California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto - CG3+2 (2002)

Genre: Progressive Rock
Format: flac + cue + log
Released: 2002
Label: Inside Out Music

Allmusic Review: Review by Franзois Couture Since 1998, the California Guitar Trio has regularly toured with expanded versions of the band. The fan favorite is no doubt the quintet form with King Crimson members Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto. A live album, Live at the Key Club, was made available in 2001 through the CGT Direct Collectors' Series. CG3+2 takes the quintet in the studio to record their repertoire. The track list includes a couple new CGT compositions, jams and studio constructions credited to the whole group, a few more of those incredible covers the band is known for, and a few old favorites revisited. Granted, "Melrose Avenue," "Blockhead," and "Train to Lamy," all dating back to the trio's first two albums (Yamanashi Blues in 1994; Invitation in 1995), suffer a bit from overexposure, but having a rhythm section to back them up is a whole new thing — "Melrose Avenue" turns into a splendidly driving album opener. The group compositions, in which engineer Bill Munyon also had a word, are not as satisfying as the trio's own songs. Somewhat looser, they don't pack as much energy or beauty as "Skyline" and "Eve," the two new pieces co-written by the team of Bert Lams, Paul Richards, and Hideyo Moriya. The highlights are provided by the covers: Yes' "Heart of the Sunrise," the Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Dance of Maya" (did someone mention virtuosity?), and two delightful Japanese traditional tunes rearranged by Moriya — "Zundoko-Bushi" even includes bits of King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man" and "Vrooom." CG3+2 is only half new to the fans and constitutes a meager offering composition-wise. But if the idea of the guitar trio being backed by such a skilled rhythm section makes you salivate, then by all means grab it. You won't be disappointed!

I love these guys and I may like this cover of Heart of the Sunrise evenbetter than I like hearing Yes perform it.

01. Melrose Ave

02. Skyline

03. Dancing Anne

04. Heart Of The Sunrise

05. Hanagasa

06. Zundoko Bushi

07. Blockhead

08. Dance Of Maya

09. Swampy Space

10. Swampy Return

11. Train To Lamy

12. Eve

13. What I Am

14. The Chase

Bert Lams: guitar, tenor guitar

Paul Richards: guitar, slide guitar

Hideyo Moriya: guitar, mando-cello

Tony Levin: bass, Chapman stick

Pat Mastelotto: traps and buttons

Produced by Bill Munyon & Pat Mastelotto with the CGT and Tony Levin

Recorded at Wire, Austin TX, 2-5 Sep 2001

Engineering by Bill Munyon, assisted by Todd Dillon

Additional mixing and assistance: Paul Richards, Bert Lams

Mastered by David Singleton, Alex Mundy; additional mastering by Jim Wilson

Art direction and design by Ioannis, Alan Chappell

Digital paintings & photography: Ioannis

Band photos by Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto

Notes: (****)

The California Guitar Trio were all once students of Robert Fripp's and have a long association with King Crimson and Tony Levin, for example guesting on Levin's Pieces of the Sun. Levin had toured before with the CGT when he and Mastelotto joined them to make this CG3+2 quintet for touring in 2001. After touring (and a live album, Live at the Key Club), they went into the studio and made this. (The initial plan had been for a tour and album had been with Terry Bozzio rather than Mastelotto on drums, but Bozzio dropped out shortly before touring began.)

Release was originally planned on Discipline Global Mobile, but cutbacks at DGM meant CG3+2 emerged on InsideOut.

CGT's Paul Richards described the album as "very different from any previously released CGT studio album. It features more of the electric/improvisational style of the CGT and has some amazing playing by Pat and Tony." "Heart of the Sunrise", "Dance of Maya", "Eve", "Melrose Avenue", "Zundoko-Bushi" and "Train to Lamy" were all heard on that earlier touring, while tracks (9), (10), (13) and (14) represent the sort of improvisation that had been going on. Pieces like "Melrose Avenue", "Blockhead", "Eve" and the cover of "Dance of Maya" date back further still. The cover of "Heart of the Sunrise" (which, of course, Levin played while in ABWH) is very nice: Howe's, Wakeman's and even many of Anderson's parts are covered by the CGT on guitars, while Levin and Mastelotto add their own flavours to the rhythm section.

VA - A Special Tribute To Pink Floyd 2005 [SIS 4158-2]

Genre: Progressive Rock
Format: ape + cue + log
Released: 2005
Label: Silver Star

01. Tommy Shaw, Ritchie Kotzen, Tony Levin, Mike Beard, Edgar Winter - Money
02. Doug Pinnick, Gary Hoey, Mike Porcaro, Greg Bissonette, Derek Sherinian - Welcome To The Machi
03. Chris Squire, Alan White and Billy Sherwood (Yes) - Comfortably Numb
04. Steve Lukather, Marco Mendoza, Vinnie Colaiuta - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
05. Bob Kulik, Jimmy Haslip, Scotty Page, Pat Torpey, Jeff Scott Soto - Us And Them
06. Glenn Hughes, Elliot Easton, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar - Young Lust
07. Jason Sheff, Dweezil Zappa, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar - Run Like Hell
08. Robben Ford, Tony Franklin, Aynsley Dunbar, Steve Porcaro - Any Colour You Like
09. Fee Waybill, Ronnie Montrose, Mike Porcaro, Gregg Bissonette - Another Brick In The Wall
10. Bob and Bruce Kulick, Bobby Kimball, Mike Porcaro, Gregg Bissonette - Have A Cigar
11. Rick McAuley, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter, Phil Soussan, Eric Singer - Breathe (In The Air)

Robin McAuley - Vocals
Doug Pinnick - Vocals
Steve Porcaro - Keyboards
Mike Porcaro - Bass
Jason Scheff - Vocals
Billy Sherwood - Guitar, Producer, Engineer, Vocals
Jeff Scott Soto - Vocals
Philip Soussan - Bass
Pat Torpey - Drums
Derek Sherinian - Keyboards
Marco Mendoza - Bass
Kris Solem - Mastering
Richie Kotzen - Guitar
Tommy Shaw - Vocals
Fee Waybill - Vocals
Elliot Easton - Guitar
Aynsley Dunbar - Drums
Jimmy Haslip - Bass
Gary Hoey - Guitar
Mike Baird - Drums
Gregg Bissonette - Drums
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
Edgar Winter - Saxophone
Tony Franklin - Bass
Bobby Kimball - Vocals
Bob Kulick - Guitar, Producer
Bruce Kulick - Guitar
Tony Levin - Bass
Steve Lukather - Guitar, Vocals
Ronnie Montrose - Guitar
Chris Squire - Bass, Vocals
Dweezil Zappa - Guitar
Robben Ford - Guitar

Having listened to their albums and live recordings a zillion times, I'm always looking for fresh interpretations of Pink Floyd. Most tributes phonographically copy the original band or fall embarrassingly short in the attempt. Both types are dull. "A Special Tribute to Pink Floyd" falls into the first category. That written, there is nothing wrong with this recording. The musicians perform well and the production is excellent. Unlike the Easy Star All-Stars that did a reggae tribute, this is just straight rock. The esteemed Australian Pink Floyd Show also plays literal versions, but it's a live experience. The Aussies appreciate the futility of making such an audio recording. The listener is better off passing this one by and enjoying the originals.

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