Jazz Articles about Walter Beltrami

Walter Beltrami Trio: WB3

by Eric J. Iannelli
October 1, 2005

Scan the reverse side of this CD and you're likely to think that there's been some kind of printing error. Tracks by Wayne Shorter (two), Sam Rivers, Joe Henderson (two again), John Coltrane--saxophonists all. And yet Walter Beltrami is listed as a guitarist. Surely this has to be a mistake? The question is still there once the disc is spinning and it's become quite evident that, yes, Beltrami is indeed a guitarist. There is no particularly “saxophonish" ...