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Bob DeVos: Playing for Keeps

Read "Playing for Keeps" reviewed by Jack Bowers


There are few lovelier sounds in music than a guitar that is played correctly, and by that I mean with warmth and sensitivity, even though I couldn't single out one guitarist from another even under threat of waterboarding. All that's really necessary, though, is to know who can play, and Bob DeVos raises no doubt about ...

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Playing For Keeps

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: And So It Goes; Naima; Pause For Fred

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Bob DeVos: Playing For Keeps

Read "Playing For Keeps" reviewed by Laurel Gross


There's nothing muddy about the waters Bob DeVos dips his digits into--his fluid, sure and straight-ahead guitar rings as clear as any superbly played horn. Favoring moving single-note lines, he has fashioned a playing style influenced by horn masters like Sonny Stitt and he obviously admires Coltrane, who has received tributes on a couple of his ...

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Playing For Keeps

Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: If I Had You; One Note Samba; Stardust; Freda With The Naturally Curly Hair; A Ride On The River; Carolina Shout; New Orleans Medley - New Orleans, They All Ask

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Andy Fielding: Playing For Keeps

Read "Playing For Keeps" reviewed by Mike Neely


Pianist Andy Fielding is a bit of a romantic with extraordinary technique and deep roots in many of the traditional resources of jazz. He brings to the music an intimate awareness of ragtime, stride, and gospel music in addition to a creative imagination that has even broader horizons. Playing For Keeps is a recent Arbors release, ...

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Playing For Keeps

Label: GRP
Released: 1989


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