Gary Husband and Alternity Records invite you to experience a new adventure in the art of solo and improvisatory piano, celebrating the music of John McLaughlin, Shakti and Mahavishnu Orchestra. A Meeting of Spirits marks another milestone in Husband's career, where his creative instincts can prove just as electrifying and charismatic in an acoustic setting--as they do in the great electric groups he's been such a vital part of (Allan Holdsworth, Billy Cobham, Level 42, Mike Stern, Force Majeure).



"Gary Husband the pianist has long been overshadowed by Gary Husband the drummer. I can personally testify to it. However, here we have a recording which will probably achieve the reverse of what I just wrote. In addition, he has chosen to base this recording primarily on my own compositions. I am honored.

This is a recording that is full of surprises; and the fact that I have difficulty in recognizing one or two of my own compositions is only one of them!

But Gary is no ordinary musician: full of invention and surprises, modulations and inversions of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic content abound.

This is Gary Husband in full bloom: Wonderful!!!"



John McLaughlin