John Ginty – No Filter

Track Listing:
1. Fredo (feat. Lou Pallo) - 4:26   2. Ball of Fire (feat. Cris Jacobs) - 4:48   3. Old Shoes (feat. Alexis P. Suter & Jimmy Bennett) - 4:52   4. Elevators (feat. Cris Jacobs) - 3:53   5. Battlegrounds (feat. Cara Kelly) - 5:44   6. Rock N' Roll Sunday (feat. Paul Gerdts) - 5:41   7. Annandale (feat. Cris Jacobs) - 4:03   8. No Jelly (feat. Jimmy Bennett) - 6:18   9. Pirates (feat. Cris Jacobs) - 4:35   10. No Filter (feat. Cara Kelly) - 6:35   11. Fredo (feat. Redman) [Remix] - 4:37

Reviews:

1. www.bluesinthenorthwest.com - Grahame Rhodes
New Jersey Hammond B-3 player John Ginty’s debut release back in 2013, “Bad News Travels”, was a most enjoyable affair, and it’s a pleasure to report that the brand new follow-up, “No Filter”, seems destined to raise his profile even more on this heady mix of blues, rock, funk, jazz and more.
As a sideman Ginty has always been in demand, playing with the likes of Santana, The Dixie Chicks, Ron Sexsmith, Albert Castiglia and more; and he was an orginal founding member of Robert Randolph and the Family Band. He has featured on hundreds of recordings with his dynamite keyboard work.
The core band on the album features John Ginty himself on Hammond B-3, piano, percussion and vocals, Mike Buckman (guitar), Paul Kuzik (bass and vocals), with drum duties shared between Dan Fadel and Andrei Koribanics. The guest list is pretty impressive and includes Cris Jacobs (guitar and vocals), Alexis P Suter (vocals) and rapper Redman.
The music gets off to an atmospheric start with Lou Pallo’s tasteful guitar intro on “Fredo”, which settles into a most engaging funk groove as Ginty’s Hammond kicks in. The lovely “Ball Of Fire” features some Santana-esque guitar from Cris Jacobs, who also takes the vocal. The band dig into some blues on the brooding “Old Shoes”, with a tough vocal from Alexis P. Suter and Jimmy Bennett on guitar.
The jazzy blues instrumental is another treat as John Ginty’s sparkling and fluid Hammond playing spars with Cris Jacobs guitar; the band composition “Rock ‘n’ Roll Sunday” fairly rattles along with nice soulful vocal from Paul Gerdts. The dark prison tale, “Annandale”, penned by Ginty, again features the excellent Cris Jacobs; that is followed by another gem of an instrumental in the shape of “No Jelly”, with Jimmy Bennett again prominent on guitar.
The penultimate track is the title cut, “No Filter”, a dark affair, with Ginty on dramatic piano and guest vocals from Cara Kelly, with impressive lap steel by Jimmy Bennett. A remix of “Fredo” ends this most enjoyable album, with Redman rapping on top of Ginty’s sweeping Hammond B-3 flourishes.
For all Hammond lovers out there this is well worthy of investigation . . . and it is a treat to hear this beautiful-sounding instrument out front on an album!!

2. www.lahoradelblues.com - 01.01.2016
El teclista y organista de New Jersey John Ginty nos presenta su segundo trabajo titulado ‘No Filter’, grabado para la compañía American Showplace Music. Ginty acomete con profesionalidad y buenas maneras once temas no exentos de buen groove y excelente sonido. Actualmente John Ginty es uno de los organistas mas solicitados tanto como músico de sesión como también para realizar giras con otros músicos, la mayoría de ellos de mucho prestigio y renombre internacional al tiempo que tan dispares como Citizen Cope, Santana, Dixie Chicks, Bad Religion, Ron Sexsmith, Albert Castiglia o Los Lonely Boys además de ser miembro fundador de Robert Randolph & The Family Band. Como podéis observar su curriculum no puede dejar a nadie indiferente y puedo afirmar que este álbum tampoco lo hará cuando empecéis a degustarlo, ya que es pura dinamita. El disco incluye una serie de canciones oscuras y de gran profundidad estilística, presididas todas ellas por el sonido del Hammond B-3 y en ocasiones también del piano, siempre con el blues de base como transfondo sonoro. También colaboran una serie de prestigiosos instrumentistas como Cris Jacobs, Alexis P Suter, Jimmy Bennett, Cara Kelly y la leyenda del hip-hop Redman. MUY BUENO.

New Jersey keyboard and organ player John Ginty, brings us his second work entitled “No Filter”, recorded for American Showplace Music. Ginty approaches with great professionalism and good taste eleven songs full of groove and an excellent sound. Now John Ginty is one of the most requested organ players both as a studio musician or going on tour with other prestigious and internationally renowned totally different musicians like Citizen Cope, Santana, Dixie Chicks, Bad Religion, Ron Sexsmith, Albert Castiglia or Los Lonely Boys, besides being founder member of Robert Randolph & The Family Band. As you can see his curriculum will not leave anyone indifferent and this album will not become an exception when you star to listen to it, because it is pure dynamite. The recording includes a bunch of dark songs of a great stylistic depth, all them headed by the Hammond B-3 sound, as well as some piano drops, always with the blues as the base and the background frame. There are also a number of well known instrumentalists like Cris Jacobs, Alexis P Suter, Jimmy Bennett, Face Kelly and hip-hop legend Redman. GREAT.

3. Making A Scene
"With his superior keyboard skills and excellent backup musicians and his talent for attracting strong and charismatic guest vocalists, Ginty proves with this album that he is a force to be reckoned with in contemporary blues. He is a great performer and bandleader and this album is a don’t miss!"

4. Midwest Records
"Ginty has had it. Over the last several decades, his B3 has added spice to all kinds of artists that shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath. Ginty really turns up the heat here to make a statement that you'd better pay attention to him."
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