ZINC (GREEN ALBUM)

Silly me! being an old prog head from the 70's I had heard of UK and other bands this "kid" was in. But I never ever really heard him play until I started doing a lot of research into him. A prodigy if there ever was one, this kid started out in the big times by getting sucked into Curved Air at the ripe old age of 17 replacing Daryl Way. Eddie was already an excellent classically trained violinist and stringer (cello, viola) and a piano player. He was trying to get accepted into the Royal Academy and they qualified him but he was too young at 16.

Curbed Air led to Roxy Music and he replaced both their violinist and Brian Eno on keys. His playing was amazing! Being a huge fan of Tony Banks, Wakeman, Emerson and others Jobson can easily hold his own with all of them. Just watching him play in UK and Jethro Tull on the A tour shows a young man who has amazing depth and talent. If you want to see an amazing bit you can find him with Tull in 1985 Jethro Tull performing Bach Double Violin Concerto with Ian Anderson on flute. He plays both keys and violin and has the entire movement on sheet music right there. His Roxy Music days took him to the States and he met Zappa in LA during a show and Zappa jammed with him in a dressing room and then drug him onto the stage with no rehearsal and he was able to perform as if he had been part of the band.

All this being said I have not heard anything he played on that I didn't like. This album was long due and it is amazing all the way through. He sings vocals on this album as well. The textures and variety of the songs is great. His playing is top notch. I would have loved to see him play live on these songs or in UK. Excellent musician! I was blind not to have noticed him before.