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Gigantic

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The disparate worlds of trippy atmospheric textures and insane slide guitar collide in this collection of grooving jams. Bassist J.A. Granelli wrote all but one of the avant-tinged tunes -- an oddball take on the Bee Gee's "If I Can't Have You" -- but it's slide savant David Tronzo who leads the charge. His control and inventiveness are stunning, and his tones range from silky to screaming -- sometimes within a single phrase. Imagine Jeff Beck's fearless melodicism harnessed to Ry Cooder's deft bottleneck moves, and you're pretty much there.

This is a great collection of tunes (all but one instrumental and original). Son of innovative jazz drummer Jerry Granelli, New York City based bassist J.A. Granelli is a decent composer in his own right, but it seems his real talent is for leading his band to play tight inventive laid-back jazz/rock/funk. The closest sound I can compare it to is the Derek Trucks Band (slide guitarist, David Tronzo, has that Trucks sound, vibe and flexible dexterity, and is delightfully a prominent feature here, but the whole band is equally talented and united sounding). I'm amazed this isn't a more well known band, but then realize there are probably hundreds of artist/bands out there of similar high caliber, but working hard under the radar. Maybe that helps make them great, and willing to take chances... Anyways, this is too good a bargain to pass up.