With its upbeat, groove constant moods, Convertible is the 2023 release by Kentucky-based jazz fusion guitarist Kingsley Durant. Released on the Zen Diagram imprint, the 9-track, 49 minute CD features a wealth of guitar-based instrumental tracks that balance skill and style filled with up-tempo jazzy, funky tracks that evokes the urban landscape layered with an Americana groove. Kingsley’s electric guitar work is in fine form throughout and the all-original album also includes an appearance by guest guitarist Eric Johnson.

Convertible spotlights Kingsley backed up by keyboardist Steve Hunt (who’s recorded with Allan Holdsworth and Chick Corea), bassist Roscoe Beck (who’s collaborated with the likes of Robben Ford and Leonard Cohen), drummer Tom Brechtlein (an alumnus of bands led by Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, Al Di Meola and Jean-Luc Ponty) and percussionist Ricard Monzón (a professor of percussion at Berklee College Of Music). Twenty years after his solo album Away From The Water, and his 2020 Point Of Reference album, 2023's CD release of Convertible is the finest album yet by fusion guitarist-composer Kingsley Durant.