Flipping Time by Julien Kasper

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Jazz Fusion | Instrumental Rock

11 tracks | 44 minutes

Released Mar 2003
on Toulcat

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sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:51 Home Place lyrics BUY MP3 03:51 Home Place lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:51 Home Place

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:17 Flipping Time lyrics BUY MP3 03:17 Flipping Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:17 Flipping Time

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:19 You Know lyrics BUY MP3 02:19 You Know lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:19 You Know

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:51 And Now We Know lyrics BUY MP3 04:51 And Now We Know lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:51 And Now We Know

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:30 Ten Years Late lyrics BUY MP3 04:30 Ten Years Late lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:30 Ten Years Late

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:19 Foot Clappin' lyrics BUY MP3 05:19 Foot Clappin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:19 Foot Clappin'

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:24 Talkin' About What lyrics BUY MP3 05:24 Talkin' About What lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:24 Talkin' About What

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:05 Blues For Charles lyrics BUY MP3 06:05 Blues For Charles lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:05 Blues For Charles

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:38 Jackalope lyrics BUY MP3 02:38 Jackalope lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:38 Jackalope

sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:13 Bigger Than You lyrics BUY MP3 03:13 Bigger Than You lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:13 Bigger Than You

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Melody and tone come first on this CD making it a must have for fans of instrumental guitar music in the vein of Jeff Beck's "Blow by Blow."

Editorial review

Although this album takes its name from the second track and is a reference to the song's quirky melody (which literally flips rhythmically), it could just as easily have been a sentiment from any number of Julien Kasper's fans who felt it was "about flipping time" that he step forward and record his own CD. He didn't disappoint here. Recorded live in the studio on 24-track analog tape without the use of correcting tools, what the band played is what you get. And what you get is burning rockers ("Ten Years Late"), slow blues ("Blues for Charles"), Crescent City grooves ("Flipping Time"), a lightly swinging shuffle ("Foot Clappin'"), and more, songs that tie together to form a unique and highly creative instrumental project. Kasper's influences are no secret: Hendrix (witness the heavy groove of "Talkin' About What"), Eric Johnson, Jeff Beck, and -- although he may not be a direct influence -- Jimmy Herring comes to mind here and there. But Kasper is undeniably his own player, his guitar voice most distinguishable when he leaps off the ledge of predictability on frantic tunes like "Jackalope," a song he contributed to a Bruce Katz Band album he played on a few years earlier. His forward-thinking arrangements and courageous solos have left more than a few guitar players wondering, "How'd he do that?" What's more, Kasper enlisted a number of New England's top-shelf musicians for this release, leaving no chance that there would be any weak spots in his first shot out of the barrel as a solo artist. ~ Ann Wickstrom, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

"Julien Kasper is a superb guitarist ... a dynamic and fluent player with a rich mind full of musical ideas. This is a terrific musician who should not be missed." Alan Chase, The Portsmouth Herald

"Kasper displays... righteous control, dead-on phrasing, progressive composition, and savvy ears... This guy is really, really good..." Guitar Player.

"Kasper seemlessly flips from one genre to another..."Blues For Charles" is the kind of heartbreaking ballad suffused in the delicate nuance of a master like Jeff Beck, but "Bigger than You" is the kind of roadhouse stomp that Kasper excelled in with blues-rock outfits...The album is full of suprises like that: shifting styles delivered with Kasper's gorgeous tone and vibrant imagination...proof that he's got the touch and the sense of melody, along with the power and energy of his role models." Jay Miller, The Patriot Ledger on "Flipping Time"

(Flipping Time) was recorded live in the studio on 24-track

analog tape . . .