Allan Holdsworth, a spellbinding guitarist ... and they stuck with him — electric bassists Jimmy Johnson and the late Dave Carpenter, drummers Gary Husband and Chad Wackerman among them.

Live at Rocco is the double-disc debut of a new, equally exciting trio completed by pianist Alan Pasqua and bassist David Carpenter — both of whom, incidentally, have done stellar work with Allan ...

Fortunately, guitarists (and others) didn't have to wait long to find out, although each album on which the guitarist appeared seemed to engender even more questions about just how Holdsworth ...

Holdsworth receives near-telepathic support here from former Zappa drummer Chad Wackerman and bassist Dave Carpenter, who died in 2008 and counted Buddy Rich, Peter Erskine and the Los Angeles ...