Direct Axecess

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Direct AXEcess
Studio album by
Released1995
RecordedSeptember 1994
Genre Jazz
Length56:46
Label Blue Note Records
Producer David Torkanowsky
Steve Masakowski chronology
What It Was
(1993)
Direct AXEcess
(1995)
Live At Snug Harbor
(1999)

Direct AXEcess is an album by the American jazz guitarist Steve Masakowski of performances recorded in 1994 for the Blue Note Records label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Direct AXEcess received a positive review in DownBeat magazine.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Masakowski except as indicated
  1. "Paladia" – 3:40
  2. "Burgundy" – 5:24
  3. "(Voluntary) Simplicity" – 5:31
  4. "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:20
  5. "Kayak" (Kenny Wheeler) – 8:00
  6. "Headed Wes’" – 6:21
  7. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel) – 2:57
  8. "Ascending Reverence" – 5:48
  9. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:01
  10. "For Django" (Joe Pass) – 4:07
  11. "Bayou St. John" – 5:08
  12. "The Visit" (Pat Martino) – 4:25
  13. "New Orleans" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:24
Recorded at The Boiler Room, New Orleans, September 1994

Personnel

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References

  1. Direct AXEcess at Allmusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.