MB3 Jazz Hits, Vol. 1

This album has some great musicians, three of them just happen to play guitar!!! Standards can be over done and boring or reinvented so much that the listener doesn't recognize the standard. In this album, the musicians did a great job of staying true to the Standards while keeping it fresh, creative, and new. I strongly recommend this album and I would love to hear Volume II.

I was a little hesitant at first. I mean, as much as I love jazz guitar, three of them in one place seemed like it would almost be too much of a good thing. After a few listens, I was captivated. It is the arrangements that take center stage here, and these guys make it all sound so fresh, you don't really stop to think about how often you may have heard these songs. They also mix it up with electric, acoustic, and nylon string guitars, which flavor the album with a variety of timbres. It is some mighty tasteful playing by three gentlemen at the top of their game. Great effort, I am looking forward to Volume 2!