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Jim Kimo West: More Guitar Stories

by Mark Sullivan
September 10, 2020

Guitarist Jim Kimo West (aka Jim West) is probably best known as the guitarist in musical satirist “Weird Al" Yankovic's band. Anyone familiar with Yankovic's music knows that is an eclectic gig, but West is even more eclectic on his own. He jokingly describes this album--a sequel to Guitar Stories: Slack Key & Beyond (Westernmost Records, ...

Jim "Kimo" West: Guitar Stories: Slack Key & Beyond

by Mark Sullivan
April 2, 2016

Guitar Stories presents a lovely, diverse collection of music centered around Kimo West's composing and excellent guitar playing. West is a proponent of the Hawaiian slack key guitar style, a fingerstyle playing technique using various open tunings. He credits the name of the tuning used on each track, as well as including a list spelling out ...

New Street

By Ben Powell

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Released: 2012
Track listing: 01. Judith (Ben Powell) - 7:56; 02. New Street (Ben Powell) - 6:45; 03. Monk 4 Strings (Ben Powell) - 5:48; 04. Gary (Grappelli) - 6:03; 05. What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) - 4:24; 06. Sea Shell (Carl Engel) - 3:25; 07. La Vie En Rose (Mack - Piaf - Guglielmi) 5:10; 08. Swingin' for Stéphane (Ben Powell) - 5:02; 09. La Chanson Des Rues (Goehr - Vaucaire) - 5:57; 10. Piccadilly Stomp (Grappelli) - 5:04.

Ben Powell: New Street

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 25, 2012

A differenza di quanto faccia supporre il titolo, la strada che percorre il giovane violinista inglese non è proprio nuova ma sarebbe facile, e certamente ingiusto, etichettare il suo lavoro (il secondo da leader, dopo Light) come un'operazione di nostalgia. Nato in una famiglia di musicisti classici, Powell è stato indirizzato fin da piccolissimo allo studio ...

The Jazz Session #140: Ben Powell

February 4, 2010

Violinist Ben Powell made his festival debut this summer at the 2009 Tanglewood Jazz Festival, where this interview was recorded. Powell was raised in Cheltenham, England, the son of a cellist and a violin teacher. He released the album Light in 2008. In this interview, Powell talks about his musical upbringing; how a chance meeting with ...