Project (album)

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Project
Greg Howe & Richie Kotzen - 1997 - Project.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1997 (1997-11-11) [1]
Recordedhome studio (Easton, Pennsylvania); Trist A' Whirl
Genre Instrumental rock, jazz fusion
Length52:31 [2]
Label Shrapnel
Producer Greg Howe, Dexter Smittle, Lole Diro
Greg Howe chronology
Five
(1996)
Project
(1997)
Ascend
(1999)
Richie Kotzen chronology
Wave of Emotion
(1996)
Project
(1997)
Something to Say
(1997)

Project is the second collaborative studio album by guitarists Greg Howe and Richie Kotzen, released on November 11, 1997, through Shrapnel Records. A previous collaboration between Howe and Kotzen, Tilt (1995), had sold well and thus resulted in a second album. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."One Function"Greg Howe5:12
2."Retro Slow"Richie Kotzen5:28
3."Present-Moment"Howe4:42
4."Trench"Kotzen5:38
5."Groove Epidemic"Howe4:30
6."Space"Kotzen6:40
7."Led Boots" (Jeff Beck cover) Max Middleton 4:36
8."Crush"Kotzen5:48
9."Accessed"Howe3:31
10."Noise"Kotzen6:26
Total length:52:31

Personnel

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  3. Malusardi, Guglielmo (October 2006). "Interview: Greg Howe". Guitar Nine Records. Retrieved 2014-03-07.