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

  1. "Paladia" – 3:40
  2. "Burgundy" – 5:24
  3. "(Voluntary) Simplicity" – 5:31
  4. "Monk's Mood" (Thelonious Monk) – 2:20
  5. "Kayak" (Kenny Wheeler) – 8:00
  6. "Headed Wes’" – 6:21
  7. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel) – 2:57
  8. "Ascending Reverence" – 5:48
  9. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:01
  10. "For Django" (Joe Pass) – 4:07
  11. "Bayou St. John" – 5:08
  12. "The Visit" (Pat Martino) – 4:25
  13. "New Orleans" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 2:24

: Recorded at The Boiler Room, New Orleans, September 1994

Personnel

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