{"id":9788,"date":"2016-03-23T22:20:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T05:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=9788"},"modified":"2013-03-17T22:22:45","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T05:22:45","slug":"kevin-eubanks-the-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=9788","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Eubanks &#8211; The Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Guitarist Kevin Eubanks showcases the breadth of his artistic influences on his new Mack Avenue Records release titled\u00a0<i>The Messenger<\/i>. The recording also features members of Eubanks core quartet Billy Pierce on reeds, Rene Camacho on bass, and Marvin \u201cSmitty\u201d Smith on drums. Special guests include Joey De Leon, Alvin Chea and\u00a0Kevin&#8217;s brothers Robin and Duane Eubanks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kevin wrote all but two tracks and gives his listeners several ways to enjoy his music. \u201cThe Messenger\u201d opens the set and it\u2019s filled with Eubanks\u2019 musical personality as he offers a range of moods, textures and tempos. He\u2019s funky on \u201cJB\u201d (a nod to James Brown) and has given a new twist of funk to John Coltrane\u2019s \u201cResolution.\u201d Alvin Chea sings the vocal bass line, Kevin plays a dynamic solo and this song gets new life and is thoroughly entertaining.\u00a0 Kevin changes directions again and reveals the reflective side of his creativity on \u201cSister Veil,\u201d \u201cQueen of Hearts,\u201d \u201cLoved Ones,\u201d and \u201cThe Gloaming.\u201d \u00a0An exceptional performance by Duane Eubanks on trumpet and Billy Pierce on reeds permeates the haunting beauty of \u201cSister Veil.\u201d Here Kevin adds his guitar with a wah-wah solo that will stay with you long after the track is over.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Overall,\u00a0<i>The Messenger<\/i>\u00a0is a project that not only showcases the exemplary technical prowess of Kevin Eubanks and his band, but it is soulful, energetic, and emotional and represents the best of Kevin Eubanks. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B009AJDEHS\/thesoundsoftimel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click HERE to buy this CD now.<\/a><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica;\">Reprinted with permission of&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundsoftimelessjazz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sounds of Timeless Jazz\" alt=\"Sounds of Timeless Jazz\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/sotjlogo.gif\" width=\"540\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guitarist Kevin Eubanks showcases the breadth of his artistic influences<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9790,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9788\/revisions\/9790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}