Release Date: 14 July 2023
Label: Balsassarre Recirds
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 860003162033
Genres: Rock
Release Date: 14 July 2023
Label: Balsassarre Recirds
Packaging Type: Cassette Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 850017177055
Genres: Rock
Description
Guitarist/educator/composer Carl Baldassarre inaugural solo album, GRAND BOULEVARD runs the gamut of musical genres, incorporating guitar rock, funk, ballads, R&B, reggae and orchestral pop, all featuring Baldassarre as chief axeman and composer.
Composed primarily during the isolation of covid and recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios, the album brings together several world-class musicians including vocalists Marcus Scott (Tower of Power), Charles Iverson (Iverson), drummer Nick D'Virgilio (Genesis, Tears for Fears, Big Big Train), percussionist Wally Reyes Jr. (Chicago). The album was produced by Grammy Award winner Phil Naish (Steven Curtis Chapman, Elton John, Kenny Rogers, and Kenny Chesney) and engineered by Mark Hornsby (Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Foreigner).
The album is receiving early raves from the press with the UK's Fireworks Magazine declaring the album to be "flawlessly crafted, genre-spanning and offering something for everyone. Highly impressive!" Progsheet enthused that the album is "bursting with strong, catchy compositions and memorable guitar acrobatics..." The UK's Powerplay avowed, "This Grand Boulevard has roses along the way".
Description
Guitarist/educator/composer Carl Baldassarre inaugural solo album, GRAND BOULEVARD runs the gamut of musical genres, incorporating guitar rock, funk, ballads, R&B, reggae and orchestral pop, all featuring Baldassarre as chief axeman and composer.
Composed primarily during the isolation of covid and recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios, the album brings together several world-class musicians including vocalists Marcus Scott (Tower of Power), Charles Iverson (Iverson), drummer Nick D'Virgilio (Genesis, Tears for Fears, Big Big Train), percussionist Wally Reyes Jr. (Chicago). The album was produced by Grammy Award winner Phil Naish (Steven Curtis Chapman, Elton John, Kenny Rogers, and Kenny Chesney) and engineered by Mark Hornsby (Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Foreigner).
The album is receiving early raves from the press with the UK's Fireworks Magazine declaring the album to be "flawlessly crafted, genre-spanning and offering something for everyone. Highly impressive!" Progsheet enthused that the album is "bursting with strong, catchy compositions and memorable guitar acrobatics..." The UK's Powerplay avowed, "This Grand Boulevard has roses along the way".
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