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Julian Lage Trio Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
September 17, 2018

At a very young age Julian Lage had already gained recognition from well-known guitarists and jazz musicians (including Santana and Gary Burton) and became a protégé of Jim Hall, one of the most influential masters of the jazz guitar. These days Julian Lage himself is considered a leading guitarist. He plays with Chris Thile on his radio show “Live from Here," the follow-up to the legendary “Praire Home Companion," and he regularly works with an influential artist like John Zorn. ...

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Julian Lage Trio a Empoli Jazz

by Neri Pollastri
August 9, 2018

Julian Lage Trio Empoli Jazz Giardino del Torrione Empoli 31.7.2018 Enfant prodige della chitarra, poco più che trentenne eppure già affermatissimo per le collaborazioni con Gary Burton, Nels Cline e John Zorn, Julian Lage ha concluso la rassegna 2018 di Empoli Jazz con il suo trio di musicisti altrettanto giovani, dinamici ed eclettici, Jorge Roeder al contrabbasso ed Eric Doob alla batteria. Lage divenne famoso già da ragazzino, ma ha poi ricevuto ...

Album Review

Julian Lage: Modern Lore

Read "Modern Lore" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
February 11, 2018

Modern Lore constitutes a measure of guitarist Julian Lage's grasp of the pragmatic values of a working musician. Adhering to the same three-piece unit with which he recorded his prior solo album, Arclight (Mack Avenue, 2016), he applies continuity to a career that has in recent years included solo work and duo shows with Nels Cline as well as his high-profile membership in the Gary Burton's New Quartet The uniformity within this record is comparable to the last ...

Album Review

Julian Lage: Modern Lore

Read "Modern Lore" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
January 27, 2018

As a young guitar prodigy, Julian Lage often went to gigs at the Bay Area jazz club Yoshi's. There he would sit up front, put his head on stage and watch admiringly. Backing his early heroes at Yoshi's were two musicians who now form a trio with Lage. Double bassist Scott Colley and drummer Kenny Wollesen performed on Lage's 2016 album Arclight (Mack Avenue Records) to wide acclaim. The threesome reunites here for Modern Lore, with Lage's friend and collaborator ...

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The Julian Lage Trio at SFJAZZ

by David Becker
September 13, 2016

The Julian Lage Trio SFJAZZ Center San Francisco Sept. 11, 2016 Guitar virtuosity was the theme for the opening week of San Francisco presenter SFJAZZ's 2016 season. In the intimate Joe Henderson Lab at the SFJAZZ Center, that meant four nights of modern guitar wunderkind Julian Lage working through a string of alternately reflective and bracingly visceral tunes from his new album, the impressive Arclight (Mack Avenue, 2016). In the much larger main ...

Album Review

Julian Lage: Arclight

Read "Arclight" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
May 25, 2016

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 ...

Live Review

The Julian Lage Trio at Signal Kitchen

by Doug Collette
May 16, 2016

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 ...