Chris Standring : Velvet
1998 Instinct Records

 

  Silhouette
  Sneaky
    Cool Shades
  WestCoast Changes
  Velvet
  Steven
    Shake
    Solitaire
  'Nuff Said
    Victoria Road
  The Beautiful Woman Of Scant Virtue

 
Chris Standring's debut solo album from 1998. Features trumpeter Rick Braun and saxman Kirk Whalum. Velvet, the guitarist's first solo effort after the blazing funk effort by Solar System (led by Standring and this album's keyboardist/producer Rodney Lee), is full of glittery synth-created Hammond B-3 and Fender Rhodes flavors, hypnotic synth washes and gentle shuffling grooves, punchy wah-wah harmonies and dreamy, otherworldly effects