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Gary Versace: Outside In
by C. Andrew Hovan
Coming in on the most recent wave of popularity for the Hammond B3 organ, Gary Versace has quickly established his reputation on the New York scene. A versatile and chameleon-like musician, Versace's approach to the instrument is unique in that he strives for his own sound, while avoiding the copycat sounds or runs of such modern ...
Gary Versace: Four Views of a Sideman
by Ken Dryden
Although Gary Versace isn't the leader on any of these four CDs, there's an obvious reason why each artist chose Versace for their respective record date; the organist/pianist brings strong technique and skill as an improviser while maintaining a degree of restraint to meet the needs of each leader. Andy Laverne Trio
Gary Versace: Many Places & Organic-Lee
by Matthew Miller
Gary Versace Many Places SteepleChase 2006 Lee Konitz/Gary Versace Organic-Lee Going Places SteepleChase 2006 For those who've yet to hear the multifaceted Gary Versace in ...
Hoop Dreams
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2006
Track listing: Genet; Division Street; Paris In The Spring; Ask Me Now; Hoop Dreams; I Mean You; Old Folks; Dance Only With Me; Monk's Mood; Barretto's Beat.
Time And Again
By Gary Versace
Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Homeland; 2 2 2; First Things Last; Excuse My Shoes; Time And Again; Ours; Russian
Playground.
New for Now
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2005
Track listing: Gone with the Wind; New for Now; Stardust; Peru; Five Bucks a Bungalow; From the Ashes; Ask Me Now; All or Nothing at All.
Gary Versace: Time and Again
by John Kelman
Gary Versace sure gets around. Since relocating to New York in 2002 following a ten-year professorship at the University of Oregon, he's become such an in-demand player that he's rarely at home--a situation bound to remain status quo well into 2006. Whether playing accordion on Maria Schneider's acclaimed Concert in the Garden (ArtistShare, 2004), piano on ...
Gary Versace: Time and Again
by Francis Lo Kee
Some band leaders put recordings together as if they should be the only soloist, the other musicians mere accompanists. Gary Versace, here as organist, has successfully sidestepped that boring, egotistical approach. “First Things Last, a simple piece that serves the function of an up-tempo swing tune, is a good example of how the band really plays ...
Here We Are
By Chuck Owen
Label: MAMA Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: E Ticket; Study Score;
My Foolish Heart;
Duets;
Off Flow;
Red Beans and Ricely Yours, Part 1: Struttin’;
Red Beans and Ricely Yours, Part 2: A Gate’s Gate.
Rez Abbasi: Reziliently Brilliant
by Phil DiPietro
At 36, Rez Abbasi is the latest accomplished and proven musician with a few solo releases and a few sideman appearances in his discography to choose the independent jazz route. Born in Pakistan, raised in the USA since the age of three, and having gone east from west internationally as well as domestically, Abbasi is known ...
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