2015 –American Showplace
Music
By Phillip Smith; Sep 19, 2015
Not only is John Ginty an amazing keyboardist, he
surrounds himself with amazing talent and continues to release the most
outstanding music I’ve heard. Ginty returns to Showplace Studios in Dover, NJ with guitarist Mike Buckman,
bass player Paul Kuzik, and drummers, Dan Fadel and Andrei
Koribanics to record his latest masterpiece of all original songs, No Filter.
The album begins and ends
with the funky and very soulful “Fredo”, taking its name from the character
Frederico "Fredo" Corleone from Mario
Puzo’s Godfather. The first time we hear the song, it is an
instrumental, but when we hear the remix at the end, it takes on a whole new
personality. The one and only Redman throws down rhymes of his own
mastery infusing a hip-hop vibe into this wonderful track about backstabbers
and losers.
“Old Shoes”, featuring the magnificent
contralto voice of Alexis P. Suter
and swampy guitar from Jimmy Bennett,
is wonderfully bluesy. Suter belts this song out with attitude
and conviction. Cara Kelly takes the mic on the colossal R&B track “Battlegrounds”. Ginty
tosses everything he’s got into his performance, bombarding the soul on every
level. While on the topic of ‘soul’, Ginty commandeers the bus and drives us
to his chapel for a “Rock ‘n Roll Sunday”. I love the sound of the B3 on this poppy and spirited
track sung by Paul Gerdts. Now this is my kind of church music. Amen!
