Eight Track

"Dave Strykers new CD Eight Track is a celebration of classic pop tunes from the 70 s reimagined by his working trio of Jared Gold on Hammond B3 organ, and McClenty Hunter on drums with special guest Stefon Harris on vibraphone. Stryker writes, In 1975, like many people, I had an 8 Track player in my van, where I remember sneaking out of class to listen to music. I started getting into jazz and a friend, (who actually had an 8 track recorder) made some tapes for me. I remember one with Kind of Blue and Bitches Brew on the same tape and another with Pat Martino, George Benson and Carlos Santana! Now 8 Tracks didn t last that long, (always skipping to another song, and having to stick a matchbook in there to get them to play...), but to me they represented the 70 s a time when there was a lot of great pop music going on as well as jazz "