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With the death of
,
was well situated to take the mercurial maestro's place as the most idiosyncratic acoustic guitarist around. 2005's
, however, is the first album on which
truly lets all of his influences and musical interests find free expression.
' first entirely instrumental album,
is 16 tracks long, evenly split between originals and covers. It's not just the variety of sources tapped for these covers -- from
's
to
through a version of the Broadway
that seems to take its cues from
' contemplative take on the tune -- it's the way that
brings elements of
music,
, the Great American Songbook, and modern
to his
-based musical style no matter what he's playing. Though his style isn't as personal and inimitable as
's, a tall order for any instrumentalist,
is well on his way to creating a similarly impressive body of work. ~ Stewart Mason