NEIL ZAZA „„212””

Music: Instrumental Neo-Classical Rock
Website: www.neilzaza.com
Duration: 44:48 minutes (9 tracks)
Country: USA

From time to time I like to immerse myself in the instrumental music of guitar virtuosos. Just Neil Zaza is the one who produces the kind of instrumental Rock – the music very melodic , romantic and of course masterfully played, full of a variety of arrangements, colorful sounds and interesting melodies.

Neil is not only a guitar virtuoso but and multi-instrumentalist, arranging the guitar, bass, mandolin and keyboard parts with the help of colleagues who took care of the other parts of percussion, piano and the rest of the guitars. The result is the album with the mysterious title “212”…

The album is full of musical space, is full of imaginativeness with lots of solos making the beautiful climatic melodies of guitar. The atmospheric keyboards with medium-slow pace are nice supplement for those tunes. Each composition has its own dynamics and development (starting from quiet introductions and ending with solo's exaltations – very emotional). The whole possesses very climatic and romantic note of Rock with subtle accents of Blues. Although the more spontaneous accents also enrich the compositions.

The album includes two bonus cover songs – “Message in a Bottle” (THE POLICE), and “Take On Me” (A-HA) with the instrumental arrangements, which show the songs in a somewhat different dimension.

note: 9.0/10

Tracklist

1. Magnus 212
2. Go!
3. King of the World
4. Is This Wonderland
5. To the Moon and Back
6. Baroque Sky
7. If This Is Goodbye
8. Wild Horses
9. The Beauty

Line-up

Neil Zaza – Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Mandolin, Programming
Garrett Janos – Drums
Fabio Colella – Drums
Walter Cerasani – Bass
Todd Rogers – Hammond, Piano
Brian Campbell – Guitars
Timothy M Bradford – Piano