[Photo credit to D. Randall Blythe]
Brooklyn-based Jazz-Rock group the Alex Skolnick Trio (AST) will return this Fall with Prove You’re Not a Robot, the group’s sixth LP, arriving November 7, 2025. The album’s first single, their own take on Tom Petty’s “Breakdown,” is out now.
The title of the new album is a “nod to our tech-saturated era and a deeper meditation on humanity, direct interaction, and the irreplaceable spark of live musicianship in an age of artificial intelligence.”
Recorded with a range of vintage and custom instruments, from a Roger Sadowsky archtop to a 1935 Gibson L-00 acoustic, the album spans tracks like “Guiding Ethos” to the Chick Corea/Steve Howe mashup “Armando’s Mood.”
Alongside Skolnick’s guitar work, bassist Nathan Peck and drummer Matt Zebroski bring “odd-time signatures and genre twists” typical of AST.
Skolnick says:
I feel this album represents my strongest work as a composer. Nathan and Matt really brought their A-game throughout. I think it’s safe to say this is the record we’re all most proud of.
Since forming in the early 2000s, AST has reimagined the jazz guitar trio, melding influences like Wes Montgomery, Black Sabbath, Prince, Tango, Calypso, and Western swing. Known for their covers of Rock and Metal classics, they have toured internationally.
AST on Tour
September 30 – New York, NY, The Cutting Room (Album launch party)
November 15 – Montreal, QB, Piranha Bar
November 16 – Ottawa, ON, Brass Monkey
November 17 – Pittsburgh, PA. City Winery
November 19 – Detroit, MI, Token Lounge
November 20 – Chicago, IL. Reggie’s
November 21 – Cleveland, OH, Irishtown Bend Tap Room
November 22 – Buffalo, NY, Nietzsche’s
November 23 – Anniville, PA, The Allen Theatre
2026
January 8 – The Woodlands, TX, Dosey Doe
January 9 – McKinney, TX, Guitar Sanctuary
January 11 – San Antonio, TX, Fitzgerald’s
January 13 – Los Angeles, CA, Baked Potato
January 14 – Sacramento, CA, Harlow’s
January 15 – Seattle, WA, Funhouse
January 16 – Portland, OR, Jack London Revue
January 17 – Redding, CA, The Dip
January 18 – Mill Valley, CA, Sweetwater Music Hall
