Rob Luft "Riser" CD

Kurt Rosenwinkel - Following in the footsteps of Matthew Stevens, a new generation guitar hero of the jazz scene is born! This shocking debut album is an explosion of imagination hard to believe coming from a 23 year old!

Rob Luft, a young London talent who has already attracted attention as a guitarist, having won the music award from master trumpeter Kenny Wheeler and coming second in the guitar competition at the 2016 Montreux Jazz Festival, has released a stunning debut album in which he performs all original songs and proves his extraordinary talent as a composer! Rather than pushing his own guitar to the forefront, the intricate and modern compositions place emphasis on the ensemble with saxophone, organ, and rhythm section, with a quality that is completely beyond that of a newcomer! His cinematic sound world that takes you to "somewhere not here" is similar to that of Pat Metheny, and we can't wait to see what he does next as a guitar hero!

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