True Blue
Description:
Mark Whitfield is a throwback. In an era when most jazz guitarists favor a brash, metallic tone, Whitfield is the soul of mellowness. Playing a hollow-body Gibson, the 26-year-old gets a soothing, almost acoustic tone from his electric instrument. His new album, "True Blue," is devoted to "a true mix of jazz and blues," as the liner notes put it, but even in the earthy genre of the blues, Whitfield sounds tastefully laid-back. Joining Whitfield on his first recording for Verve are three members of the Branford Marsalis Quartet (and the Tonight Show Band)--pianist Kenny Kirkland, drummer Jeff "Tain"
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Manufacturer: Verve Records
Release date: 4 October 1994
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731452359124 UPC: 731452359124
Release date: 4 October 1994
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0731452359124 UPC: 731452359124
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