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The Jon Hemmesam/Dom Minasi Quartet: The Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet
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Minasi and his counterpart often engage in buzzing dialogs amid fast and furious exchanges. Everything is fair game, but the musicians provide a structural component throughout. Minasi's somewhat patented, stinging single note flurries act as a near flawless foil for Hemmersam's blitzing chord progressions and swift breakouts. On "Conclusions, the musicians indulge in playful four-way exchanges atop a staggered pulse and subliminal mini-motif. But they mix fire and ice by calming the waters with the gentle jazz waltz groove heard on the delightful "Inside Out.
The energized guitar duo tempers the flow during a few sweet-toned electro-acoustic ballads, yet they hunker down on free-form and highly expressionistic pieces such as "Birth. Overall, the guitarists lay it all out atop the fluid and powerful flows set down by the rhythm section. It's one of the finest dual-guitar convergences in quite some time, and not to be overlooked.
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Track Listing
Sprint; Conclusions; Inside Out; Woman; Nathalia's Waltz; Birth; September; Sound-check; Gentle; Latino Mio.
Personnel
Dom Minasi
guitarJon Hemmersam: electric and Spanish guitar; Dom Minasi: electric and acoustic 12-string guitar; Ken Filiano: double-bass; Kresten Osgood: drums.
Album information
Title: The Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet | Year Released: 2007 | Record Label: Self Produced
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