While most violinists were fashioned in the traditional classical structure, Noel was intoxicated by the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and the sultry electricity of rock n’ roll music.

“Each violin I played, I knew there was personal expression of soul, sex, and outrageous rock in that instrument. With no previous violinist to follow, I knew there was fresh musical discovery there, to let my insides sing out,” said Webb.

This same desire to dance within the sphere of the creative muse, also led Webb into other forms of artistic expression. Fans of the daytime television will recall he served as a principle actor for the soap opera General Hospital.

Other television/movie appearances include a recurring character in Mad About You, a co-starring role on FBI-Untold Stories and starring roles in movies of the week like The Alamo, Young Riders, The Menendez Brothers and Reluctant Agent. As a Hollywood actor, he’d rack up an extensive list of commercials and narrative spots for companies like McDonalds, Honda, Emery, NBC Promo, CBS Promo, 50 A&E biographies, TNN biographies and also movie trailers.

As a writer, Webb composed film scores for dozens of movies, television shows, commercials and trailers including History of Violence, Butterfly Effect, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Seabiscuit, Ray, Storm in the Afternoon, The Crow, Sprint commercial, Chevy Geo commercial, Great American Foods commercial, etc.

In 2006, the violin once again took center stage and demanded a place to call home with the CD release of the Soul of Noel Webb. This release would garner national airplay and critical acclaim, making Webb the innovator of contemporary pop electric violin.


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Thoughts About Noel Webb :- by Wes Gillespie - Editor JazzNet247.com

" Noel Webb brings a fresh dynamic to the world of Smooth Jazz in the 21st century with his electric violin rather like his Polish predecessor Michal Urbaniak did in the 1970's when the jazz fusion movement really began to be prevalent with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock combining the two most popular American music types, contemporary jazz and rock, to create a modern day synergy which caught the imagination of the public and the musicians from both genres.

Noel's electric violin transcends the Smooth Jazz world with a new dimension to a melody instrument that, not only freshens up the rather monolithic and predictable sound we have become accustomed to, but immediately raises the attention level of the listener to try and fathom this eclectic instrument which is more at home as part of the string section in a symphony orchestra.

Like Vanessa Mae and Bond have done for the violin and classical music in recent years Noel Webb is carving a niche in a jazz sub genre which artists like Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Smokey Robinson and Shania Twain did for jazz, rock, soul and country music respectively in the past.

His music is very 21st century with a harder, urban edge than many Smooth Jazz records which become repetitive and hard to differentiate from artist to artist. Noel's music is instantly identifiable and quite unique and like the pioneer violinist Urbaniak, will be a breath of fresh air to, not only the Smooth Jazz record buying public, but by its very inference it may appeal to the cross over classical and hip hop markets as well ".

More about Give It All

Although the album has only been out for a little over a month, the reviews from radio and music critics have been positive. 

Wes Gillespie of JazzNet247.com proclaimed, "“His music is very 21st century with a harder, urban edge than many Smooth Jazz records which become repetitive and hard to differentiate from artist to artist. Noel's music is instantly identifiable and quite unique...will be a breath of fresh air to, not only the Smooth Jazz record buying public, but by its very inference it may appeal to the cross over classical and hip hop markets as well." 

Industry insider Hans Bernd-Hulsman (AKA "HBH" to readers at Smooth-Jazz.de) said, "For friends of the electric violin a banquet of fine music.  For newcomers a pleasant surprise and discovery."