Jazz CD Releases
Oz Noy’s New Album Release – Snapdragon
New York-based guitarist and composer Oz Noy teams up with world-renowned players for new album, Snapdragon.
The collection will be available November 20th on all digital platforms and through his label Abstract Logix, pre-order link here.
The spry rhythmic wallop that characterized his previous album, the backbeat-driven Booga
The entire project showcases several incredible drummers, the debut cut features Dennis Chambers who said, “Playing with Mr. Oz Noy was very refreshing, because he is always reaching for new ideas.”
Noy’s signature vision, as both a player and composer, is the beating heart of Snapdragon. The themes include six original compositions, alongside a surprising, evocative reading of the Zombies’ “She’s Not There” and two Thelonious Monk pieces. Throughout, Noy’s playing is alternately tender and treacherous, moving from open-hearted, nearly vocal melodic statements to the sort of ferociously off-kilter, explosive soloing that has made him a favorite amongst connoisseurs of guitarists and improvised music at large. In Noy’s universe, odd intervallic leaps, unresolved dissonances, and radiating slabs of electric distortion are heightened and enlivened by nimble funk. The resulting sound is simultaneously accessible and refreshing —
Pre-order Snapdragon, here.
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