Artist: Grant Geissman
Album: Flying Colors
Genre: Smooth Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Label: Bluemoon
Released: 1991
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Flying Colors 4:50
- Tricks Of The Trade 4:06
- The Long Goodbye 4:08
- Barcelona 4:56
- Places I've Been 5:00
- El Cabong Rides Again 4:16
- Neon Nights 4:38
- Hang Time 3:53
- Dancing On The Edge 5:00
- Where The Heart Is 5:05
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- Personnel:
- Grant Geissman - Classical Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, 12-String Acoustic Guitar [Rickenbacker]
- Jimmy Johnson (5), Lloyd Moffitt (1, 5, 7) - Bass
- Tom Walsh - Drums
- Emil Palame, Gordon Goodwin - Keyboards
- Brad Dutz - Percussion
- Terry Trotter - Piano (10)
- North Hollywood Wire Choir - Strings (3, 5)
- Gary Meek - Tenor Saxophone (6, 9)
- Steven Holtman - Trombone (6, 9)
- Charlie Davis (6, 9), Rick Baptist (6, 9) - Trumpet
- Sam Riney - Woodwind
What surely sets Grant Geissman apart from other acoustic guitar soloists in contemporary jazzdom is his impeccably mellifluous composing skills and his desire to stretch himself into more challenging sub genres. While never straying too far from his trademark David Benoit like peppiness, Flying Colors -- which represents the guitarist's commercial peak on early smooth jazz radio -- displays mouth-watering flamenco and brassy Latin tinges. A musically logical follow up to the similarly vibrant Take Another Look, Geissman's playing is enhanced by the positive support of keyboardists Gordon Goodwin and Emil Palame and saxophonist Sam Riney. Of special note (and the best cut) is Geissman's ode to his youth, "Places I've Been," which features Byrd-like riffs, Beatle-esque sitar and orchestrated, "Eleanor Rigby" touches.