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Encyclopedia > Alex Skolnick Trio

The Alex Skolnick Trio is an American jazz music trio comprising the guitarist Alex Skolnick, Matt Zebroski on drums, and Nathan Peck on bass. Previously, John Davis played bass for the group. The Trio is known for its inventive jazz take on hard rock and heavy metal "standards". The group is currently touring the US with Latin guitar virtuosos Rodrigo Y Gabriela For other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968, grew up in Berkeley, California) is an American jazz and rock guitarist. ... Rodrigo y Gabriela are a Mexican musical duo who specialize in playing fast, rhythmic acoustic guitars. ...

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Lineup

Current Members

  • Alex Skolnick – guitar (2001-present)
  • Nathan Peck – upright bass (2003-present)
  • Matt Zebroski – drums/percussion (2001-present)

Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968, grew up in Berkeley, California) is an American jazz and rock guitarist. ...

Past Members

John Davis is the name of several persons: John Davis (1550?-1605), an English navigator and explorer. ...

Discography

Main article: Alex Skolnick Trio discography

The Alex Skolnick Trio is an American jazz music trio comprising the guitarist Alex Skolnick, Matt Zebroski on drums, and Nathan Peck on bass. ... Transformation is the second album by the Alex Skolnick Trio, released on September 14, 2004. ... Last Day In Paradise is a 2007 album to be released on March 15, 2007 by the Alex Skolnick Trio, on the Magnatude Records label. ...

Songs

As a unique twist to the Trio is that they do "modern standards" (of the Heavy Metal vein). They have covered the following songs, either in its entirety or some of it, in concert and on record: Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ...


Tom Sawyer, The Trooper, Iron Man (as part of the unreleased Western Sabbath), Highway Star, Practica lo que predicas (Testament's Practice What You Preach), Goodbye to Romance, Detroit Rock City, Still Loving You, Don't Talk to Strangers, Dream On, No One Like You (which appears twice on the UK version of their debut album, once as a studio recording, and as a bonus last track from a live show), War Pigs, Electric Eye, Money, Blackout, and Pinball Wizard. Testament is an American thrash metal band from California. ... Practice what you preach may refer to: A common idiom meaning do yourself what you advise others to do, advising against Hypocrisy. ...


Since their first album, the Trio has shifted to a direction that includes more original material, as half the songs on their second album are original compositions, and only 3 are covers on their third album.


The Trio has covered 3 Scorpions songs to date, and Alex has called them "our Rodgers and Hammerstein". [1] Scorpions are a hard rock/heavy metal band from Hannover, Germany, best known for their 80s rock anthem Rock You Like a Hurricane and their singles Wind of Change, No One Like You, and Still Loving You. The band has sold over 70 million records worldwide. ... Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968, grew up in Berkeley, California) is an American jazz and rock guitarist. ... Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein (right), with Irving Berlin (middle) and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions at the St. ...


Taping policy

The Trio has an open taping policy. [2]


External links

  • Alex Skolnick Trio collection at archive.org


 

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