Jay Soto - Long Time Coming (Audio CD - 2009)

Long Time Coming, the debut solo album from guitarist Jay Soto, takes aspects of a relatively wide array of training and puts them together for a somewhat varied fare. A turn in a Christian band or two gives Soto some basic hymnal-type melodies, a turn in a Latin band gives him some simple flairs, and a round as a finalist in the Guitarmageddon competition has given him some practice in straightforward, virtuosic speed passages. Nearly the whole of the album is filled with Soto-penned originals, though the classic "Black Orpheus" closes out the set. The performance is nice, with hints of the nylon-stringed masters. The jazz isn't exactly experimental, but instead follows a more contemporary track, almost to smooth jazz, but not quite breaking that fated designation fully.

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TRACK LISTINGS

1 Live It Up 3:37
2 Caught in a Moment 3:54
3 Long Time Coming 3:22
4 Song for Mary-Cruz 4:56
5 Reflections 4:06
6 Never Let You Go 4:05
7 Remember the Night 3:32
8 Miss My Cabana 3:50
9 Closer to You 4:27
10 Black Orpheus 5:50