Nick Perrin

Nick Perrin Trio: Wes' Side

by Michael P. Gladstone
March 2, 2004

After tossing all the new jazz guitar CDs against the wall, here's one that definitely sticks. This session, recorded last April in Zurich, is pleasure to listen to. Perrin has a well-rounded articulation on guitar. The notes ring out like those of Pat Metheny, but that is where the similarity ends. While Metheny's playing style reflects a more ambling, free-flowing melody and solo, Perrin charges ahead in a mainstream guitar trio setting like Kenny Burrell.

After a ...