Jazz, rock, blues, comedy? You get a lot when you attend a concert from Israeli-born, New York-based guitarist Oz Noy. Celebrating the release of his latest album ‘Schizophrenic’, Oz set out on a mini-tour of release party dates, which included a pair of gigs in Austin, Texas last weekend. Oz being an early adopter to WTDP? and us never having seen him live, we packed up the car and headed west two hours to see the man in action. A late start at The Saxon Club was no damper on the hour and a half set that saw Oz, bassist Roscoe Beck and drummer Anton Fig rip through several of his new tunes. Oh yeah… and Eric Johnson showed up. Pics and music after the jump!

Jazz/funk vamp master Oz Noy has made a name for himself with his unique song arrangements and even more curious use of effects both live and on his pair of studio albums. The Israeli-born Noy has rooted down in New York City where you can often find him leading his trio through multiple sets at venerable rock club The Bitter End in Greenwich Village.

He also has one of the most impressive pedal boards around… both his main board set-up and his smaller ‘travel’ board, which is larger than most pro boards I’ve seen!