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Christian Howes: Out of the Blue

Read "Out of the Blue" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2011

Il violinista Christian Howes è uno degli interpreti emergenti dello strumento tradizionalmente associato alla musica classica di stampo europeo e portato in ambito jazz e blues da grandi interpreti come Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Stephane Grapelli, Don Sugarcane Harris e Jean Luc Ponty. Howes ha avuto una formazione classica ma in questo album dimostra di sapere facilmente liberarsi di tutte le reminiscenze accademiche grazie ad una prorompente vitalità che gli fa affrontare nel modo giusto l'incontro col mondo del jazz ...

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Album Review

Christian Howes: Out of the Blue

Read "Out of the Blue" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
September 27, 2010

The violin is widely considered as the most expressive of instruments, closely approximating the human voice. It depends, however, to a large degree, on whose hands the instrument is in. Christian Howes is that rare breed of musician who makes the violin talk; using the idiom of the blues on Out of the Blue, Howes gives a virtuoso performance, as full of emotion as it is technically dazzling. Joined by guitarist Robben Ford , who lends his jazz-inflected accent to ...