Jazz Articles about Gil Parris

About Gil Parris

Album Review

Once upon a time, movie trailers would sometimes promote their latest big-screen spectacle by ending with the phrase ..."and a cast of thousands!" Although Syracuse, NY-based drummer Dave Hanlon does not quite match that figure on Studio Sessions, he does use 24 musicians on its nine tracks, none of which encompasses a group that is larger than an octet (including vocalists). So what does all that talent add up to? Perhaps somewhat less than one might have hoped. ...

New York @ Night

Jessie Lambiase Featuring Gil Parris

by Peter Jurew
April 19, 2017

Jessie Lambiase Featuring Gil Parris IridiumNew York, NYMarch 10, 2017 Lovers of fine guitar playing are aware of the monstrous chops of Gil Parris, the jazz, blues and rock master who has been called “one of guitardom's unsung heroes." How can it be that a virtuoso who's been nominated for a Grammy and recorded and toured both as a solo artist and sideman with the likes of Dr. John, Diane Schuur, and Bobby Caldwell, to ...