Results for "Cathexis Records"
John Bruschini: As You Were

by Scott Andrews
New York City guitarist and composer John Bruschini, a long time sideman in Cecil Taylor's touring groups, offers nine original instrumental tracks of varying jazz and soft fusion styles played in a small band setting on his debut CD as a band leader, As You Were, including nylon string classical guitar and light electric jazz.
Brasil & Company featuring Vera Mara and Paul Meyers
Label: Cathexis Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Tico-Tico No Fuba; Meditation; Bebe; Julia; A Hug for Toninho; Double Rainbow; Amor Proibido; 1 to 0; Malicia; Seresta; Gershwin; Diana, E. (56:12)
Arco Vos
By Jim Nolet
Label: Cathexis Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: El Preciso Perdoar / Me Deiux Em Paz; Samba Da Pergunta; Algo; Modo Paulista; Joana Francesa; You Don't Kno' What Love Is; Esse Sew Olhar; Let's Get'Lost; Lygia; Samba De Orfeu. (Total Time: 47:35)
Brasil & Company: Brasil & Company featuring Vera Mara and Paul Meyers
by Dave Hughes
For insatiable lovers of Brasilian music, such as myself, it’s always a pleasure to discover a new artist or group which purveys the genuine, unadulterated goods with a fresh new voice. Brasil & Company offers just such a pleasure. The program on their self-titled debut is a well-chosen blend of the familiar (Jobim’s “Meditation” and “Double ...
Jim Nolet: Arco Vos

by C. Michael Bailey
Jim Nolet finds himself in a decidedly Bossa-Nova Mood on this new Cathexis release. Syzygy, Jim Nolet's previous Cathexis release, was a cyber cross between Nicolo Paganini and John Coltrane (the latter's Central Park West" and Countdown" being creatively covered by Nolet and his crack band. It was highly virtuosic and smacked of superb technique and ...
Third Ear

By Rez Abbasi
Label: Cathexis Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Resonance, Prana, Memorial Daze, Third Ear, Sheets Of Rain, For The Birds And The Bees, Mood Sketch, A Passage For You
As You Were

Label: Cathexis Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: As You Were;
B4;
Way Down;
Bloodroot;
Glory;
April;
Funkyard;
Ancestral Seeds;
Sarah's.
John Bruschini: As You Were

by Joel Roberts
Guitarist John Bruschini is perhaps best known for his long tenure with Cecil Taylor, as well as his association with some of New York's top avant gardists. So As You Were , his funky, soul-drenched new release on the Cathexis label, comes as somewhat of a surprise. There's no questioning Bruschini's chops - he's definitely near ...
John Bruschini: As You Were

by Jim Santella
The interfusion of jazz and rock music has long been regarded simply as fusion. The format remains the same as with mainstream jazz: unadorned melodies are followed by improvised variations or creative soloing. The melody is usually repeated at the end. Guitarist John Bruschini’s compositions follow those characteristic guidelines. MP3 sound bites for the title track ...
Rez Abbasi: Third Ear

by Glenn Astarita
Third Ear is a reissue of sessions guitarist Rez Abbasi recorded in 1991 & 1992 along with a star studded cast of modern jazz luminaries such as bassist Marc Johnson, drummer Peter Erskine, saxophonist Bob Mintzer and others. Here, Abbasi pursues contemporary jazz with a modern or in some instances hard edge yet not quite as ...