Jazz Articles about Ronny Wiesauer

About Ronny Wiesauer

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Ronny Wiesauer: Figures and Shapes

Read "Figures and Shapes" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
April 3, 2025

Amidst his occasional outings with combinations of other players, Ronny Wiesauer keeps drifting back to a personal niche that is reliably comfortable and comforting. When settled in alone with a guitar, he spins pastoral meditations with the easy-flowing smoothness of a daydream--this is contemplative territory sometimes reminiscent of Ralph Towner or Pat Metheny, though without making those nods terribly obvious. Jazzy modes pop up in spots like the light jaunty “Strolling," but the more frequent tinges come from his classical ...

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Ronny Wiesauer: September

Read "September" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
October 2, 2023

There's a certain mix of emotions that always comes with the end of summer, and if it may not be possible to sublimate it all straight into sound, Ronny Wiesauer does an admirable job at capturing some of the shades. His September is a quietly vibrant sound painting that presents a series of scenes wistful and charming. Those in the southern hemisphere might ignore the title and find it fitting for March instead, although it could also simply be a ...

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Ronny Wiesauer: All Yours

Read "All Yours" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
September 2, 2020

If Ronny Wiesauer sounds lonesome and thoughtful on his latest solo outing, that's not entirely a new thing. He was eloquently inhabiting that mood when he stepped out with his first solo recording Monologues (recordJet, 2019) before the subsequent pandemic had forced anyone into isolation. True enough, his guitar style has had no shortage of grace and taste even when playing in various other group contexts. Even if the solitude isn't all voluntary this time, this followup shows him appreciating ...

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Ronny Wiesauer: Monologues

Read "Monologues" reviewed by Geno Thackara

by Geno Thackara
August 5, 2019

If you are willing to learn, learn from the best. Guitarist Ronny Wiesauer has clearly taken the right lessons from the likes of Egberto Gismonti and Ralph Towner--he is a happily understated player, at home in the worlds of studious classical and informal jazz alike. He has played in different contexts and featured his own pieces among programs of others' songs, but hadn't made an entirely solo and self-penned recording until this one. It feels like the idea has arrived ...

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Ronny Wiesauer: Chants To The Sea - The Corium project

Read "Chants To The Sea - The Corium project" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
January 30, 2018

Austrian classical guitarist/composer Ronny Wiesauer may have named his fourth recording Chants To The Sea, but it seems like this is more songs for the road. The twilight rides, the rides going nowhere but deeper into self, the ride home. Using his studied understanding of the hexachordal system, (no need to go deep into the weeds since it's the music we're discussing, not theory. Let's just say it was devised in medieval times to rethink the tones and ...