Direct Axecess
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Direct AXEcess
| type = Album
| artist = Steve Masakowski
| cover =Direct Axecess.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1995
| recorded = September 1994
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 56:46
| label = Blue Note Records
| producer = David Torkanowsky
| chronology = Steve Masakowski
| prev_title = What It Was
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Live At Snug Harbor
| next_year = 1999
}}
Direct AXEcess is an album by the American jazz guitarist Steve Masakowski of performances recorded in 1994 for the Blue Note Records label.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/direct-axecess-mw0000644176 Direct AXEcess] at Allmusic. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
Reception
Direct AXEcess received a positive review in DownBeat magazine.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Track listing
:All compositions by Steve Masakowski except as indicated
- "Paladia" – 3:40
- "Burgundy" – 5:24
- "(Voluntary) Simplicity" – 5:31
- "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:20
- "Kayak" (Kenny Wheeler) – 8:00
- "Headed Wes’" – 6:21
- "Emily" (Johnny Mandel) – 2:57
- "Ascending Reverence" – 5:48
- "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:01
- "For Django" (Joe Pass) – 4:07
- "Bayou St. John" – 5:08
- "The Visit" (Pat Martino) – 4:25
- "New Orleans" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:24
: Recorded at The Boiler Room, New Orleans, September 1994
Personnel
- Steve Masakowski – seven-string guitar
- Hank Mackie – guitar
- David Torkanowsky – piano
- Bill Huntington – acoustic bass
- James Singleton – acoustic bass
- Brian Blade – drums
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums