Phil Manzanera - The Sound Of Blue (2015)

Musician, lead guitarist with Roxy Music and acclaimed record producer Phil Manzanera’s latest solo outing takes the form of a fascinating, multi-faceted musical memoir. Produced by Manzanera and mastered by Pink Floyd soundman, Andy Jackson it was inspired, variously, by Manzanera’s Colombian mother, ‘Magdalena’, the heady days in the 70’s of early Roxy Music, musical adventures in Spain and Sweden and days spent exploring Cornwall. ‘The Sound Of Blue’ also offers up a startling cover of the track, ‘No Church in the Wild’ by Jay Z and Kanye West, who sampled Manzanera’s guitar riff for the opening track of their 2012 smash album, ‘Watch the Throne’.