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Jazz fusion guitar fans will recognize Connors as that blazingly explosive and technically precise legato guitarist in Return to Forever who left after one release to pursue a quieter acoustic guitar path. Connors has always been ranked in the upper echelons of fine fusion axe-men. Yet the guitar releases from Connors have come slowly and been severely underappreciated. After leaving Return to Forever, Connors released three excellent acoustic albums in the '70s, did some work with Stanley Clarke on Clarke's solo releases, and played with the Jan Garbarek Group. Connors then returned to releasing hard-hitting yet elegantly soulful electric fusion guitar albums in the '80s. They comprised a shorter, LP -length format, offering sonic snippets of Connors' electric visions. Comparisons can easily be made between this release's guitar stylings and those of Allan Holdsworth. This is not surprising, as Holdsworth has always sought that horn sound and flow of John Coltrane, and Connors, too, idolizes Coltrane. Convergent evolution perhaps? Connors has more of a rocking and visceral, edgy attack than Holdsworth. His legato phrasing is totally different, as well as his guitar voicings. Connors also has a lean funky, syncopated groove going on in his compositions; he demonstrates he is a guitarists' guitarist with evident passion for his instrument. Assembler marked the final electrified release of this fusion CD offering of the '80s. Assembler saw an initial 1987 release and then this 1994 re-release on the Evidence label. ~ John W. Patterson

Recorded at R.P.M. Studios, New York, New York in June 1987. Includes liner notes by Bill Milkowski.

Reissue producer: Jerry Gordon.

Personnel: Bill Connors (guitar); Tom Kennedy (electric bass); Kim Plainfield (drums).

Liner Note Author: Bill Milkowski.

Recording information: RPM Sound Studios, New York, NY (06/1987).

Photographer: Mark Babushkin.

Personnel: Bill Connors (electric guitar); Tom Kennedy (electric bass); Kim Plainfield (drums).

Producer: Bill Connors.

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List Price $11.98 (You save $0.23)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Guitar
Label Evidence
Orig Year 1987
All Time Product Rank 68,574
CD Universe Part number 1043921
Catalog number 22095
Discs 1
Release Date Jul 28, 1994
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Engineer Doug Epstein
Recording Time 38 minutes
Personnel Bill Connors - electric guitar
Kim Plainfield - drums

Also: Tom Kennedy
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Click to hear an MP3 sound sampleTrkSong
1Crunchy
2Sea Coy
3Get It To Go
4Assembler
5Add Eleven
6Tell It to the Boss
7It Be Fm See All 2
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Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

3 stars Excellent Fusion Release.
"Riveting", "Visceral". Excellent, creative, versatile, diverse stuff from ex Return to Forever guitarist Bill Connors. Kinda like a Grittier Allan Holdsworth might be a good way to describe Connors. Classic Fusion Album by a largely overlooked and highly underrated guitarist.
Submitted by jmreisch (Long Island, NY, USA) Verified Buyer
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5 stars UNDERRATED
I'VE HAD THIS ALBUM FOR A LONG TIME,A GUITAR CLASSIC ,IN THE AND BILL CONNORS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVOURITE GUITAR PLAYER -ALONG WITH ALAN HOLDSWORTH AND SCOTT HENDERSON- EVER SINCE I HAVE SEEN HIM WITH RETURN TO FOREVER IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES.I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY HIS SOUND AND HIS PLAYING.HOWEVER WHAT MOTIVATED ME TO SEND THIS REWIEW IS THE FACT THAT KIM PLAINFIELD MUST BE THE MOST UNDERRATED DRUMMER ON THE PLANET,HE IS A MASTER.SO BUY THIS ALBUM AND ANYTHING ELSE BILL CONNORS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH,YOU' LL HAVE THE VERY BEST.
Submitted by DOMINIQUE POUCHOL (VICHY,FRANCE)
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5 stars Maybe the best of the bunch?
As other reviewers have stated, you really can't go wrong with any Bill Connors album. It's kind of a mystery to me as to why he is so underrecorded (something John Scofield might want to look into). In any event, Assembler, IMO, is a bit tighter than the other recordings--I'm purposefully avioding saying this is head and sholders above the others, because they are really all good power trio (mostly trio, anyway) discs. Sure seems to me that the new Tone Center disc will be a no risk investment. Nice to have something to look forward to in these jazzless times we live in (okay, there is SOME good new recording worth our time and money, but it's no accident that the reissue movement is in full effect). Hey Bill, please, don't do a 20 years between recordings thing--maybe YOU could learn a little something from Sco regarding prolifics!
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