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Tomoko Omura: Branches Vol. 1
by Nicholas F. Mondello
With Branches Vol. 1, award-winning violinist Tomoro Omura dives deep into exploring textures and melodic invention drawn from Japanese folklore. This effort is a contemporized display which validates Omura's vast instrumental abilities and also channels Japanese folklore as a launch-point for her superior composition skills. The recording is seductive, deeply emotional and meditative, and, simultaneously, elegantly ...
Mads Tolling Quartet: Celebrating Jean-Luc Ponty
by Glenn Astarita
Mads Tolling spent nine prominent years with the Turtle Island Quartet; here, with his quartet, the Grammy Award-winning violinist hails Jean Luc-Ponty at Yoshi's jazz venue in Oakland, CA. Tolling contributes two original compositions to complement six Ponty-penned works, amid other pieces culled from the legendary French violinist's expansive discography. It's a bit ...
Steve Smith and Vital Information: Live! One Great Night
by Jeff Winbush
Steve Smith and Vital InformationLive! One Great NightBFM2012Even now, the two questions probably most asked of Steve Smith go something like, Hey, are you the Steve Smith who played drums in Journey?" and What's Steve Perry like?"This is clearly unfair to Smith, who spent ten years ...
Violinist Stefano Zeni Releases "Passaggi Circolari"
Passaggi Circolar (YVP MUSIC)the new album by the violinist and composer Stefano Zeniis available in music shops, iTunes and other digital stores. The CD features Guido Bombardieri on saxophone, Antonio Prencipe on piano, Davide Dejana on bass, Joe Damiani on drums & percussions and Maurizio Giannone on percussions, together with special guests such as Ellade Bandini ...