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The Ganz Brothers: First Steps

Read "First Steps" reviewed by Bill Donaldson

by Bill Donaldson
August 1, 2001

Growing up in Greenboro, North Carolina, the Ganz brothers recorded “First Steps" in 1999, a year after guitarist Keith Ganz joined Steve in New York for a career in music. Now, in 2001, the CD finally is released on Steve's self-produced label, Extravaganza Records. The results are aurally illuminating.In their early thirties, the Ganz brothers share the compositional responsibilities for the CD, approaching each tune with a definite concept but without predetermined technique. Rather, the music flows organically ...