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Glen Helgeson: Distant Borders Revisited
by Dan McClenaghan
Minneapolis-based guitarist Glen Helgeson is a musical world traveler. His Axis Mundi group delves into Middle Eastern, Afro-Cuban and Haitian sounds, and his Gypsy Mania Quartet gets deep in the music of Django Reinhardt. With Distant Borders Revisited he brings members of both groups, and more, into the studio for an even wider-ranging journey.A list of percussion instruments heard on the disc will give you an idea of the sound: doumbek, timbales, congas, udu drums, djembe, berimbau, riq. ...
read more"Sophisticated melodies and rhythms." --Edward Blanco
"A first class world/fusion guitarist" --Chris Spector, Midwest Record Recap
"Radio-friendly mainstream jazz to easy-listening, worldbeat-infused exotica" --Tom Surowicz, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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