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Over 40-plus years as an innovative performer and renowned educator, drummer Jerry Granelli has shown an affinity for the sonic possibilities of paired electric guitars. Since 2003, he's explored this interest in V16, with guitarists David Tronzo and Christian Kogel and his son, electric bassist J. Anthony Granelli. Vancouver '08, their third release, vividly captures their ...
read moreLa V16 di Jerry Granelli non è una esoterica arma bellica di reminiscenze hitleriane, ma è una pacifica macchina infernale che produce arte allo stato puro. Il quartetto che si cela dietro questa ermetica sigla è composto dallo straordinario chitarrista slide Dave Tronzo, dal meno noto chitarrista Christian Kogel, da J. Anthony Granelli al basso e dal leader Jerry ...
read moreJerry Granelli's drums open and close the third release from his V16 outfit, Vancouver '08. In between he mostly sits back and gives ground to electric strings: two guitars and a bass. It's a wise choice. Guitarists Christian Kogel and especially David Tronzo are wizards of the six string. The Live at Ironworks DVD that accompanies ...
read moreThis 2009 and third release by drummer Jerry Granelli's dual-guitar band, features a DVD, Live At Ironworks, which documents the unit's Vancouver performance, used as a vehicle for working through the material on this album. Known for their loose developments and improvisational acumen, this studio set highlights the musicians' unhurried and textural approach to the grand ...
read moreQuesto eccellente doppio album ci racconta con dovizia di particolari la musica che il quartetto V16 del batterista Jerry Granelli ha voluto regalare ai fortunati ascoltatori presenti all'Atlantic Jazz Festival che si è tenuto ad Halifax, in Canada, a metà luglio del 2006. Il veterano Granelli ha chiamato al suo fianco, per l'occasione, il figlio J. Anthony (bassista di ...
read moreApproaching seventy, Jerry Granelli's career has been defined by exploration and stylistic diversity. Forget that he's the drummer on pianist Vince Guaraldi's classic A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy, 1965). Consider, instead, his own discography, ranging from the pop deconstructions of his twin-guitar UFB group and the freer complexion of his duet records with clarinetist Jeff Reilly ...
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