this day South Africa's most successful band. He left ...

Song of the Day

The Branch Office

August 16, 2012

Album: Jacaranda
By Trevor Rabin
Label: Varese Fontana
Released: 2012
Duration: 02:07