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Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo: Melody Magic
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Great classical themes have frequently attracted musicians from all musical genres because they provide substance, cachet, and robust platforms that allow artists to simultaneously salute and portray the melodies in a different, yet attractive light. Some of these attempts fail miserably, while others succeed admirably. For example, during the height of the 70's disco delirium, a ...
Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo: Melody Magic
by C. Michael Bailey
In the same adventurous spirit as Polkastra's “I Do" The Wedding Album (Ancalagon, 2013), a spirit that transcends genre, style, and even musical phyla, guitarists Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, using the vehicle of the Hot Club gypsy swing jazz to transform a recital ranging from Beethoven and Bizet to The Beatles and Sting. Vignola provides ...
100 Years of Django
Label: Azica Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Rhythm Futur; Troubland Bolero; Swing Gitane; Tears; Song D'Automme;
Diminishing Blackness; Mystery Pacific; Douce Ambiance; Nuages; Swing
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Frank Vignola: 100 Years Of Django
by Martin Longley
In this centenary year of Django Reinhardt's birth, it's inevitable that homages will be uppermost in the minds of the guitarist's disciples. Frank Vignola has no desire to resist this temptation, given that so much of his very fiber is directly descended from the Reinhardt legacy. But aside from the unavoidable “Nuages," Vignola sidesteps down a ...
Frank Vignola: 100 Years of Django
by J Hunter
Of all the things guitarist Django Reinhardt accomplished in his 43 years on earth, two stand out: He proved you don't have to have a big band in order to swing, and you don't have to play soft and slow in order to be intimate. Reinhardt's Le Hot Club Quintet of France (formed with violinist Stéphane ...
Hot Club Cool Yule
Label: Azica Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Cool Yule; Don Rodolfo; Carol of the Bells; I'll Be Home for Christmas; Baby, It's Cold Outside; Djingle Bells; Sugar Rum Cherry; I Wonder as I Wander; March of the Toys; The Christmas Song; Santa Claus is Coming to Town; Auld Lang Syne.
Lines of Influence
By Tom Knific
Label: Azica Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Eidas Retsis; Eleanor Rigby; Home Bass; Lines of Influence; Little Wonder; Gotta Give it Up; Can a Good Thing Last Forever?
Bohemian Maestro: Django Reinhardt and the Impressionists
Label: Azica Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Le Surdoue; Le Jongleur; Vendredi 13; Diminishing Blackness; Pour L'Egyptienne (excerpt); Les Chemins De L'Amour; Waltz Fro M.C. Escher; Bolero; Pour L'Egytienne (reprise); The Pearls; Nympheas; Messe/Improvisation; Improvisation No. 3; Choros
Les Copains D'Abord; Clair De Lune.
Hot Club of San Francisco: Hot Club Cool Yule
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
The liner notes imply that this is the Christmas album Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli might have made, had they made one. Certainly the The Hot Club of San Francisco is a virtuosic group that specializes in conjuring that era (see their masterful Bohemian Maestro for a recent example). But there's a wealth of delicious humor ...
Tom Knific Quartet: Lines of Influence
by Matthew Warnock
Lines of Influence is an energetic and exciting modern jazz release by multi-talented bassist/accomplished jazz educator Tom Knific. Featuring several generations of past students alongside his son, John, Knific has assembled an ensemble that not only represents his accomplishments as an educator and mentor, but performs at a level that only a working band can.
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