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The Bob Sneider and Joe Locke Film Noir Project: Fallen Angel
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
This music is as subtle and nuanced as the shadows in an old black-and-white movie. Like the film noir that inspired it, Fallen Angel is romantic and jaded, beautiful and cynical, and full of longing and disappointment, all at the same time. The material is excellent: vibraphonist Joe Locke's “Fallen Angel" and pianist Paul Hofmann's “Last Kiss" blend seamlessly into the mood, while the arrangements ensure that the dark, velvety spell continues, regardless of tempo. There isn't a jarring note ...
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by John Kelman
Upstate New York might seem an unlikely place for a jazz scene to develop, but Rochester's renowned Eastman School of Music has provided fertile common ground for a wealth of players to come together over the years. Guitarist Bob Sneider and pianist Paul Hofmann, for example, recorded Interconnection (Sons of Sound, 2004) and a recently released followup, Escapade (Sons of Sound, 2006), mining similar territory as Bill Evans and Jim Hall's classic Undercurrent (Blue Note, 1963), albeit with an understandably ...
Continue ReadingBob Sneider & Paul Hoffmann: Interconnection
by AAJ Staff
Any literate review of Interconnection will mention the classic duo recordings Bill Evans and Jim Hall made in the mid-'60s, and for good reason: guitarist Bob Sneider and pianist Paul Hoffmann approach improvisation in much the same way. Their world is one of dynamic interaction, spare phrasing, polite poise, clean tone, and a certain intangible cerebral element which comes across by implication. Hoffmann's four-part suite which launches the record sounds so uncannily like the earlier recordings that it's almost scary.
Continue ReadingBob Sneider & Paul Hofmann: Interconnection
by John Kelman
Guitar/piano duets are a rarity, if only because there is often an inherent difficulty in finding a way to work together without stepping on each others’ toes. Notable exceptions, of course, include records with Bill Evans and Jim Hall; Pat Martino and Gil Goldstein; and, in more recent years, Bill Frisell and Fred Hersch. Now add to that list Interconnection , which teams up guitarist Bob Sneider and pianist Paul Hofmann in a programme that proves that good ears and ...
Continue ReadingBob Sneider: Out of the Darkness
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
Guitarist Bob Sneider, based in Rochester, New York, won two Downbeat awards for “Best Performance" before he was out of college, then went on to perform with Houston Person, Freddie Cole, Nnenna Freelon, and Jon Faddis; he also toured with Chuck Mangione for four years. Now teaching jazz guitar at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, Sneider is a classy player with a honeyed tone and smooth, melodic lines. Out of the Darkness is a good title for a CD ...
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