Jazz Articles about Dom Minasi Trio

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Dom Minasi Trio: Goin' Out Again

Read "Goin' Out Again" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
August 10, 2002

Dom Minasi carries the aura of a rock star. (In metaphor only; no rock here.) For a guitarist steeped in the tradition as well as the avant-garde, this feature makes him special. It manifests itself in two main ways on Goin' Out Again: first, Minasi presents a decidedly iconoclastic vision. On last year's excellent Takin' The Duke Out, he expressed a fresh outlook on the tried-and-true jazz canon. And Minasi and his trio go after recognizably melodic tunes here with ...

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Dom Minasi Trio: Finishing Touches

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2000

In a discographical sense Dom Minasi has had a tough go of it. So much so that in the space of a single week and a pair of sessions at CIMP's Spirit Room he was able to double the size of his recording resumé. His first efforts believe it or not were for the Blue Note label back in the mid-70s and by every indication seem to have been fairly trivial affairs. On this date as a leader and on ...