TESTAMENT Guitarist's ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO To Release 'Veritas'; Audio Samples Available

March 7, 2011

The ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO returns with its fourth album, "Veritas", on March 29. "Veritas" (Latin for"Truth") is AST's first release on innovative jazz label Palmetto Records. The 11-track album contains nine original compositions, a cover of METALLICA's "Fade To Black" and a bonus remix of the song "Bollywood Jam" by Jay Sustain and Nik Chinboukas. The record was produced by Alex Skolnick and recorded at Spin Recording Studios in Long Island City, New York.

"Veritas" track listing:

01. Panna
02. Bollywood Jam
03. Song of the Open Road
04. Veritas
05. Fade To Black
06. Alone In Brooklyn
07. 99/09
08. Path Of Least Resistance
09. Reflections
10. The River Lethe
11. Bollywood Jam - Club Remix Version

Check out audio samples at Amazon.com.

Upcoming ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO appearances:

Thursday, March 17
SXSW
Easy Tiger - 11PM
709 E. 6th Street
Austin, Texas 78701

Friday, March 18
SXSW
Rusty Spurs Saloon - Noon
405 East 7th Street
Austin, TX 78701-3316
(512) 482-9002

Friday, April 8
Veritas CD Release Party & Show
Tammany Hall - Doors @ 7:00; Show at 8:30
152 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002

Tuesday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Rockwood Music Hall - NYC show
196 Allen Street
New York, NY 10002
(212) 477-4155

Monday, May 30 - Two Shows 8:00 p.m. / 10:00 p.m.
The Iridium Jazz Club, Les Paul Mondays
AST plays; Alex joins Les Paul Trio for tribute to Les Paul
1650 Broadway (51st. St.)
NYC 10019
212-582-2121

Alex Skolnick is a true guitar hero. At sixteen years old, he joined a group of twenty-somethings who'd formed a thrash metal band called TESTAMENT. Alex stayed with the band through five critically acclaimed albums and countless tours with, among others, SLAYER, MEGADETH, JUDAS PRIEST and WHITE ZOMBIE. After hearing and seeing one of Miles Davis' electric bands on TV, Alex relocated to New York City to play and study jazz.

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO (AST) was formed while Alex was earning his BFA in jazz from New School University in Manhattan. AST has been lauded by critics, fans and musical heroes alike ranging from Downbeat to Jazziz to the Village Voice to Kirk Hammett of METALLICA.

"Veritas" will become a favorite of music fans that enjoy some of the pillars of jazz guitar — Scofield, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery, Bill Frisell, Jim Hall and George Benson — but recast from an edgier and more energetic perspective. "Veritas" is poised to further push the boundary of contemporary jazz as fans of harder rock and metal are fast becoming a significant new audience in jazz. It is this fast-growing group of listeners that forms the core fan base of AST. They want truth in live performance, they want truth in great songs, they want "Veritas".

The ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO will tour internationally all throughout 2011 in support of "Veritas".

Photo credit: Tom Couture

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