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Music Encompassing Many Moods & Styles
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ZigZag is guitarist Steve Gibb's solo CD, an almost all instrumental affair (one vocal closes the disc) featuring eleven tracks in various styles. "Cagey Bee", for example, shows Gibb's love for the music of the Shadows, while the opening track, "The Flying Scotsman", is a clean electric, delay-heavy number with an infectious groove. The title track has a slight country feel at the opening, but has a rock instrumental's melodicism and energy, especially when the rhythmic, wah-wah section kicks in. The banjo and acoustic guitar get a great workout on "Lobster Love". Gibb is an outstanding soloist, and a composer who knows how to put together an interesting song without vocals. ZigZag would be an excellent addition to an instrumental guitar fan's collection, especially one who pines for the days when melodic instrumentals actually received radio airplay.
Steve spent his early years trying to copy the music of artists such as Duane Eddy, The Shadows, Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran, while being introduced to classical music in school. With no teacher to assist him, he taught himself enough guitar to get into Napier College in Edinburgh, where he received his first proper guitar lessons. Steve later studied classical guitar for five years and won the John Mundy Prize for excellence in the playing of a stringed instrument. He has since played guitar in pit orchestras for numerous West End shows, and worked as an actor and musical director the hit musical "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story". Steve now works as a professional guitarist playing for Broadway musicals, sessions, touring and writing.
In addition to working on his next CD, Gibb is in the process of putting together a band to perform his music live in order to tour the Celtic, country and jazz circuits.
Contact Information
Steve Gibb
66 Hilton Avenue
Maplewood, NJ 07040
United States
E-mail:
Steve Gibb
Web site:
www.stevegibb.com
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Britt Peters & Lars Lehmann
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Doin' It With Just Bass & Vocals
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The German duo of vocalist Britt Peters and bassist Lars Lehmann have released their CD Rebirth, featuring music with a strong emotional impact, performed primarily with just the bass and Peters' voice. Lehmann, as you might expect, takes the bass in a lot of directions - as a melodic counterpoint, as a soloist, laying a harmonic framework - just about everything except what you might anticipate. For example, their cover of "Fever" opens with an over one minute bass solo. The pair's repertoire features special arrangements of well-known pop and rock standards, including Lionel Richie's "Hello", James Brown's "I Feel Good", Alanis Morissette's "Uninvited" and Queen's "Love Of My Life", as well as jazz standards, such as "Like Someone In Love". Their versions are unique, haunting, and personal, and you'll hear each song as if you're listening for the first time. Well done.
Britt is currently working as a live/studio vocalist, with artists such as Randy Crawford, Fury In The Slaughterhouse, Terry Hoax, Maricel and many more as a backup singer. Lars also works as a live/studio musician with the likes of Maria Glen, Cultured Pearls, G.G. Anderson and Meike Koester. Since 1996, Lars has been editor of Bass Professor, a German-language bass magazine, and has been doing bass clinics and workshops all over Germany. The duo's three-track demo entitled "Vocals & Bass" was completed in 1999, and in December, 2002, their full length CD Rebirth was released. Both artists have also participated and played in several musicals.
Rebirth represents the result of two professional musicians putting their love, time and work into a project that stands for "real" music with a strong emotional aspect.
Contact Information
Bass Professor
C/O Lars Lehmann
Windheimstr. 9
30451 Hannover
Germany
E-mail:
Britt Peters & Lars Lehmann
Web site:
www.larslehmann.com
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