Artist description The architecture of classical music with the drive of progressive rock.

Music Style Classical/Electronic/Progressive Rock

Similar Artists Steve Vai, Pat Metheny, Frank Zappa, Kronos Quartet, King Crimson, Captain Beefheart, Yes, Steve Reich, Conlon Nancarrow, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Dream Theater, Rush, Philip Glass

Group Members John Fitz Rogers-keyboards, programming Michael Nicolella-guitar

Instruments Electric Guitar and Virtual Ensemble

Albums Transit

Press Reviews Transit, by John Fitz Rogers (composer) featuring Michael Nicolella (electric guitar), is visionary, epic music that completely defies genre and category. Solo electric guitar and a computer-driven virtual ensemble combine in a single 44-minute work with the architecture of classical music but the drive of rock. Nicolella's guitar work is variously fluid and flamboyant, searing and soaring as he carries us along the music's emotional odyssey. Composer Edgard Varese said in 1922, "Speed and synthesis are c haracteristics of our epoch." The title Transit suggests many different ways of crossing over - one of the most obvious is the manner in which the music straddles rock and classical genres, recalling Varese's "synthesis" in a broad, cultural sense. A di s tinctive alchemy of sounds. Instrumental Guitar (Electric/Progressive/Rock), total running time, 43:50

Location Columbia, SC - USA

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