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Friday, March 22, 2024

BRIAN TARQUIN NEW ALBUM ‘BEYOND THE WARRIOR’S EYES’ BY BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS: HONORS MILITARY SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS WITH STAR-STUDDED MUSICIAN TRIBUTE!

 

 



B R I A N  T A R Q U I N

Three-time Emmy award winner ... American jazz fusion guitarist recording artist... sound engineer... record producer... composer

NEW ALBUM

'BEYOND 

THE  WARRIOR’S  EYES'

By BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS

* * * * *

 Honors military soldiers who defend our freedoms

 Featuring a true star-studded musician tribute

Jean Luc Ponty, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford (Miles Davis), Steve Morse (Deep Purple), Dean Brown (David Sanborn), Hal Lindes (Dire Straits), Chris Poland (Megadeth), John Tropea (Billy Cobham), Steve Kindler (Jeff Beck), Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) & Larry McCray (John Mayall), the late Phil Naro, and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra) and more!

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Brian Tarquin is the Emmy award winning guitarist and composer who has radio hits in several formats such as Smooth Jazz, NACC Loud Rock & CMJ’s RPM charts.  He’s had songs on major TV shows and popular movies including CSI, Seinfeld, Good Morning America, The Watcher (Keanu Reeves), Desert Heat (Van Damme), The Sender (R. Lee Ermey), and National Lampoon’s Repli-Kate. 

He’s won 3 Emmy Awards for “Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series” for All My Children, a Global Music Award, honors from SESAC and several nominations from the Josie Music Awards for best guitarist, producer, and album. Brian has appeared on 50 releases, has 38 million streams on Pandora, Spotify & Apple: selling over 140,000 records in his career. Brian is an award-winning published Author; below is a list of his books.

 Lifting our veterans through music is something that Brian Tarquin & his Heavy Friends will do until there are no more wars. Brian’s friends include superhero musicians that love working with him on several albums he’s released from hard rock to jazz over the past (20) years). “‘Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” was released January 19th on Downtown Music honoring military soldiers who defend our freedoms. I wanted a true star-studded musician tribute of soaring instrumental songs. So, I was very fortune to get such iconic players as Jean Luc Ponty, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, and Steve Morse to help me express our gratitude.”  “Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” mission is to support the charity, Hope For The Warriors, who provide medical care, mental health counseling, professional training and education, physical conditioning and transition services for wounded, ill, and injured Marines and Navy members. Brian’s weekly NPR radio show called Guitar Trax on WFIT 89.5FM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFIT)  on the Florida Space Coast is streamed on www.wfit.org. He hosts in-depth interviews with world-renowned guitarists every Monday night from 10pm-Midnight.

PURCHASE

THE NEW ALBUM

BEYOND 

THE WARRIOR’S EYES

 BRIAN TARQUIN 

& HEAVY FRIENDS

Featuring

Jazz violinist Jean Luc Ponty, guitarists Eric Johnson, Grammy winner Robben Ford, Chris Poland, Steve Morse, Phil Naro and others.

“BEYOND THE WARRIOR’S EYES IS A JAZZ ROCK FUSION MAGNUM OPUS. A CELEBRATED PATRIOTIC MELODIC SALUTE TO OUR BRAVE TROOPS WHO GRANT US FREEDOM EVERYDAY… PERFORMED BY AN ALL-STAR CAST OF PROFICIENT MUSICIANS KNOWN AS BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS. IT'S JEFF BECK, MAHAVISHNU, COOL JAZZ AND TARQUIN ORCHESTRATION MAGIC."

5 stars!

By Music Journalist Ray Shasho 

Available at

https://guitartrax.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-warriors-eyes


FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

BRIAN TARQUIN

VISIT

https://www.briantarquin.com/

Official website

https://www.instagram.com/tarquinjazz/

Instagram

https://www.facebook.com/BrianTarquinheavyfriends/

Facebook

https://guitartrax.bandcamp.com/

Bandcamp

https://twitter.com/guitartrax65?lang=en

Twitter

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2giMW0q2qh3k6ZIrFEsux2

Spotify

https://support.hopeforthewarriors.org/Beyond-The-Warriors-Eyes

“Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” Special Donation Page: 


BRIAN TARQUIN

DISCOGRAPHY

 studio albums

 Ghost Dance 1996

Best of Acid Jazz Vol. 2 1997 (compilation)

Last Kiss Goodbye 1997

Last Kiss Goodbye

Welcome to the Jazz Café 1998

Smooth Moods 1998

Soft Touch 1999

Sweet Emotions: Smooth Jazz Romance 1999

Bossa Brava: Caliente 1999 (compilation)

The Best of Smooth Jazz Blues 1999 (compilation)

This is Smooth Jazz 1999 (compilation)

Smooth Jazz Radio Hits, Vol.1 1999 (compilation)

Smooth Jazz Radio Hits, Vol.2 2000 (compilation)

Pacific Coast Highway 2000 (compilation)

This is Smooth Jazz: Love Bossa Style 2000 (compilation)

High Life 2001

This is Smooth Jazz: The Box Set 2001 (compilation)

Electro Ave. 2002 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Sanctuary 2002

Smooth Operators: Great Smooth Jazz Moments 2002 (compilation)

Enjoy This Trip 2005 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Junglization 2006 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Bob Marley Remixed 2007 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Guitar Masters, Vol. 1 2008 (compilation)

Get the Led Out! Led Zeppelin Salute 2008 (compilation)

Jeff Beck Salute "El Becko" 2008 (compilation)

