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Guitar Noir

Label: Joule Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Guitar Noir; Drama; Beating Heart; The Riddle; Poem; The Chase; Misterioso; Shadows; Catwalk; Journey; Quiet Rain; Introspection; Farewell; Guitar Noir (Reprise). (Total Time: 50:00).

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Andrew Cheshire: Guitar Noir

Read "Guitar Noir" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Joe Pass in reduction Guitar Noir is a moody little solo guitar soundtrack from the vastly underrated Andrew Cheshire. Cheshire is well known for having an omnivorous appetite for musical genre that is apparent on his five some releases on his record label Joule. Difficult to categorize, Cheshire's playing ranges from Jeff Beck Fusion to Joe ...

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Magic

Label: Joule Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Magic; Ballad; To Love Again; A. Z. Lives; Dream; Song; Blues on Mars; Invitation; Nefertiti; Afro Blue. (71:18)

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Andrew Cheshire: Magic

Read "Magic" reviewed by Dave Hughes


Magic , Pennsylvania-based guitarist Andrew Cheshire's fifth CD as a leader, is a highly interactive, improvizational affair. Operating with just bass and drums in two different personnel combinations, the sound is, as you would expect, open and sparse. The bassists and drummers also chart their own improvizational course throughout most of the tunes, so the outing ...

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Magic

Label: Joule Records
Released: 2000

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Water Street Revival

Label: Joule Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Water Street Revival; Our world; Search for Truth; Sanashi; Jet; thunder and Rain; Portrait of Ellsworth; June Song; Dock Street Blues; I Love You; Morning Song; Odessa; When I'm With You. (Total Time: 49:05)

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Andrew Cheshire: Relax, Keep the Tension Please

Read "Relax, Keep the Tension Please" reviewed by Derek Taylor


For better or worse the CIMP imprint is burdened with great deal of baggage stemming from their stubborn adherence to certain self-imposed philosophical and methodological parameters. In addition to the controversial recording techniques they employ on their sessions the label also has a reputation for myopically centering on the freer strains of creative improvised music. An ...

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Andrew Cheshire: Magic

Read "Magic" reviewed by Derek Taylor


Of all jazz genres free jazz is arguably the most misunderstood. Ask your average throng of Wynton Marsalis disciples to describe its attributes and adjectives such as “loud”, “dissonant”, “abrasive,” “self-indulgent” are likely to spring from their lips in reply. Though many free improvisers incorporate elements in their music that could be described with these kinds ...

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Andrew Cheshire: Water Street Revival

Read "Water Street Revival" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


The All-Music Guide rates Andrew Cheshire's Water Street Revival as a “Best of Artist". Released in 1998, this collection is culled from four different sessions recorded between 1990 and 1991. Cheshire surrounds himself with a stable of talented musicians, performing in a quintet with vibes, and a trio. In the quintet setting, Cheshire plays with a ...


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