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Julian Lage: Arclight
by Mario Calvitti
Il nuovo album del chitarrista Julian Lage, che segue a breve distanza di tempo il precedente World's Fair, ci dà un'ulteriore dimostrazione del suo immenso talento. A soli 28 anni, e con già 20 anni di attività professionale alle spalle, Lage ha accumulato un bagaglio tecnico strumentale di assoluta eccellenza, che ha modo di esibire anche in questo Arclight. Ma mentre il precedente lavoro era stato realizzato in completa solitudine con una chitarra acustica, questa volta il chitarrista sceglie la ...
Continue ReadingThe Julian Lage Trio at Signal Kitchen
by Doug Collette
The Julian Lage Trio Signal Kitchen Burlington, Vermont May 9, 2016 Burlington Vermont's Signal Kitchen offered the Julian Lage trio a more confined, but ostensibly more hip atmosphere than the venue of the guitarist's last visit to Vermont when he played the assembly hall of a church outside the Queen City. But the meeting of minds between a knowledgeable audience and an intelligent band was the same, the end result an exquisite concert experience, albeit ...
Continue ReadingJulian Lage: Arclight
by Doug Collette
Anyone who saw guitarist Julian Lage in concert with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Kenny Wollesen in 2015 will be equally surprised and delighted by Arclight. On his Mack Avenue label debut: Lage proves himself not just a student of his instrument--as if that needed further affirmation given his previous solo work and collaborations with vibraphonist Gary Burton and guitarist Nels Cline--but an exceedingly fast learner in the art of studio recording. No question he benefits from ample ...
Continue ReadingJulian Lage: Arclight
by Troy Collins
Julian Lage's star has been on the rise since the premiere of Julian at Eight--the award winning 1997 documentary short about the precocious guitar prodigy's childhood years. Since then, Lage has become a key collaborator to modern masters like Gary Burton, Jim Hall and Fred Hersch. Lage's widely acclaimed virtuosity is uncontestable, yet he remains a tonal traditionalist--an aspect reinforced on Arclight, the first recording to feature him exclusively playing a solid body electric guitar. Despite the overdriven twang of ...
Continue ReadingUno sguardo alla chitarra nel jazz contemporaneo
by Mario Calvitti
La chitarra è ormai da decenni uno degli strumenti più popolari e diffusi nel jazz; tanti sono stati, e sono tuttora, gli interpreti di questo strumento, protagonisti di un suo progressivo affrancamento dalle iniziali convenzioni per arrivare a renderlo sempre più libero e trasversale, al servizio di una maggiore e completa espressività del musicista che lo adotta. Esaminiamo qui alcuni tra i più interessanti dischi in ambito chitarristico pubblicati negli ultimi mesi. In questo gruppo di lavori, ...
Continue ReadingJulian Lage: World's Fair
by Mark F. Turner
Guitarist Julian Lage's chameleon-like abilities have covered many styles from jazz in ensembles with vibraphonist Gary Burton and drummer Eric Harland to avant-free expressions with guitarist Nels Cline in Room (Mack Avenue, 2014) and folksy bluegrass with Punch Brother's member Chris Eldridge in Avalon (Modern Lore, 2014). A phenomenal technician Lage is more importantly a player with pronounced tonality and delicate touch who exudes a plethora of moods from his instrument as displayed with his first solo release World's Fair. ...
Continue ReadingThe Julian Lage Trio at Richmond Congregational Church
by Doug Collette
The Julian Lage Trio Congregational Church Richmond, Vermont February 15, 2015 Striding from the vestibule to the stage of this tiny house of worship, The Julian Lage Trio were afforded a hearty round of applause, which was just a precursor to further acclamation in the form of whoops and hollers that became increasingly frequent during the course of their single ninety-minute set. But a mutual admiration arose between performers and audience during the ...
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