His playing can go anywhere and does with dynamic shadings, finesse, grace, and mastery. Drummer Kenny Grohowski throughout is burning and inventing effortlessly, and always plays incredible rhythms. We answer phrases and adapt moods and modes! I am a kind of painter, or orchestral guitarist, and soloist in this band creating textural sound worlds, layers, and abstract chords in the search for structure, progressions, and sparks. We are both Libras and I guess that’s why we complement each other so well. Listen to his soloing in The Turning Point-just amazing streams of notes and music come pouring forth from him. Alex Skolnick shreds guitar like no other. His reharmonization of the chord sequence, and his melody at one point conjures the sound of saxophone phrasing. Listen to his lines in Ascent Southwest 6. He is so incredibly inventive with the ability to tilt the entire harmonic fabric of the music and his bass lines are always unique, never predictable, just pure Percy. I can’t say enough about the bass playing of Percy Jones. This music is our music, 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5. As an improvising band, PAKT has a rare cohesion. We all listen deeply into the music and each other. This band reached some mind-blowing places with such focused intention, and telepathic playing. We had such a great audience in this intimate room who were eating up our music and cheering us on to greater heights. After this night everything went into lockdown again. When we pulled up to the venue, we were not sure if the gig would happen or not. Of course, with the threat of Covid closing venues and ending tours, it seemed we’d just made it in time as this was the last show. Some epic shows come to mind like Buffalo, Cleveland, and Rochester but the final show at The Turning Point had a special beautiful vibe, and I felt we hit a lot of fresh new musical territory. We traveled in two cars and took in some amazing landscapes amidst great conversation. Although a short tour, we all had a blast, and somewhere in there we recorded a studio album in the Catskills too. This mid-December 2021 run by PAKT (Percy Jones, Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski, Tim Motzer) was only our second tour together amongst the crazy schedules of all the members. PAKT, LIVE AT THE TURNING POINT, PIERMONT, NEW YORK DECEMBER 18, 2021
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