Good
things never get old and it is with great excitement that the new label
Timeless Momentum launches a CD from Canadian guitarist and composer Jerry De
Villiers Jr.
Jerry
was heavily active in the Montreal jazz scene in the 1990s having performed and
recorded with various musicians including Alain Caron and James Gelfand. Caron's first
album alone made quite an impact around the world and De Villiers Jr became
noticed as a unique player with an incredible sound and a highly melodic
phrasing. During those years, Jerry was also busy composing, recording and
performing his personal music under the project name of Turning Point.
Due to
various circumstances, none of the music Jerry recorded in studio with Turning
Point was ever released on CD. In the late 1990s Jerry took a few years to
pursue opportunities in television and film scoring. He wrote and performed the
music for the hugely popular theme song to the four time Emmy Award winning
show Arthur, sung by Ziggy Marley and more recently by Chance the rapper. Jerry
worked on and scored for movies such as Art of War, Screamers and Cause of
Death, amongst others, and composed the award winning soundtrack to the popular
Quebec blockbusters Les Boys.
Recently,
Jerry has been slowly returning to his first passion of jazz fusion through
collaborations with bass player and composer Antoine Fafard. Antoine's album
projects have been featuring artists including Terry Bozzio, Jerry Goodman,
Simon Phillips, Chad Wackerman and Dave Weckl. The album Ad Perpetuum released
in 2014 with Vinnie Colaiuta on drums features Jerry in its entirety and
includes guest appearances by Gerry Etkins and Gary Husband. More recordings
with Fafard and Husband are in the works and due to be released sometime in
2015.
The
music on The Turning Point Archives consists of seven studio tracks recorded
during 1995 and another seven pieces captured live in 1994. On the live tracks,
Jerry is supported by Magella Cormier on drums, Mathieu Cormier on bass and
Gerry Etkins on keyboards, while the studio pieces include a collection of
various collaborators.
The
music that had been kept archived for 20 years is a gem that is still relevant
now and will continue to be in the years to come.
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