Paul Bourdeau

Paul Bourdeau and Shane Simpson: Wild Rice

by C. Michael Bailey
April 9, 2004

The notes to this recording make much of its ostensible association with “Jazzgrass." The title of the disc, Wild Rice, is a nod to Tony Rice, one of the founding fathers of the trend to blend jazz and bluegrass. I am not going to go so far as to define this as jazz. I am going to commit that it is a damn fine recording of two very talented and very different guitar players.

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