Singer, multi-instrumentalist and drummer extraordinaire Nick D’Virgilio teams up with heavyweight bassists Tony Levin and Jonas Reingold with Paul Gilbert and Rick Neilsen (Cheap Trick) on guitars. Key players are Jem Godfrey (Frost*) and Jordan Rudess. NDV is best known for his work in Spock’s Beard (11 studio albums), Big Big Train (12 studio albums). He cooperated with SB, BBT and others on several live albums and DVDs and 20+ studio albums.
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Albums on which Jonas recorded in the style of AOR (Album oriented rock, as a mix of pop, rock and prog).
2004 – Pete Sandberg – Reflections
Jonas plays bass on some tracks of Pete Sandberg’s third solo album – which has been described as “a very acoustic album accompanied by the Copenhagen String Orchestra”. Sandberg is a long-time friend of Jonas and he sang on three Midnight Sun albums and in Opus Atlantica. Continue reading “2004 – Pete Sandberg – Reflections”
2004 – Floodgate – More
Jonas plays on a couple of tracks on this album of singer Daniel Dahlqvist and keyboard player / guitarist Ola Hedén. The style is quality power pop rock / AOR and similar to Mr. Mister, Michael W. Smith. Jonas also produced this album. Continue reading “2004 – Floodgate – More”
2001 – Pete Sandberg’s Jade – Origin
Second album of Pete Sandberg’s project ‘Jade’. The album contains really mature first-class classic Scandinavian AOR songs with plenty of great hooks, sweet higher pitched vocals and an equal mix of melodic guitars and keyboards. The songwriting is great with cheerful chorusses and offers traditional AOR fans a lot of enjoyment. Jonas plays bass on some tracks and co-wrote some songs. Continue reading “2001 – Pete Sandberg’s Jade – Origin”
1999 – Pete Sandberg – Push
Second solo album of Pete Sandberg (first one was ‘Back In Business [1998]’). Pete invited his friend Sven Cirnski whom he met in the band ‘Snake Charmer’ and who plays in ‘Bad Habit’ now (also with drummer Jaime Salazar). This album is very personal, mainly because Sandberg just had divorced from his wife. Continue reading “1999 – Pete Sandberg – Push”
1999 – Pete Sandberg’s Jade
First of two albums by Pete Sandberg’s project ‘Jade’. Actually Jade may not be considered as a solo project of Sandberg at all. Originally Jade was a band in the Kopenhagen (Denmark) area that played covers of Rainbow and Boston. Sandberg was introduced to the band and they decided to play some songs that Pete had written. Continue reading “1999 – Pete Sandberg’s Jade”
1997 – Sand & Gold – Remember My Name
Debut album of duo Pete Sandberg and Jonas Reingold. Pete was born in Norway and at that time he lived in Malmö, Sweden, where he met Jonas. Sandberg had recorded with Madison (where he replaced his friend Göran Edman), Alien and Von Rosen. Besides his busy work in other projects Pete recorded this critically much acclaimed album with Jonas. Continue reading “1997 – Sand & Gold – Remember My Name”