Multiversal Blues (feat. Stanley Jordan)

#55 in The Need To Know Badass Blues Instrumentals Series, Multiversal Blues, features the virtuosic and intergalactically original guitar playing of Stanley Jordan. His playing is badass enough just listening to it, but seeing his tapping technique up close took it to a whole nother level for me! If by some chance, you are not familiar with Stanley Jordan's thing (hard to believe but..), his 1985 debut Blue Note record, Magic Touch, was #1 on the Billboard Jazz Charts for a solid year! His covers of Stairway To Heaven, Eleanore Rigby and the Jimi Hendrix songbook are iconic and have been viewed a gazillion times on YouTube. His eclecticism and versatility has lead him to play with everybody from Dizzy Gillespie and Quincy Jones to The Dave Matthews Band and Phil Lesh. His vibe in the studio was incredibly generous and open minded and I think it is reflected in this track. Check it out!

The backing band on this track is Rich Kirch (John Lee Hooker 1984-2001) on rhythm guitar, Alvino Bennett (Dave Mason, Stevie Wonder) on drums and myself on bass. The track was recorded at Skunkworks in Capitola CA. Mixed by the Grammy winning Godfather of Grunge, Jack Endino (Nirvana, Nando Reis) and as always, masterfully mastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering.