Size: 104,5 MB
Time: 45:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Blues/Jazz/Soul mix
Art: Full
1. Body And Fender Man (4:11)
2. I Wouldn't Tread A Dog (4:34)
3. Compared To What (5:05)
4. I Wonder Why (3:20)
5. The Rain Blues (3:32)
6. The Blues Is Still Around (6:24)
7. Harlem Stomp (2:42)
8. I Feel Alright (3:08)
9. Second Hand Blues (2:58)
10. This Is The Way (3:48)
11. Alabama Blues (5:19)
Blues, soul, rocky interludes and groovy jazz are on the program of the Münster guitarist Gregor Hilden. With countless performances and a total of 12 CDs and a live DVD under his own name, he has been active in the scene for a long time and has now become internationally known. The trade magazine "Guitar and Bass" dedicated several features to him, pointing out influences from Peter Green and Larry Carlton and giving his playing ratings such as "economical, flexible and elegant". This characterizes Hilden's music - a melange of blues, jazz and soul - very accurately.
Hilden's playing is not dependent on attributes such as "better", "faster" or "more spectacular", but rather impresses with a soulful style that is not characterized by pigeonholed thinking, but rather has highly individual notes. The musician makes this clear on his last CDs “Blue In Red”, “In Phase” (2015) and “First Take” (2018). The electric guitar is the "voice" of the primarily self-written tracks, all of which reflect the protagonist's diverse stylistic interests: blues, funk, jazz, soulful pop and R&B. But the musical arc that Hilden draws is comprehensive: springy, singing guitar lines meet crisp funk rhythms, swinging phrasings meet atmospheric ballads and rousing grooves.
Special attention is also paid to his own compositions - 50 to 80% of the titles per CD are written by Hilden, and own arrangements of well-known and lesser-known pearls of music history complement each other perfectly. A varied mix is to be expected in any case.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
Hilden's playing is not dependent on attributes such as "better", "faster" or "more spectacular", but rather impresses with a soulful style that is not characterized by pigeonholed thinking, but rather has highly individual notes. The musician makes this clear on his last CDs “Blue In Red”, “In Phase” (2015) and “First Take” (2018). The electric guitar is the "voice" of the primarily self-written tracks, all of which reflect the protagonist's diverse stylistic interests: blues, funk, jazz, soulful pop and R&B. But the musical arc that Hilden draws is comprehensive: springy, singing guitar lines meet crisp funk rhythms, swinging phrasings meet atmospheric ballads and rousing grooves.
Special attention is also paid to his own compositions - 50 to 80% of the titles per CD are written by Hilden, and own arrangements of well-known and lesser-known pearls of music history complement each other perfectly. A varied mix is to be expected in any case.
(For personnel details, see artwork included.)
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