Oz Noy: Flashback - Who Gives a Funk - Live in the Studio 2016

Oz Noy (guitar); Will Lee, (Bass); Roscoe Beck (Bass); Rocky Bryant (Drums); Steve Wolf (drums); Chris Layton (drums); Jerry Z (organ); Danny Sadownick (Percussion). Guests: Joe Bonamassa, Robben Ford, Dweezil Zappa, John Medeski, Randy Brecker, Chris Potter, Fred Wesley


Internationally acclaimed New York guitarist and composer Oz Noy follows his provocative two-volume exploration and reinvention of his blues roots (Twisted Blues) with Who Gives a Funk, due out April 15th – a examination of classic funk and R&B grooves, spiked with his uniquely unhinged improvisational instincts. “Simple, funky music – but soulful,” is how Noy describes it, while acknowledging that simple is not synonymous with easy: The discipline and clarity these classic structures demand put even the finest musicians to the test, and Noy and his all-star cohorts deliver a remarkable program that uncovers intriguing new pathways through timeless forms.
Inspired by the funk-blues nexus of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s music of artists like Freddie King, James Brown, Albert Collins, Who Gives a Funk mixes concise, compelling original compositions with reimaginings of vintage standards by Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Sam Cook, Charles Mingus, and even Thelonious Monk – mostly tracked live in the studio for maximum grit and spark. A core group of New York’s finest is augmented by an impressive array of guest appearances, including performances by John Medeski, Dweezil Zappa, funk pioneer Fred Wesley, Chris Potter, Robben Ford, Randy Brecker, Joe Bonamasa, members of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s Double Trouble, and Living Color vocalist Corey Glover.
Through it all, Noy’s guitar is the connecting thread. Whether steering the band with incisive, stark rhythm work or soaring over the grooves with impeccable single-note leads that recall the graceful, nuanced inflection of a fine soul vocalist, Noy brilliantly walks a musical tightrope spanning the best of the past and the future. Surprising, danceable, and accessible, Who Gives a Funk is a powerfully heartfelt new statement from one of contemporary guitar’s great improvisational stylists.

Track 1 Come on
Track 2 Flashback
Track 3 Better get it in your soul
Track 4 I got you (I feel good)
Track 5 A chance is gonna come
Track 6 Ice man
Track 7 Zig Zag
Track 8 Dam, this groove
Track 9 Little wing
Track 10 Five spot blues

Who Gives A Funk
Release Date: April, 2016
Label: Abstract Logix
Produced by: Oz Noy


Oz Noy: Flashback (Who Gives a Funk) Live in the Studio 2016