专辑简介

Joe Lano is one of the worlds best kept secrets. As a world class guitarist, arranger and composer, Joe has been a mainstay of the Las Vegas and West Coast music scene for 50 years. Say the name Joe Lano in this part of the world and everyone immediately renders the highest accolades as to his expertise and unique qualities as a player. He has performed with nearly every major act in show business since 1964 including Frank Sinatra and Lena Horne, and has worked with a multitude of Jazz greats, having performed for years at Alan Grant's "Jazz At The Four Queens." He was a student of guitarist and educator Dennis Sandole who is noted for being John Coltrane's teacher. On this CD, which showcases his ability as a soloist and arranger, Joe has assembled a talented group to present a style of guitar trio playing less traveled in this day and age. The music is both old school and modern at the same time and features interesting arrangements of familiar and more obscure standard tunes. Hence the title "Out Of The Past". The CD features not just great solos, but also reharmonizations of these classic standards that are eminently listenable and swinging. One of the more enjoyable aspects of Joe's writing that has become a band trademark are the challenging guitar /bass passages which are featured in six of the tunes. Also featured are several beautiful ballad arrangements in which Joe displays his interpretations of these timeless tunes. Joe is accompanied by two long time trio members and in demand players in their own right: Jess Gopen on drums and Jeff Davis on bass who together interpret Joe's arrangements in an intuitive and swinging way.

We hope you enjoy "Out Of The Past."