FRIENDS (180G)

A release that its creator Stanley Jordan cites as his most realized project to date finds?him in challenging company: fellow strummers Charlie Hunter, Russell Malone, Bucky?Pizzarelli and Mike Stern; saxmen (and label mate) Kenny Garrett and Ronnie Laws;?N'awlins trumpeter Nicholas Payton and the renown violinist Regina Carter. Another?label mate, Christian McBride, guests on bass when not handled by Stanley's long-time?trio bassist Charnett Moffett. Kenwood Dennard of his trio holds down the drum chair.?Truly, a collection of Friends whose benefits push Stanley into a heightened musical reality.?? ... his broadest commercial overture since Bolero. - PopDose.com? .. .Jordan has come up with one of his most impressive and diverse efforts. - JazzTimes?Just like early jazz guitarists who preceded before him- the likes of Django Reinhardt,?Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian, Lonnie Johnson, and Wes Montgomery- Stanley Jordan s?Friends CD is a mirror image of these Jazz Masters.- San Diego County News??Stanley Jordan: guitar, piano (live piano & guitar on I Kissed A Girl)?Regina Carter: violin * Kenwood Dennard: drums (live drums & keyboard on Bathed In?Light) * Kenny Garrett: soprano sax * Charlie Hunter: guitar * Ronnie Laws: soprano sax?Russell Malone: guitar * Christian McBride: bass * Charnett Moffett: bass?Nicholas Payton: trumpet * Bucky Pizzarelli: guitar * Mike Stern: guitar??AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON 180 GRAM 2-DISC VINYL??SIDE1?1. CAPITAL J (6:42)?2. WALKIN' THE DOG (6:13)?3. UL' DARUN' (5:43)?SIDE2?1. GIANT STEPS (4:34)?2. I KISSED A GIRL (5:46)?3. SAMBA DEUGHT (5:31)?SIDE3?1. SEVEN COME ELEVEN (5:32)?2. BATHED IN UGHT (7:50)?SIDE4?1. ROMANTIC INTERMEZZO THEME FROM BARTOK'S?CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA (8:34)?2. REVERIE (3:59)?3. ONE FOR MILTON (4:11)