Premier Guitar | 4 years ago

You’ve seen him alongside John Mayer, Jonny Lang, and even Evan Rachel Wood. You heard him in the award-winning Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Broadway musical and Thundercat’s hit “Drunk.” And now guitarist Zane Carney is looking to step out and take on the spotlight with the release of his new album Alter Ego on April 30th via Orenda Records. The 9-song collection is self-described as a “bold and bombastic improvised jazz quartet record” featuring Jerry Watts Jr. on bass, Gene Coye on drums, and Katisse Buckingham on woodwinds.

“I wanted this record to feel alive,” said Zane Carney. “This is the first time my actual improvisational spirit is being expressed in recorded format. I wanted to capture the sparks that fly when Jerry, Gene, Katisse, and I improvise together, and document the untamed, almost manic spirit that LA’s late night jazz scene has produced: there is a certain energy and freedom that transcends genre. West Coast jazz is genreless, it’s reckless, it’s audacious, and it pushes boundaries. In order to summon that ferocity, we approached this session as one might approach an unmoderated debate: no judgement or rules, freely exploring new lands harmonically, whenever a member felt like leading the charge. I wanted us to be as nimble and agile as possible, so we could access that core flow state more readily. Every one of us served as a conversation-leader at different points on the record, and I think you hear that especially on songs like ‘Alter’ and ‘Lost.’”

The jazz-guitar geek virtually welcomed PG’s Chris Kies into his Cali-based home jam space (and Twitch studio).

In this episode, the lively guitarist shows off the two guitars (and others) used for Alter Ego, divulges the Deluxe Memory Man settings disclosed to him by U2’s The Edge while working on Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and he briefly explains how he uses musical emotions and “feelings” as a Trojan horse to explain theory.

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00:00 - Intro
01:58 - 1999 Fender Jerry Donahue Telecaster
09:30 - 2004 Antique Violin Finish Hofner Jazzica
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29:43 - Siegmund Sound King 300
33:30 - Pedalboard

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