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SEASON
OF CHILL is a lite jazz funk-rock fusion guitarist's guitarist
album - ideal for a year's worth of six-string study, but also
tuneful, rhythmic and fun enough to be the ideal accompaniment
for your next wine and cheese gathering. The instrumental album
is the culmination of an enduring collaboration between guitarist
extraordinaire Walter Roberti and producer/multi-instrumentalist
Herman Eng. On a foundation of assured playing and composition,
Roberti and Eng use inventive arrangements and a keen sense
of musical and technical wit to seamlessly merge diverse inspirations,
ranging from pioneering '70s jazz-rock-funk fusioners, The Average
White Band to guitar legends Wes Montgomery, Andres Segovia
and Jeff Beck, into a 21st century stew that is all their own.
Roberti
and Eng are based in L.A., but their expansive individual
and collective musical resources were honed during the exciting
1980s music scene of their native NYC (although Roberti was
born in Roma, Italy). There they played every type of music
from improvisational jazz to power funk to cabaret and edgy
indie-film soundtracks to punk rock-sometimes during the same
night!
The chemistry
developed by Roberti and Eng during those heady times is in
ample evidence throughout the multi-genred SEASON OF CHILL.
The album opens with the breezy lite jazz of “Goin'
Nylon,” then delves into more electric and eclectic
funk-rock inspired lite jazz such as “Wes” and
“Lazi.” From there, the musical journey takes
us into into the blues rock of “Drippy & Dreary”
to the epic film soundtrack worthy “Bogus.” Winding
down with the latin syncopated “Serenghetti.”
Throughout the disc, Eng creates unique and lush sonic soundscapes
that are the ideal settings for Roberti's powerful guirar
virtuosity, which range from gentle nylon stringed acoustic
melodies to screaming distorted atonal jazz-rock wails and
deft funk-metered picking and .
In short,
SEASON OF CHILL can both, warm you up and cool you out. It
is a guitarist's guitarist album that even non-musicians can
groove to.
