Jazz Articles about Vince Seneri

Vince Seneri: The Prince´s Groove

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 8, 2008

Un tempo il suono dell'Hammond B3 arrivava perfino nelle classifiche di vendita e Jimmy Smith era uno dei capisaldi della Blue Note. Oggi siamo lontani da quei livelli di vendita e di popolaritá ed uno come Vince “The Prince" preferisce incidere da solo autoproducendosi. Tutti gli arrangiamenti sono suoi insieme ad una parte delle composizioni, tutte di buon livello e dal ritmo molto coinvolgente. Seneri ha saputo scegliere i musicisti giusti untilizzandoli nei brani piú adatti (ad esempio Randy Brecker ...

Vince Seneri: The Prince's Groove

by Edward Blanco
February 23, 2008

A masterful keyboardist who has been performing for over twenty years, Vince “The Prince" Seneri releases a scorcher of an album with The Prince's Groove, definitely one of the best jazz organ recordings around. Seneri, who was given the nickname by his peers, plays the Hammond B3 organ with a unique sound and style, making him one of the top B3 players of his generation. Influenced by many other great organists, it was Jimmy Smith who left the biggest mark ...

Vince Seneri: Street Talk

by Robert R. Calder
December 21, 2005

This one's on the lightweight side, and devalued by an excess of percussion, probably mostly from poor balance during engineering.

“Steamrollin" is described as “dedicated and written for Jimmy Smith by Vince Seneri," but where Smith swung like “. . ." (quoting the three dots from somebody else's album title of long ago), the bad balance of boom chicka, boom-chick, etc., doesn't contribute drive but loads on needless emphases, like an excess of punctuation. It's not a natural balance, the ...