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Greg Howard Band: Lift
by Scott Andrews
Chapman Stick player Greg Howard has recorded solo albums and gigged his often Spanish influenced electric jazz in Charlottesville, Virginia for over fifteen years. The Chapman Stick, a 10 or 12 stringed electric instrument invented by Emmett Chapman in the 1970s, contains low and high pitched strings for playing bass lines and melodies simultaneously. The strings are tapped with a fingertip, not plucked like a guitar or electric bass, giving the sound a bouncy quality unique among stringed instruments.
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Continue ReadingGreg Howard: Water on the Moon
by John W. Patterson
I own a few of Howard’s Stick recordings and have sampled others but this release is a significant and wonderfully successful departure from his norm. Those of you familiar with guitarist Michael Brook and his Live at The Aquarium release will understand the principle of sample-hold-repeat mixed with live improv. Howard jams for a solid 59+ minutes and never loses steam nor bores my improv-critical ears. This is got to be some the most fascinating and tour de force Stick ...
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