Ratko Zjaca - Archtop AvenueWhile respecting the harmonic contours and deeply ingrained melodies of those oft covered tunes, and others presented here on Archtop Avenue, Zjaca puts his own personal stamp on them through reharmonization, subtle rhythmic shifts and improvisational flights. Recording each track with a different archtop guitar, he interprets these beloved standards, and a few originals, with taste and invention. Always mindful of addressing the bass line while

"In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes On what wings dare he aspire

The versatile West Coast jazz drummer

and Nash after a meeting at a Laurel Canyon party

Canada also had it's own big 5 - VOIVOD

was a fresh-faced

American Dream

Pinnacle Boys - I See a Bridge

a band that plays together superbly and a euphoric audience that is under the spell of this exceptional musician

he regularly releases recordings on the fra bernardo label

Banks must navigate difficult emotional territory when the body of an eminent lawyer is washed up in an underground river and he suspects a member of her grieving family is responsible for her death

forced to run

Leaving Metro after their debut album