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New music from John Pena, Trio Grande, Janek Gwizdala and The Devine King project
by Len Davis
New music from bassist John Pena, The Fusion Syndicate and from Germany The Fire Orange Project. Trio Grande with Gilad Hekselman, British bassist Janek Gwizdala and The Devine King Project also from the UK. Back to the early to mid-2000s with guitarist Claud Pauly, Polish Pianist Krzysztof Herdzin and guitarist Jim Weiders Project Percolator. Playlist John Pena Mr Botomy" from Life,Legacy & Music Pt 1 (Self Produced) 00:00 The Fusion Syndicate Meteor Shower" from Beautiful Horizon (Cleopatra) 06:17 The Fire ...
read moreSteve Smith and Vital Information: Time Flies
by Scott Gudell
As with so many prolific drummers, this guy is lean, energized, crisp and knows when to add the snap. Drummer/percussionist Steve Smith's early professional musical explorations were often in the world of jazz as he teamed up with fusion violinist Jean Luc Ponty and the progressive jazz/rock Dutch band Focus for about a year in the late 1970s. He took a call in 1978 from a soon-to-be arena rock band out of San Francisco that went by the name of ...
read moreJanek Gwizdala: Cooking Up A Little Bass Magic
by Ian Patterson
Virtuosity is not something innate but is rather the result of years of dedication to one's instrument. English-born, Los Angeles-based electric bassist/composer Janek Gwizdala certainly qualifies as a virtuoso but he's the first to acknowledge that the learning--and the practice--never ends. Gwizdala knows that great technical ability, however, doesn't automatically equate with great music, and his seven recordings as a leader to date are testament to his drive to put the tune before ego-driven displays of dazzling chops.
read moreJanek Gwizdala: Theatre By The Sea
by Ian Patterson
Inside a decade, English musician Janek Gwizdala has positioned himself as one of the top electric bassists in New York, boasting a technique and a melodic ear that places him alongside bassists Gary Willis and Matthew Garrison. His acclaimed debut, Mystery to Me (Self Produced, 2005) featured rising stars such as saxophonist Mark Turner, guitarist Tim Miller, singer Gretchen Parlato, drummer Jojo Mayer, harmonica player Gregoire Maret and trombonist/bass trumpeter Elliot Mason. Here was an exciting young talent who chose ...
read moreJanek Gwizdala: Live at the 55 Bar 2007
by Phil DiPietro
Janek Gwizdala is a highly skilled multi-instrumentalist (he's toured as a rock drummer and guitarist) from London that now makes his home in New York City. There, his proving ground as a world-class electric jazz bassist has been the diminutive but daunting stage of the 55 Bar, where jazz cognoscenti and off-duty virtuosi alike come and check out those brave enough to pick up its gauntlet.
So to follow up his superlative 2005 debut, Mystery to ...
read moreMystery to Me-Live in New York
by Phil DiPietro
Janek Gwizdala roars out of 2005's gate with a debut CD that not only handily establishes him, at 26, as 2005's best new talent on electric bass but more importantly, should garner him serious consideration for the debut jazz recording of the year. Self-released, self-financed, self-produced and self-penned, there's not an element of this project that's not utterly professional from the playing to the packaging. While Gwizdala is just getting some notoriety as an electric bassist who can ...
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