Jazz Articles about Bob DeVos

About Bob DeVos

Album Review

There's nothing muddy about the waters Bob DeVos dips his digits into--his fluid, sure and straight-ahead guitar rings as clear as any superbly played horn. Favoring moving single-note lines, he has fashioned a playing style influenced by horn masters like Sonny Stitt and he obviously admires Coltrane, who has received tributes on a couple of his recordings. He's also taken inspiration from pianists McCoy Tyner, Wynton Kelly and Herbie Hancock, and from guitar kingpin Wes Montgomery. And in his liner ...

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Bob DeVos: Shifting Sands

Read "Shifting Sands" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
November 13, 2006

It is old news that the classic B-3 guitar trio is back. What is news though are the inventive explorations happening in the genre--and Shifting Sands, the latest from guitarist Bob DeVos, is one such delight. DeVos meshes his teeming tone with the chordal subtleties of organist Dan Kostelnik and wide-open feeling of drummer Steve Johns. This program includes a healthy quantity of new material and benefits from the guest horn of post-bopper Eric Alexander. “Lost and ...

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Bob DeVos: DeVos

Read "DeVos" reviewed by J. Robert Bragonier

by J. Robert Bragonier
February 24, 2004

For aficionados of the Hammond B-3 organ trio, the name of Bob DeVos is immediately recognizable. DeVos has been the guitarist of choice for B-3 luminaries such as Richard “Groove” Holmes, Charles “The Mighty Burner” Earland, and Jimmy McGriff for over three decades. In addition, he's worked with saxophonists Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, David “Fathead" Newman, and Houston Person, as well as singers Etta Jones and Irene Reid. Nor is DeVos solely wed to the soul-jazz genre; he is currently ...