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One for Wes ░█ █░ 02. Giant Steps ░█ █░ 03. Brothers ░█ █░ 04. Im Only Dreaming ░█ █░ 05. Au Privave ░█ █░ 06. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat ░█ █░ 07. Vera Cruz ░█ █░ 08. Blues-a-que ░█ █░ 09. Chasin the Checkbook ░█ ███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███ █░▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀░█ ███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ - RELEASE NOTES - ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███ █░ ░█ █░ Geometric Records presents: ░█ █░ Carl Filipiak - Looking Forward Looking Back ░█ █░ ░█ █░ GEO-246 CD ░█ █░ ░█ █░ What the press says: ░█ █░ "a dazzlingly versatile guitarrist" - JazzTimes ░█ █░ "Carl Filipiak is more than just another guitarslinger." - ░█ █░ The Washington Post ░█ █░ ░█ █░ Looking Forward or Looking Back - "ItÆs all good", with the ░█ █░ right perspective. ░█ █░ ░█ █░ Straight-ahead jazz styles such as Hard Bop may prove a ░█ █░ little too deep for jazz neophytes who have not had a chance ░█ █░ to appreciate the art form, while the commercialism of some ░█ █░ smooth jazz efforts makes purists cringe with blatant ░█ █░ disregard. But when you take a highly skilled artist who can ░█ █░ create music that appreciates the past, has a modern ░█ █░ outlook, and is capable of producing exceptional music; then ░█ █░ you have a recording such as guitarist Carl FilipiakÆs ░█ █░ Looking back and Looking Ahead. ░█ █░ ░█ █░ Carl FilipiakÆs is one serious cat. With great sound, a ░█ █░ dynamic style, and killer chops, his guitar wizardry brings ░█ █░ to mind a few influences that range from Wes Montgomey, to ░█ █░ Larry Carlton. A highly acclaimed guitarist in the ░█ █░ Baltimore-Washington area, Filipiak is musician that should ░█ █░ be recognized even further. With the skill to play in ░█ █░ various modes and styles, his playing speaks for itself on ░█ █░ the new recording. ░█ █░ ░█ █░ Looking back and Looking Ahead. consists of five originals ░█ █░ and four classics. They are all worthy of attention and ░█ █░ combine the essence of a modern musician who has not ░█ █░ forgotten the past. He respectfully and artfully handles ░█ █░ selections by greats John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Charles ░█ █░ Mingus, and Milton Nascimento, with utter resolve. TraneÆs ░█ █░ "Giants Steps" is nicely redone at a hipper and slower ░█ █░ tempo, while BirdÆs "Au Privave" is just flat out funky, ░█ █░ with nice horn and rhythm work from the band members. ░█ █░ MingusÆ ever soulful "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a continuing ░█ █░ thing of beauty with heartfelt sax- work from Paul Soroka. ░█ █░ The band is extremely tight with Filipiak and Soroka ░█ █░ handling the lions-share of excellent soloing, but itÆs the ░█ █░ solid rhythm section of Jay Dulaney and John Thomakos that ░█ █░ bonds it together. Renowned drummer, Dennis Chambers appears ░█ █░ as a guest on three selections. FilipiakÆs compositional ░█ █░ skills are to be noted as well on selections "One For Wes" ░█ █░ and the melodious "IÆm only Dreaming". ░█ █░ ░█ █░ From the cool to the ultra hip, and then to flat out swing, ░█ █░ or blues. Take your pick. Filipiaks chord progressions are ░█ █░ vibrant and his guitar solos pour out like liquid on "Vera ░█ █░ Cruz" and the swinging original "ChasinÆ The Checkbook." ░█ █░ With a versatile band thatÆs at the top of their game and a ░█ █░ guitar virtuoso at the helm, this is a recording that can ░█ █░ make jazz fans of any caliber enjoy the music. ░█ █░ ░█ █░ Mark F. Turner ░█ █░ All About Jazz ░█ █░ www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0902_023.htm ░█ █░ ░█ █░ Personnel: ░█ █░ Carl Filipiak - guitar ░█ █░ Jay Dulaney - bass ░█ █░ Paul Soroka - saxophone ░█ █░ John Thomakos - drums ░█ █░ and special guest: ░█ █░ Dennis Chambers - drums ░█ █░ ░█ █░ More information at: ░█ █░ http://www.carlfilipiak.com ░█ █░ ░█ █░ Support the artists. 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