NYC
based Moonjune Records—founded by musicologist / album producer
Leonardo Pavkovic—strikes jazz-rock gold with their 2009
double CD release of Blues For Tony. An across
the board sonically rewarding tribute to the late, great jazz fusion
drummer Tony Williams, Moonjune’s Blues For Tony
tribute assembles a superstar band of today’s finest fusion aces
including electric guitar icon Allan Holdsworth, Alan Pasqua
(keyboards), Jimmy Haslip (bass) and Chad Wackerman
(drums). Culled from a late 2006 / early 2007 tour, the CD set
highlights a number of original compositions from all the players
here, including several Holdsworth favorites drawn from his essential
album classics such as Atavachron (1985) and Sand (1990).
Although a live DVD from this tour resulted in a release filmed at
Oakland’s Yoshi’s club, Moonjune's double Blues For Tony
CD set marks the first time this music has been presented on CD. Interestingly,
both Holdsworth and Pasqua recorded with Tony Williams during his
influential tenure as one of the great jazz drummers in history. The
music and performance captured on Blues For Tony serves it’s
purpose as a stunning tribute—not only to the remarkable cast
of musicians assembled here but also as a timely reminder of the remarkable
gifts that Williams bestowed upon the music world during his influential
heyday. www.Moonjune.com
