An Eau Claire, Wisconsin native, jazz guitarist Pete McCann has been an integral part of the New York City jazz scene for over 30 years. His new recording, Without Question, (his seventh as a leader) will be released in August of 2023.

A sought-after sideman from duos to big bands, with a unique and wide-ranging set of musical skills, McCann has played guitar on over 100 CDs. Pete has performed in every type of venue from jazz clubs to jazz festivals, schools to concert halls and even Carnegie Hall and he has traveled to 20 countries and has played in almost every state in the USA.

1. Without Question
2. I Can Remember
3. Trifecta
4. Lost City
5. Lovely Thing
6. Blues for O.M.
7. Conspiracy Theory
8. January
9. Hindsight
10. Erase the Hate

Recorded at Big Orange Sheep Studios, the opening track is the soulful, titular Without Question, which is followed by the veritably ethereal, haunting I Can Remember, the free flowing melodies found within Trifecta, the lushly sumptuous Lost City and then we get the furtively glistening Lovely Thing (itself McCann’s tribute to the late saxophonist Lee Konitz).

Along next is the joyously swung Blues for O.M. (which pays homage to the French composer Olivier Messiaen) and is itself backed by the harder-edged jazz-blues of Conspiracy Theory, the dulcet, sax-led January, and the recording them rounds out with the finger-snapping, foot-tapping Hindsight, coming to a close on the languishing beauty of Erase the Hate.

McCann has performed and/or recorded with Kenny Wheeler, Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, The Manhattan Transfer, Patti Austin, Brian Blade, Bobby Previte, Grace Kelly, the Mahavishnu Project and the Maria Schneider Orchestra. He currently works in groups lead by Kendra Shank, Paul Jost, Joe Fiedler, Spin Cycle, Melissa Stylianou, Ben Kono, Brian Woodruff and orchestras led by Migiwa Miyajima, Sam Blakeslee, Dan Pugach and Christopher Zuar. As a commercial recording artist, he has worked on projects for CNN, BBC, Sesame Street and IBM.

Musicians:
Pete McCann - guitar, composer, Steve Wilson - sax, Henry Hey - piano, Rhodes, Matt Pavolka - bass, Mark Ferber - drums

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