Fretworx 2008

Brian Tarquin Collection 2009

Brian Tarquin Collection II 2010

Jimi Hendrix Tribute "Third Stone From The Sun" 2009 (compilation)

Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute "Lenny"2009 (compilation)

Eric Clapton Salute "I Feel Free" 2009 (compilation)

Guitar Masters Vol. 2 2009 (compilation)

Guitar Masters Vol. 3 & 4: Les Paul Dedication 2010 (compilation)

Guitars for Wounded Warriors 2014

Smooth Jazz Cafe 2014

Exiled in Paradise 2015

Orlando in Heaven 2017

Band of Brothers 2017

Classic Radio Hits 2017

Guitars For Veterans 2018

Rewind 2018

Crazy Train 2018 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Guitar Masters Collection 2018 (compilation)

Deck The Halls 2018

Smooth Jazz Cafe 2019

Soundtracks I   2019

Soundtracks II 2019

Vegas Blue 2020

LoFi Smooth Jazz Bistro 2022

Lofi Jazzhop Avenue 2022

Lofi-Licious 2023 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Jazz-Fi 2023 (with Asphalt Jungle)

Brothers In Arms 2023

Beyond the Warrior's Eyes 2024


Books By Brian Tarquin

Survival Guide for Music Composers (Hal Leonard) - 2018 USA Best Book Winner Award

Guitar Encyclopedia (Allworth Press) - 2014 USA Best Book Winner Award

Guitar Amplifier Encyclopedia (Allworth Press) - 2017 USA Best Book Finalist Award

Stomp on This: The Guitar Pedal Effects Guidebook (Cengage) - 2015 USA Best Book Finalist Award

Insider’s Guide to Home Recording (Allworth Press) - 2015 USA Best Book Finalist Award

Insider’s Guide to Music Licensing (Allworth Press) - 2014 USA Best Book Finalist Award

Recording Techniques of the Guitar Masters (Cengage) interviews with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson.


 Guitar Trax 

Hosted

 by Brian Tarquin 

https://www.podomatic.m/podcasts/guitartrax

Airs every Monday night from 10pm-12pm on WFIT 89.5FM

 On the Florida space coast, you can listen online WFIT.org. 

Tarquin plays jazz/rock fusion styles such as Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham to Jeff Beck and Frank Zappa.

 







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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

THE RAY SHASHO SHOW Welcomes 'YES' Legend JON ANDERSON With Special Guest Guitarist JAMIE GLASER

ANDERSONPONTY BAND MEMBERS 
JON ANDERSON AND JAMIE GLASER 
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In support of their critically acclaimed CD/DVD release “Better Late Than Never”, the AndersonPonty Band, featuring music icons Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty, will be touring North America in Spring 2016! The band played a series of successful US dates in the Fall of 2015 and are excited to bring their music to the fans once again.
One of the most eagerly awaited releases of 2015, the AndersonPonty Band’s “Better Late Than Never” features outstanding performances by the group from September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado, as well as some innovative production.

Along with some breathtaking new musical compositions, “Better Late Than Never” also showcases rearrangements of classic YES hits like “Owner Of A Lonely Heart”, “Roundabout” and “Wonderous Stories”. The album also includes some of Jean Luc Ponty’s beloved compositions, with Jon’s lyrical vocals and melodies enhancing the music and creating a very special and unique sound such as “Infinite Mirage” a new song incorporating Jean Luc’s classic tune “Mirage”.

YES’s original singer/songwriter for 35 years, Jon Anderson has had a successful solo career, which includes working with such notable music artists as Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento. International violin superstar Jean Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undisputed master of his instrument in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Together these two music legends have formed a musical synergy that is unparalleled!
The AndersonPonty Band also includes Jamie Glaser on guitars (Jean Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Bryan Adams and Lenny White); Wally Minko on keyboards (Pink, Toni Braxton, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Jones, Gregg Rolie and Barry Manilow); Keith Jones on bass (Airto, Santana, Kenny Loggins and Jean Luc Ponty); and Rayford Griffin on drums and percussion (Stanley Clarke Band, George Duke, Jean Luc Ponty and Michael Jackson
Jean Luc Ponty was originally approached by Jon Anderson with the idea of working together as far back as the 1980’s. Now 30 years later the dream has become a reality!
Jamie Glaser is best known as the guitarist for Grammy award winning musical acts, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Bryan Adams, Gloria Trevi, Manhattan Transfer and more. His guitar can be heard on over 170 albums as well as on the biggest sitcoms of all time, Seinfeld and Married With Children. Jamie’s compositions can be heard weekly on CBS sports, ABC, Animal Planet, History channel, Discovery, and ESPN. His solo albums have been successful worldwide. Jamie is presently the guitarist for Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty. The AndersonPonty Band recently completed a US tour on the heels of their recent CD/DVD release "Better Late Than Never".

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To purchase the latest release from the AndersonPonty Band entitled
“Better Late Than Never” visit … amazon.com or www.andersonpontyband.com
The album received rave reviews!!!!
For more information and tour dates visit the official AndersonPonty Band website: www.andersonpontyband.com
Jon Anderson official website: www.jonanderson.com
Jon Anderson Official Facebook:www.facebook.com/TheJonAnderson
Jean Luc Ponty official website: www.ponty.com
Visit Jamie Glaser’s Official Website at… www.jamieglaser.com

Purchase Jamie Glaser's novel "Hear The Silence" at Amazon.com
 …5 star reviews


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