Andy Summers is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band The Police; he has an extensive solo career spanning jazz, instrumental and experimental projects and notable collaborations.

Member of The Police; collaborated with Robert Fripp (I Advance Masked, Bewitched). Solo albums include Green Chimneys and XYZ. Reviews and credits mention earlier collaborations/appearances with acts such as Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers, John Lord and Mike Oldfield; Green Chimneys features a cameo by Sting in the DeBaser review.

Three DeBaser reviews consider Andy Summers' solo and collaborative output, praising his guitar technique and rhythmic sense. Highlights include the Summers–Fripp collaboration I Advance Masked and a jazz tribute Green Chimneys. Criticisms focus on limited vocals and production choices (drum machines) on XYZ.

For:Fans of The Police, guitarists, jazz listeners, and readers interested in experimental guitar collaborations

 What came from the meeting? Two interesting works, this is the first and in my opinion the best, though I also appreciated the subsequent "Bewitched".

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 Here, however, the situation is unusual for many reasons: we're at the end of the nineties (a poor era: too late for real novelties, too early for genuine revivals), he is a guitarist, and above all, he is known to the world as a former policeman.

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 The modest vocal performance along with the heavy use of the drum machine represent the album's weak points.

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