For his first live recording session in over 10 years as a leader – he has invited such an outstanding line-up of musicians like Randy Brecker (trumpet), Victor Bailey (electric bass), Dave Kikoski (piano), Graham Hawthorne (drums), Chuggy Carter (percussion) and the legendary Ron McClure, (acoustic bass). Finnerty’s guitar work is tasty, technical and taunting as ever and he definitely has his own sound going, which is so great to hear these days. The tracks get better every time you will listen to it. The compositions are nicely varied and cover the stylistic map, and it is interesting to hear him add those beautiful harmonic colours on this recording. The tunes are the stars, not the guitar technique. "I'm lucky because I´m versatile," says Finnerty, who throws himself into whatever bag he´s exploring. "I try to make each thing authentic. I don't play a bunch of bebop licks on a funk tune. I try to get down and dirty and make it as funky an...