Jazz Articles about Carl Filipiak

Carl Filipiak: I Got Your Mantra

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 28, 2008

Carl Filipiak è un chitarrista di 55 anni che opera abitualmente nell’area di Baltimora. In questo I Got Your Mantra (il suo settimo album, il primo per l’etichetta Art of Life Records) si trova alle prese con scenari che cercano di rievocare la meravigliosa musica psichedelica della fine degli anni sessanta. L’occhio furbo di Filipiak strizza nella direzione dei pastiche dilatati dei Beatles, delle esplosioni multi colorate di Jimi Hendrix, del grintoso e appassionato lirismo di Jeff Beck. Ma poi ...

Carl Filipiak: Looking Forward Looking Back

by Mark F. Turner
September 1, 2002

Looking Forward or Looking Back – “It’s all good”, with the right perspective.

Straight-ahead jazz styles such as Hard Bop may prove a little too deep for jazz neophytes who have not had a chance to appreciate the art form, while the commercialism of some smooth jazz efforts makes purists cringe with blatant disregard. But when you take a highly skilled artist who can create music that appreciates the past, has a modern outlook, and is capable of producing exceptional ...

Carl Filipiak: Peripheral Vision

by Ed Kopp
September 1, 2000

Baltimore guitarist Carl Filipiak records for his own small label, Geometric Records, which is probably the reason he’s not better known outside the Baltimore-D.C metroplex. Too bad, because the dude can really play.Filipiak’s music is probably too brawny for the smooth jazz crowd, but hardcore fusion fans should warm up to it instantly. The guitarist displays a Methenyesque sense of melody and improvisation while infusing his jazz with elements of rock, funk, Latin and blues. His latest release ...