Jazz Articles

Joe Negri: Dream Dancing

by Jack Huntley
August 5, 2010

Veteran guitarist Joe Negri has nothing to prove to anyone. He's been a professional musician since the late '40s, played with a wide variety of musicians in countless musical settings, taught crops of aspiring musicians through his university positions, worked as a musical director and on-air performer for television, and weathered the ups and downs of the jazz world with his melodic, sophisticated musical style. On Dream Dancing, Negri displays his seemingly effortless chops over a set of aptly chosen ...

Steve Abshire & Vince Lewis: Live at the Mainstay

by Mike Neely
May 19, 2006

Listeners who are already familiar with guitarists Steve Abshire and Vince Lewis' first release, Two In The Pocket, will be pleased to know that Live at the Mainstay is an even stronger recording, with the addition of the fine rhythm section of bassist Joe Byrd and drummer Chuck Redd. This is a subtle quartet which often plays with an intuitive flair for interaction.

Abshire and Lewis are even more attuned to each other than on their notable first ...

Steve Abshire & Vince Lewis: Two In The Pocket

by Mike Neely
August 20, 2004

If you're a fan of mainstream jazz guitar, here's a gem of a small label recording that will be a continual delight. I'm talking about Two In The Pocket, a Steve Abshire and Vince Lewis collaboration from two now obscure jazz guitarists who will both be better known in the near future. This is a small label recording that has succeeded in doing it right, from the performance to the sound quality to the packaging. The headliners, Abshire and Lewis, ...