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Bela Fleck: Rhapsody In Blue
by Doug Collette
It's a long way from India to Broadway, but Bela Fleck makes the journey in high style for Rhapsody in Blue. It follows the altogether exotic As We Speak (Thirty Tigers, 2023), the combination of which further a case for the banjoist/composer/bandleader as an eclectic musical explorer comparable to Pat Metheny. Beginning in the slow-but-sure, occasionally fitful way this album's concept came together, “Rhapsody in Blue (grass)" features seemingly conventional banjo voicings alternated with George Gershwin's inimitable progressions. ...
Continue ReadingGuitarists Bill Frisell and Bryan Sutton Headline First Improvised Roots Series Concert in Denver
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DENVER, CO—Denver bassist Greg Garrison, in association with trumpet luminary Ron Miles and Dazzle Jazz Club, has created a new concert series called the “Improvised Roots Series," which kicks off on July 16 and 17, 2011 at Dazzle. The series is designed to feature nationally known artists from the folk/bluegrass and jazz worlds performing together with some of Denver's finest open-minded improvisers. The first concerts feature a unique pairing of two Grammy winning guitarists performing alongside Garrison and Miles: Bill ...
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
