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Article: Album Review

Garrison Fewell: Variable Density Sound Orchestra

Read "Variable Density Sound Orchestra" reviewed by Lyn Horton


For the descriptively-titled Variable Density Sound Orchestra, guitarist Garrison Fewell has assembled a group whose members expertly develop the thematic content central to the pieces on the album. All but one are composed by Fewell, the disc closing with Butch Morris' “Namthini's Shadow." Trumpeter Roy Campbell, Jr. plays with Fewell for the first time here, the ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Garrison Fewell

Jazz Musician of the Day: Garrison Fewell

All About Jazz is celebrating Garrison Fewell's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Garrison FewellRenowned for his mature, melodic sound and elegant, lyrical style of writing and playing, guitarist Garrison Fewell has established himself as a distinctive voice throughout his 30-year career... more Website | Videos ...

Article: Album Review

Garrison Fewell: Variable Density Sound Orchestra

Read "Variable Density Sound Orchestra" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Garrison Fewell è un maturo chitarrista americano nato a Charlottesville nell'ottobre del 1953 e cresciuto a Philadelphia. Fewell ha collaborato con jazzisti importanti come John Tchicai, Benny Golson, Harbie Hancock, Billy Harper, Kenny Wheeler, Steve Grossman, Hal Galper, Tim Hagans e altri. Con questa Variable Density Sound Orchestra giunge ad una delle prove più importanti della ...

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Jurg Wickihalder Overseas Quartet: Furioso

Read "Furioso" reviewed by John Sharpe


Irrespective of the connections, the soprano saxophone clarion call opening Furioso immediately evokes the ghost of Steve Lacy. The debut disc from Swiss soprano saxophonist Jurg Wickihalder's Overseas quartet might be better titled Vivacissimo, such is the joy and vitality which springs out from every digital pit and pore. Though it was at Boston's ...

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Article: Album Review

Garrison Fewell: Variable Density Sound Orchestra

Read "Variable Density Sound Orchestra" reviewed by John Sharpe


At the core of guitarist, composer, and educator Garrison Fewell's Variable Density Sound Orchestra lies the duo with Eric Hofbauer which made the captivating Lady of Khartoum (Creative Nation, 2008). Supplementing the two guitars on the debut of this new ensemble, Fewell expands into orchestral realms, broadening his sonic palette to seven instruments, in a generous ...

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News: Recording

New Garrison Fewell and Ayn Inserto CDs on Creative Nation Music

New Garrison Fewell and Ayn Inserto CDs on Creative Nation Music

Boston’s Creative Nation Music is proud to announce the February 17th release of its two latest recordings, guitarist/composer Garrison Fewell’s Variable Density Sound Orchestra (CNM 014) and The Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra’s Muse (CNM 015). Fewell’s second release for the label, following 2008’s The Lady of Khartoum (CNM 010), Variable Density Sound Orchestra is the self-titled ...

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The Lady of Khartoum

Label: Creative Nation Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Prologue: Before the Dream; 02. The Lady of Khartoum; 03. Dogon Delta Blues; 04. Comfort for an Affliction; 05. Devil at the Salang Pass; 06. Ma'at's Mood; 07. Let's Cool One; 08. Eyes of Nkisi; 09. A Bourbour's Spell; 10. Loose Life; 11. A Cajun Raven; 12. We Need Your Number; 13. The Returning Serpent; 14. Backyard Free Bop; 15. Farsighted Friendship.

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Garrison Fewell - Eric Hofbauer: The Lady of Khartoum

Read "The Lady of Khartoum" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


I due chitarristi americani Garrison Fewell e Eric Hofbauer affrontano questa prova con il piglio di due amici che si mettono in viaggio per un sentiero di montagna. Un sentiero non troppo complicato, ma comunque impegnativo. Un percorso di vita che facilita il dialogo e l'interazione, il riemergere di vecchie memorie, la condivisione degli obiettivi e ...

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Red Door Number 11

Label: Splasc(H) Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Hearing Things 2. Johnny Come Lately 3. Spookarella 4. A Reason To Believe 5. You're My Everything 6. 'Round Midnight 7. Red Door Number 11 8. Lotus Blossom 9. How Deep Is The Ocean? 10. My One And Only Love

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Garrison Fewell: Red Door Number 11

Read "Red Door Number 11" reviewed by AAJ Staff


It's been said a thousand times, but restraint is a mark of maturity. When it comes to jazz, understatement is a particular risky maneuver because it can sputter and die right on the tracks. Red Door Number 11 bypasses this pitfall by combining a rich harmonic field with an insistent--in fact, unrelenting, if that word can ...


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