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Album Review

Ross Hammond: Follow Your Heart

Read "Follow Your Heart" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Have you doubted the existence of God? Wondered if there is a place called heaven? You may react to those questions with an emphatic “no," or, if your answer is you have “no doubts," you posses a substance called faith, an article beyond reason and knowledge. Listening to Follow You Heart by guitarist Ross Hammond bolsters the argument for this thing called faith. Hammond's solo acoustic set, recorded in a Sacramento church, opens with “Sinner Man," and a ...

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Album Review

Ross Hammond, Sameer Gupta: Upward

Read "Upward" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

Dopo aver pubblicato lo scorso anno il bellissimo Flight, album di sola chitarra acustica dove rivisitava la tradizione blues e gospel nello stile American Primitive, il chitarrista Ross Hammond si prende un'altra vacanza dall'ambiente jazzistico dove è più conosciuto con un nuovo lavoro completamente acustico. Questa volta si fa accompagnare dal percussionista di origini indiane Sameer Gupta, con cui collabora da vent'anni anche se questa è la prima incisione realizzata insieme. Se per il lavoro precedente il ...

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Album Review

Ross Hammond: Flight

Read "Flight" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

Ross Hammond è un chitarrista jazz americano molto attivo da una dozzina di anni sulla scena della musica improvvisata in California, dove risiede. Per il suo ultimo CD realizzato in completa solitudine ha voluto effettuare una sorta di ritorno alle radici, andando ad esplorare quel territorio conosciuto come American Primitive Guitar, un misto di folk, blues, gospel e spiritual che sta alla base della musica afroamericana. Armato solamente di chitarra acustica 6 o 12 corde e di una chitarra resofonica, ...

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Album Review

Ross Hammond: Humanity Suite

Read "Humanity Suite" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo

La chitarra elettrica di Ross Hammond costituisce l'elemento catalizzatore di questa “Humanity Suite," attraverso un una stratificazione sonora irregolare e dissonante. Privati di un fermo baricentro stilistico, i temi della suite sono costruiti su cellule ampie ed irregolari. Nonostante l'ampio spazio disegnato per la chitarra acida di Hammond, prevale un tessuto timbrico grave dove hanno ampio spazio trombone e clarinetto basso. Registrato dal vivo, il disco mette in luce un gruppo costituito da musicisti eccelsi, tutti virtuosi ...

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Album Review

Ross Hammond: Humanity Suite

Read "Humanity Suite" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Guitarist Ross Hammond is building upon his conspicuous artistic persona as a new wave jazz and improvisational guitarist, composer who aligns with fellow West Coast denizens, including seminal Southern California based woodwind ace Vinny Golia and others. With a dozen albums under his belt, the guitarist has exponentially pushed the envelope, largely with great success. He also possesses an idiosyncratic style, where unanticipated curveballs, off-center phrasings and variable use of distortion techniques have become a primary component of his rangy ...

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Album Review

Ross Hammond: Cathedrals

Read "Cathedrals" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

Ross Hammond è un giovane chitarrista che opera nella West Coast americana e si muove in diversi contesti che vanno dai dischi in solo a progetti con formazioni più allargate. In questo ottimo Cathedrals lo troviamo in quartetto con il fior fiore del jazz californiano: Vinny Golia ai sax e al flauto, Steuart Liebig al basso ed Alex Cline alla batteria. Una formazione con la quale aveva già registrato l'album Adored, uscito l'anno scorso sempre per Prescott Recordings.Cathedrals ...

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Interview

Ross Hammond: Holding onto the Wave

Read "Ross Hammond: Holding onto the Wave" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Sacramento-based guitarist Ross Hammond has been steadily gaining attention, courtesy of a tireless performing schedule reinforced and documented by a series of diverse albums issued on his own Prescott Recordings imprint. Hammond's releases have featured a variety of instrumental lineups, ranging from lyrical solo recitals to frenetic collective improvisations. His most recent endeavor is Cathedrals (Prescott Recordings, 2013), the sophomore follow-up to Adored (Prescott Recordings), the 2012 debut of his all- star quartet, which found the young guitarist leading an ...

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