Jazz Articles about Philip Catherine

Philip Catherine: Blue Prince

by AAJ Staff
March 1, 2001

Following up on his more aggressive Guitar Groove release, Philip Catherine presents a more varied, but no less lively, approach on his newest Dreyfus CD, Blue Prince. Working with a like-minded musician, trumpeter Bert Joris--who in some respects is his foil--Catherine and he share an instinctive ability to cut to the heart of a tune and personalize it. Working in tandem or solo as the relatively short tracks proceed from statement to elaboration, Catherine's quartet effectively makes its musical point ...

Philip Catherine: Blue Prince

by Glenn Astarita
March 1, 2001

Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine has performed with the creme de la creme of modern jazz and fusion. Noticeably inspired by the late great Django Rheinhardt, Catherine has emerged as a true stylist who melds lush romanticism with bold, simmering lines, witnessed here on Blue Prince.

The guitarist utilizes his warm-toned hollow bodied electric guitar to great effect via shrewd employment of volume control techniques, jazzy chord progressions and scathing leads, evidenced on the often blistering yet predominately cool and sleek ...

Philip Catherine: Guitar Groove

by Ed Kopp
March 1, 1999

If you like melodic guitar-based jazz, Guitar Groove is not to be missed.This CD is divided into two parts, one a section of seven relatively up-tempo numbers collected under the heading “Groove," the other a concise six-song segment entitled “Quiet Moments." It's a masterful effort that finds Catherine on both electric and acoustic guitars, the former on the faster cuts, the latter on some of the ballads.A picker of Belgian and English descent, Catherine claims Django ...