Dave Stryker

Artist:  Dave Stryker
Birth Name:  David Michael Stryker
Born:  March 30, 1957.  Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Genre:    Jazz, Post Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz
Occupation:  Musician
Instruments:  Guitar

Dave Stryker is an American Jazz Guitarist.  He has recorded over 25 albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany.

Artist:  Dave Stryker with Bob Mintzer and The WDR Big Band
Title:  Blue Soul  (2020)
Genre:    Jazz, Post Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Guitar Jazz
Label:  Strikezone
Rating:   *****

Format:   CD

Tracks:

 1.  Trouble Man  (5:40)
 2.  Aha   (6:07)
 3.  What's Going On  (7:20)
 4.  Came To Believe  (5:46)
 5.  Blues Strut  (6:57)
 6.  When Doves Cry  (6:27)
 7.  Wichita Lineman  (5:31)
 8.  Shadowboxing  (6:07)
 9.  Stan's Shuffle  (7:06)

Personnel:

Dave Stryker:  Guitar
Bob Mintzer:  Tenor Saxophone on Tracks:  2, 5, 9

WDR Big Band:

Win Both, Rob Bruynen, Andy Haderer, Ruud Breuls:  Trumpets
Ludwig Nuss, Raphael Klemm, Andy Hunter:  Trombones
Mattis Cederberg:  Bass Trombone
Johan Horlen, Karolina Strassmayer:  Alto Saxophones
Oliver Peters, Paul Heller:  Tenor Saxophones
Jens Neufang:  Baritone Saxophone
Billy Test:  Piano, Organ
John Goldsby:  Bass
Hans Dekker:  Drums

Blue Soul is a collaboration between Dave Stryker and Bob Mintzer with The WDR Big Band.  This is a unique project putting Dave Stryker's soulful Guitar in front of a world-class Big Band led by Bon Mintzer, released on June 5, 2020 by Strikezone Records.