Known Unknown

Best known for his work with the band Living Colour, guitarist Vernon Reid, along with a team of innovative and adventurous young musicians, has created the all instrumental, musical thrill ride that is Known Unknown. You know the sound. Reid's signature scratch-and-growl guitar opens the title track, bursting with energetic and catchy melodies. Then everything takes a sharp turn and you're not sure where you are anymore. You may be riding through the Bitches Brew improvisational freak-out of "Down And Out In Kigali And Freetown." Or you might be exploring "The Outskirts" of surf-guitar and modal jazz. Maybe you're at the quiet intersection of "Flatbush and Church" where you can take a breather and chill. Things look familiar. You hear familiar sounds, see familiar shapes and colors, but it's all coming down in a way that's new. It's exhilarating. You've arrived in the Unknown. Vernon Reid is the chief architect behind this innovative sonic landscape. Sometimes using his guitar as a paintbrush, evoking small melodic nuances, sometimes using it as a jackhammer, obliterating everything in its path, Vernon Reid is part guitar player and part visionary artist.