Home » Search Center » Results: Frank Vignola
Results for "Frank Vignola"
Frank Vignola: Blues for a Gypsy
by David Adler
With this CD, Frank Vignola turns in an exquisite set of solo acoustic guitar music. It’s intended as an oblique tribute to Django Reinhardt, sort of picking up where Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine left off. Vignola, however, plays only two Reinhardt compositions, “Tears" and “Manoir De Mes Reves." And he starts off with something most ...
Off Broadway
Label:
Released: 2000
Track listing: Funny How; Stars Fell On Alabama I; Off Broadway; Limone's Blues; The Return; Stardust; Sing That; Cookin' At The Continental; Never, Never; Annie; In The Hills; Frankly Speaking; Stars Fell On Alabama; It's Alright With Me; What's Up. (Total Time: 57:25)
Frank Vignola: Off Broadway
by C. Michael Bailey
The 2000 Series. No, this is not the 2000 World Series, handily won by the New York Yankees. This is the contemporary jazz series being produced by German Label Nagel-Heyer. When I say contemporary jazz, I mean that in the temporal sense. It is music being freshly composed and performed today. The majority of Nagel-Heyer's catalog ...
Frank Vignola: Deja Vu
by Jim Santella
Songs by Cream, Carole King, Bob Marley, Isaac Hayes, Elvis Costello, David Crosby, Sting, and John Lennon make up much of Frank Vignola's latest album. The guitarist treats them with respect, offering familiar melodies and standard rhythms while stepping up occasionally to improvise. Vignola's smooth guitar sound embellishes each favorite tune; he's supported by drums, electric ...
Frank Vignola: Deja Vu
by Jack Bowers
As Yogi Berra once said, “It’s like deja vu all over again.” Or in this case, Deja Vu times four, as guitarist Frank Vignola includes four brief but dissimilar versions of David Crosby’s composition on his newest Concord Vista release. Like the other songs presented here, they are aimed squarely at the “smooth Jazz” market — ...
Frank Vignola: Deja Vu
by Ed Kopp
Here's a talented young guitarist who probably hasn't sold as much product as his label would like. So the label conceives of a concept album aimed at boomers and fuzak lovers. And what do graying boomers and fuzak lovers want? Jazz-lite versions of classic rock and pop songs.Frank Vignola has gone smooth on us. ...
