Tim Cummiskey

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Tim Cummiskey and Jack Wilkins: Kindred

Read "Kindred" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
May 12, 2006

Tim Cummiskey is a Central Ohio guitarist and educator at Ohio State University. On Kindred he appears with veteran guitarist Jack Wilkins, whose thirteen albums since 1973 have appeared on the Chiaroscuro, CTI and MusicMasters labels. Most of this album also includes bassist Andy Woodson and drummer Jim Rupp.

While I'm quite sure that plectrists will be able to note the distinctions between these two guitarists, the liner notes don't reveal who plays what or when, and the ...

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Album Review

Tim Cummiskey Trio: Alone Together

by Ken Hohman
January 1, 2002

Though it contains no original compositions, the debut from Ohio-based jazz guitarist Tim Cummiskey offers more than its share of originality. On this balanced collection of standards and surprising personal selections, Cummiskey skips effortlessly from single line improvisations to chord explorations without tripping over the obstacles he's placed in his own path.

After all, taking on angular compositions like Ornette Coleman's “Turnaround" and John Coltrane's “Giant Steps" are indeed giant steps with a sound as soft and so intrinsically tied ...