***** Review of Five by Greg Howe – One of Many Tremendous Greg Howe Album’s

When it comes to reviewing a Greg Howe album, chances are that it doesn’t come down to how many stars it is rated.  Every Greg Howe album I know of is a 5 star album.  The real question is which Greg Howe album do you like the best?  My personal favorite so far is Introspection.  However, my friend that was into jam bands preferred this album, Five, as his favorite.  I have lots of good memories listening to Five in my car cd player, which at the time was a cd walkman adapted to connect to a tape player, if I remember correctly.  On both of these albums Howe explores the genre of jazz fusion in what I could call borderline superhuman ways.  Truly, this is some of the most difficult music out there to play, especially if you are a guitarist, and if you buy this album, I can almost guarantee that you will think every penny of your money was well spent on 5, as though track 1 is the best, Five hardly loses any speed throughout the album.