Product Description
Jacaranda is Trevor Rabin's first new solo project since his album Can't Look Away. The extremely versatile Rabin covers a wide range of styles on the new album, including rock, jazz, and classical. Trevor plays all of the instruments himself, with the exception of drums on the tracks, for which he brought in noted jazz/rock drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Sting, Frank Zappa), longtime Rabin drummer Lou Molino III, and Trevor’s son Ryan Rabin (Grouplove). He also brought in noted bass guitarist Tal Wilkenfeld (Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock) who plays on the track “Anerley Road.” Vocalist Liz Constintine is featured on the track “Rescue,” inspired by the film The Guardian.

01. Spider Boogie
02. Market Street
03. Anerley Road
04. Through The Tunnel
05. The Branch Office
06. Rescue
07. Killarney 1 & 2
08. Storks Bill Geranium Waltz
09. Me And My Boy
10. Freethought
11. Zoo Lake
12. Gazania

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007KL8U22/?tag=imwan-20

Man, I really liked "Can't Look Away."

Need to put it back in rotation.

"Something To Hold On To" was a great song!

Yup, seeing that video on MTV and then reading an interview he did with one of the guitar magazines sparked my interest. I especially liked his attitude about being pigeonholed with the "Owner of a Lonely Heart" guitar sound.

I saw him live at The Bottom Line (man, I miss that venue) on the Can't Look Away tour. Phenomenal performance, and to see him in such a small place was a once in a lifetime experience. I'm looking forward to this new album, and hopefully we won't have to wait another 22 years until the next one.

Rich K

22 Years since 'Can't Look Away' (great album btw) GULP!!!

Sound samples up on Amazon via the MP3 link... Rabin is a great player, but this is hardly the sequel to Can't Look Away many had been hoping for.

Sounds good to me. It's been known since the beginning that this is an instrumental project, so I wasn't expecting the sequel to Can't Turn Away.

It is a Jazz/fusion album, all instrumentals, from what I understand. As much as I like Rabin's work when he does rock, I have zero interest in this one.

Picked this up, great production and playing BUT why won't he make a proper rock album again. He single handedly saved YES during the 80's. Enough of the soundtracks Trevor, let's rock again!

Rick A.

Listened to it three times when t came out... and there it sits on my shelf. It's really well done, but it's not the album I was hoping to hear.

And for all you anal audiophile types, theres a 24/48 version at HD Tracks:
https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file ... 0206714029

As big of a Rabin fan as I am, I have no need for this. He's spent the last 20 years making soundtrack albums. I don't need another one.

I've only listened to it once so I don't know the songs very well yet, but this is NOT another soundtrack album. It's a collection of instrumentals in various styles, with Rabin's distinctive guitar playing. Sure, I miss hearing his vocals, but there's a lot to like here. In some ways it's similar to a lot of Steve Howe's solo albums, ironically enough, so if you like those you would probably like Rabin's album. I do hope that he eventually releases another "rock" album with vocals, as "Can't Look Away" is one of my favorites. I saw him on that tour at The Bottom Line in NY and it was a phenomenal show.

The thing I remember about that tour was that he played in Philly at the TLA and I had tickets for both nights, dead center, in like the 3rd or 4th row.

The TLA was a small theater back then (had movie theater seats in it which have since been ripped out so it is a standing place now). Fit maybe like 300-600 people??

But Rabin brought enough amplifiers to power the old Spectrum (an arena seating 17,007) like he was still in Yes. Stacks were piled up to the ceiling. I never saw anything like that in the TLA. I had already gone to a few other concerts that same week, and after that first Rabin show (think it was a Friday night), my ears were ringing so bad I couldn't take another show the next night.

Obviously it isn't a soundtrack album. Still, it's another instrumental thing and not what I would look forward to hearing from him at this point.

I saw Trevor in 1989 at a small bar in downtown Cleveland. Great show. I remember his polka dot suit (like the one in the video posted above). I also recall Lou Molino (drummer) kicked my ass. He was beyond impressive. I saw Simon Phillips play the same small bar a year later, and Lou was every bit as brilliant. The dance he did during the drum solo of Sludge showed there was a sense of humor behind the drumset.

I was lucky enough to hear the soundcheck that evening. There was a LOT of sound equipment for such a small gig. Trevor was very hands-on getting the sound right. The mix was as good as I'll ever hear for a live show. It was a flawless show all around.

Trevor is known for being an absolute perfectionist when it comes to getting the sound just right.

Or his vision of what's "just right."

I didn't make it to see him on that tour, but heard he had non-stop sound and programming problems at the show in Kansas City. People who I knew who went said that it was start and stop all night.

I've listened to this a couple of times and I really like it. He covers a lot of musical ground, and even though it would've been nice to have at least a handful of vocal tracks, you always know you're listening to Trevor Rabin. It's certainly not a life-changing album, but I imagine any fans of his previous work would enjoy it (as long as you're not put off by an all-instrumental record).

But is it ROCK instrumentals? The reviews I've read indicate it is jazz/fusion which I'm not into. I dig rock instrumental guitarwork (Satch, Andy Timmons, for example). I don't like jazz/fusion though.

There are some rock instrumentals as well as jazz fusion and other sounds. If you're looking for a whole album of rock instrumentals, then you will probably be disappointed.