Tony Hymas

Jeff Beck with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989) {Epic EK 44313}
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© 1989 Epic / CBS Records | EK 44313
Rock / Hard Rock / Blues Rock / Guitar

Guitar Shop represents guitar hero Jeff Beck's return to the scene following his 1985 pop/rock-based recording, Flash; an outing that featured his one time lead vocalist, Rod Stewart. Essentially, this 1989 release provides Beck's ardent admirers with a power-packed outing, brimming with memorable melodies, drummer Terry Bozzio's often blistering rock drumming, and keyboardist Tony Hymas' effective synth textures.

Few record labels can boast as glorious a legacy as Sony Classical. This lavish four-disc set chronicles the finest performances available on the label from the past ninety-five years. Eighty selections comprising over four hours of music are accompanied by two lavishly illustrated booklets highlighting Sony Classical's stellar history.

Sam Rivers - Configuration (1998) {Pelican Sound Recordings ‎PSR 9803}
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© 1998 Pelican Sound Recordings ‎| PSR 9803
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Saxophone / Flute

One of the most surprising recordings of the year (1998), Configuration finds venerable multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers presiding over a very unlikely contingent of European musicians: Recyclers guitarist Noel Akchote, Mujician bassist Paul Rogers, pianist Tony Hymas, and drummer Jacques Thollot. Additionally, this isn’t an album comprised solely of extended, free improvisations; there is a wide array of compositions included in the program, and not all are by Rivers.

Before you do anything else with Flash, drop the needle on the last half of “Ambitious,” the album’s chug-a-funk leadoff track. Just as singer Jimmy Hall steps back from the song’s skeletal tune and jackhammer rhythm with a Tarzanlike “yeah!” Jeff Beck’s guitar suddenly shoots up into the mix like a runaway jet, cutting a reckless path through Nile Rodgers’ spit ‘n’ polish production with sawtooth distortion and heat-ray feedback. Then, in a daredevil display of rock-guitar heroics that recalls Jimi Hendrix on Electric Ladyland in his full pyrotechnic glory, Beck yanks his guitar up and down flights of freakish harmonic steps, executes breathtaking suicide dives with his vibrato bar, and claws away at the song’s core riff with angry trills and harsh, scraping leads.