The Trackers feat. Gary Husband & Alf Terje Hana
Release Date: 29 April 2022
Label: Abstract Logix
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 700261489643
Description
What appears next on a resumé as weighty as Gary Husband's is always a matter of musical interest. Even with long and satisfying associations with legends like John McLaughlin and Allan Holdsworth, the talented drummer/keyboardist continually seeks different worthy and intriguing paths to explore - whatever his vehicle of expression. So when his latest project is co-led by a comparatively under-the-radar musician - in this case, Norwegian guitarist Alf Terje Hana - additional curiosity ensues.
"When Allan Holdsworth passed, I lost a very close and special long-term musical relationship immensely central to my ongoing development and creativity as a drummer. To ease the pain of that loss and the sheer void it brought about, I knew I had to start something new - build myself a new way to continue."
That "new way" gradually took shape for Husband: "I knew I wanted a three-piece; I knew I wanted guitar. I had even come up with a name while waiting for a flight in Hamburg Airport. I knew that this band - The Trackers - was going to happen."
Husband also knew that the guitar chair was going to require a special choice. It would have to be someone unique enough to stand apart from the imposing shadows cast by his prior guitar colleagues.
"I became really into the idea of casting Alf to occupy the guitarist role. He sounded nothing like Allan or John McLaughlin, which was important to me. Plus his way and trajectory are very different from mine. He's unlike any musician I've ever worked with actually."
With the duo's program incorporating funk, rock, avant-garde and abstract classical elements, allusions to jazz and fusion, and strong aspects of mood and atmosphere, Husband called upon an extraordinary roster of bassists to complete the project, casting them accordingly. "It required some introspection but the pieces themselves strongly dictated who I might ask for each tune. I'm fortunate to have had first-hand experience with all of these gentlemen throughout my life, and to call them all friends."
Gary Husband: drums, organ, electric piano
Alf Terje Hana: guitars, octave guitar, synth, programming
Mark King, Etienne MBappé; Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Haslip, Øyvind Grong, Guy Pratt, Kevin Scott: bass
Tracklisting
Shakti
John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan & Zakir Hussain
John McLaughlin
Oz Noy, Dennis Chambers & Jimmy Haslip
Ozone Squeeze feat. Oz Noy
Tony Grey
Wayne Krantz
Debashish Bhattacharya
Mark Lettieri
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Billy Cobham
Scott Kinsey
Neil Ardley
Gary Burton
Thomas de Pourquery
Fourplay
