Micha Schellhaas - Double Take (2015)

Micha Schellhaas is a virtuoso guitarist from Germany, who is located in LA now. In 2013 Micha released his debut EP “Wings of Fire”, which was produced by famed guitarist Carl Verheyen (Supertramp).

This album was also produced (as the EP) by Carl Verheyen (Supertramp). It was mixed by Jorge Costa at RedCello Studios and mastered by Robert Hadley in LA. Micha has the well-known musicians Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa) on drums, Dave Marotta (Manhattan Transfer) on bass and Jim Cox (Mark Knopfler) on keys by his side. I guess none can complain about the performances, right? The musicianship is amazing indeed.

“Double Take” is an instrumental, jazz-rock, soft-jazz album with various blues-rock & experimental elements. The improvisations are part of the music too. On such albums the musicians have the freedom to “improvise” at will in order to achieve the desired result… and they did it here. Chad provides two guest solos on “Your Turn” & “Texaleans” and additional guitars/mandolin on “Travel Song” & “Texaleans”. Surely, “Double Take” will be appreciated by the fans of the genre and the musicians who are into this kind of music much more. Micha presents a very solid album in general.

Tracklist:

1. Velocity (5:10)
2. Ford F-150 (3:57)
3. Double Take (4:27)
4. Your Turn (4:19)
5. False Fork (5:54)
6. 5&6 (4:52)
7. Travel Song (3:45)
8. Texaleans (4:07)
9. Slow Blues For B.B (6:05)