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Dom Minasi Trio: Goin' Out Again
by Mark F. Turner
The Dom Minasi Trio continues their music quest on their latest effort Goin' Out Again. One who will not be confined to stereotypical confines; Minasi and his artistic crew produce jazz that's hard to classify. Their previous effort, Takin' the Duke Out paid heartfelt and eccentric homage to the great Duke Ellington, by taking a few of the Duke's popular compositions and turning them completely upside down in terms of structure and execution. A guitarist who weaves musical strings in ...
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by AAJ Staff
Though guitarist Dom Minasi was born on the same day as the great Wes Montgomery, the resemblance stops there. Minasi refuses to abide by bop's conventions of harmony, rhythm, or melody--instead, he breaks music down into its smallest parts and reassembles them in a rough, angular collage of sound. Fragments of melody, repeated trills, and leaping crescendoes define a musical style which owes huge debts to abstract expressionism. On Takin' the Duke Out, Minasi tackles a six-pack ...
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by Mark F. Turner
What's the best way to artistically interpret the musical creations of former jazz masters? Many current day artists have given musical tributes which have resulted in merely carbon remakes that reside safely in the boundaries of the original intents. Purists would claim that sacred music canons should not be tampered with frivolously; while experimentalists proclaim the timeless mantra of jazz: self expression though improvisation. Guitarist Dom Minisai's latest release, Taking the Duke Out, displays the very essence of ...
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by C. Michael Bailey
A postmodern treatment of Ellington.If the central premise of postmodern deconstructionism can be defined that all literary (and other) criticism is entirely subjective- that all texts are relative to one's personal interpretation and experience, then Takin' the Duke Out is a postmodern monument. In this case, renowned free jazz guitarist Dom Minasi takes the music of Duke Ellington shines it through his [Minasi's] terministic screen, producing some very interesting and exciting guitar-trio recital pieces.Minasi is certainly ...
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by C. Michael Bailey
A Postmodern treatment of Ellington. If the central premise Postmodern Deconstructionism can be defined that all literary (and other) criticism is entirely subjective-- that all texts are relative to one's personal interpretation and experience, then Takin' the Duke Out is a Postmodern monument. In this case, renowned free jazz guitarist Dom Minasi takes the music of Duke Ellington shines it through his [Minasi's] terministic screen, producing some very interesting and exciting guitar-trio recital pieces.Minasi ...
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