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Instrument: Bass, acoustic
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by Budd Kopman
Valencia is a trip through the eclectic mind of Cory Combs, a terrific bassist and a mean cellist. Combs and the other members of his trio, drummer John Hollenbeck (of the Claudia Quintet) and saxophonist Dan Willis, are all graduates of the Eastman School and have been playing together since then. Combs says that he wrote the pieces on Valencia with Hollenbeck and Willis in mind, and the sensitivity and cohesiveness of the group is impressive. The ...
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by Phil DiPietro
Cory Combs featuring John Hollenbeck and Dan Willis Valencia Evander Music 2006
One of 2006's finest slices of modern jazz has been turned in by a high school music teacher! Cory Combs teaches in San Francisco's Mission District, at a school on Valencia Street, where he says we can see every facet of life represented. He's a virtuoso practitioner of seven-stringed electric bass, on which he displays a deft touch and colossal ...
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