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Greg Diamond: Musings & Origins
by Edward Blanco
Jazz guitarist Greg Diamond unveils his fourth album as leader, and his first solo recording, featuring thirteen original compositions specifically designed for the acoustic guitar. Musings & Origins captures an accomplished composer on a solo adventure performing original music created from 2002 to 2016. Preferring the acoustic guitar to other string instruments, Diamond's finger play and technique—well demonstrated here—provide ample testament to his skills as a musician and his mastery of his chosen instrument. Documenting his musical journey ...
read moreChembo Corniel: Afro-Blue Monk
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by Steve Bryant
Nuyrican conguero Wilson “Chembo" Corniel is a member of the Afro-Latin New Wave, and has been making quite a name for himself as an accomplished composer and bandleader. Raised in Brooklyn, Corniel developed and honed his prodigious skills in the musically rich environs of the New York Latin scene. He performed with giants of Latin music including Tito Puente and Machito, as well as the stars of the Fania Records label. Not wanting to limit himself to the Latin dance ...
read moreGreg Diamond: Dancando Com Ale
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The intended program that an artist brings to a recording date is usually a good measure of his or her maturity and confidence. For instance, to begin a record with a song that is complex, harmonically and rhythmically bodes well for what is to follow. Guitarist Greg Diamond thought it fitting to begin Dancando Com Ale with his foxy, polyrhythmic “Paradigma." By the time the saxophones leap out of the flames of the ensemble, a forest fire is burning. Now ...
read moreGreg Diamond: Dancando Com Ale
by Edward Blanco
Guitarist and sideman Greg Diamond is a rising star in the New York jazz scene, and through the release of Dancando Com Aleon Chasm Records--his debut as leader--Diamond stakes his claim for a small piece of the jazz world with a gem of a recording. Providing stirring interpretations of Latin and contemporary jazz sounds, Diamond puts a shine on the album with exciting new compositions and stellar reads of some uncommon standards. Included in the repertoire are Brazilian ...
read moreGreg Diamond: Dancando Com Ale
by Woodrow Wilkins
When Latin jazz is on the menu, the electric guitar is not the first thing that comes to mind. That's where Greg Diamond steps in. Backed by a small, but versatile ensemble, he explores the genre on Dancando Com Ale.Diamond is a bandleader and sideman on the New York jazz scene, with a master's degree in jazz performance from the Aaron Copeland School of Music at Queens College in Flushing, N.Y. In 2008, he competed with six other ...
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