Gene Ess "Sandbox & Sanctum" Quartet @ Kavehaz Club - Oct 21, 2005 9:30PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 19, 2005
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Gene Ess Quartet featuring Harvie S, John O'Gallagher, and Take Toriyama @ Kavehaz - Oct 21st, 2005 9:30PM

Guitarist, Gene Ess, draws the traits that identify his style with firm brush strokes. On the one hand, we have his jazz streak, and on the other hand, his exquisite sensitivity with the guitar, and as a final complement, his taste for sophisticated rhythms. On October 21st, Ess will present his “Sandbox and Sanctum” quartet which includes the great Harvie S on bass. The music from Gene's latest album “Sandbox and Sanctum - Song Cycle for Quartet" will be featured.

Here are some of what the press is saying about Gene Ess:

H. Allen Williams, Jazzreview Throughout Sandbox and Sanctum, Ess displays a unique approach to the guitar. Ess's use of thoughtful voicings and eloquently chromatic lines definitely grow out of the rich soil of the likes of John Coltrane and the post be-bop era. Ess is a highly recommended guitarist to keep an eye and ear on for the future of jazz guitar.

Nicholas Sheffo, Fulvue Drive-In “Good set of instrumentals that are constantly enjoyable, entertaining and well-constructed. With a constant flow that just keeps moving and moving."

Thomas H. Greenland , AAJ New York “The latest is leaner, cleaner, and full straight-ahead, underscoring the guitarist’s impeccable tone and taste. More importantly, it represents Ess, for the first time, in complete artistic control of compositions, arrangements, recording, mixing/mastering, and production—with admirable results."

Wayne Zade, All About Jazz While a listener might think of Pat Metheny or John Abercrombie or even Grant Green now and then, Ess here really sounds like no one else on guitar: he is his own man. In his solos, his front line playing with the very fine tenor and soprano saxophonist Donny McCaslin, and his comping, Ess is a full-fledged master of taste and touch. His solos are model essays of eloquence and compression. His very special moments occur on acoustic guitar on “Ballad for a Swordsman” and a very electric rock-ish “Sun Matsuri.”

Nick Carver, “No Idle Frets Podcast”, dedicated to podsafe jazz guitar music - Show #16 http://noidlefrets.blogspot.com
“Gene Ess is definitely one of the Rising Stars in the jazz guitar field."

Who: Gene Ess

What: Tour Date highlighting material from “Sandbox and Sanctum, Song Cycle for Quartet”

When: Friday, October 21, 2005 @ 9:30pm

Where: Kavehaz Jazz Cafe, 37 West 26th Street New York, NY 10010

Venue Phone: 212-343-0612

Tickets: No Cover, $10 minimum
Musicians: Gene Ess - guitar, Harvie S - bass, John O'Gallagher - sax, Take Toriyama - drums.

Press Contact: Kari Gaffney, Kari-On Productions – 706.294.9996 - [email protected]

Photo’s: http://www.jazzgenemusic.com