Album Notes

Chris Galfas began playing guitar when he was 7. It was all he ever wanted to do. By the age of 12 he was the fastest guitar player in New Jersey, a haven for rock musicians. Formally trained at the Berklee School of Music and Manhattan School of Music he knew early on he wanted to create a new sound blending America's great music forms.

His playing did not go unnoticed. By his early 20s people like JT Taylor (Singer for Kool and the Gang) and Mtume (Juicy Fruit) were seeking him out. After playing the guitar on Juicy Fruit the top selling record of 1983 he played with Aurra (Are You single?), The Temptations, Melba Moore, Bobby Ingram, and more.

This Maui recluse prefers playing the small intimate clubs of the islands to massive tours.

For the last 20 years Chris has been pleaded with to release his compositions and finally he has said yes. These raw jazz impressions created between 1978 and 2007 represent separate and distinct periods in his life.

All of the tunes are from a library of cassettes sent to his brother over the last 20 years. Digitally converted from ordinary cassette, they are raw. Just like he wants it. The true jazz flavor of a few cats working out a groove. And a new music.

Many call him 'the world's greatest living jazz guitarist'. But he is more. A true American icon he has taken powerful rock solos, merged with the classics, and laid the ground work for the next great American sound.