''Krantz Carlock Lefebvre'' is an album by Wayne Krantz released in 2009. "This trio's famously long residency at New York's 55 Bar used to be documented by downloadable recordings of the gigs the same night, and though the guitarist has access to a conventional recording studio here, he has kept the same improvisational live feel, augmenting it with some overdubbed theme statements and quirkily offhand vocals on four tracks. Krantz is accompanied by his regular partners,

Tim Lefebvre Tim Lefebvre (born February 4, 1968) is an American bass guitarist. Both as a session musician and band member, he has worked with a wide range of musicians, including David Bowie, The Black Crowes, Elvis Costello, Sting, Empire of the Sun, The ...

(bass) and

Keith Carlock Keith Carlock (born November 29, 1971) is an American musician who has played drums with Toto, Wayne Krantz, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Tal Wilkenfeld, John Mayer, Sting, and Chris Botti. In ''Modern Drummer's'' 2009 ...

(drums), and the bone-crunching three-way conversation they keep up joins the impact of a heavy rock power-trio to the harmonic sleight-of-hand and melodic slipperiness of a contemporary jazz band."

Track listing

All songs written by

Wayne Krantz Wayne Krantz is an American guitarist and composer. He has performed and recorded with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Donald Fagen, Billy Cobham, Chris Potter, David Binney, and Carla Bley. Since the early 1990s, Krantz has focused primarily on ...

# "It's No Fun Not to Like Pop" – 5:45 # "War-Torn Johnny" – 5:38 # "Rushdie" – 3:59 # "Wine Is the Thread" – 5:48 # "The Earth from Above" – 4:33 # "Left It on the Playground" – 9:01 # "Jeff Beck" – 4:17 # "I Was Like" – 3:05 # "Mosley" – 3:04 # "Holy Joe" – 2:52 # "Rugged Individual" – 6:33

Personnel

– guitar, vocals *

– bass guitar *

– drums

References

{{Authority control Wayne Krantz albums 2009 albums Abstract Logix albums