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Outside In

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2008
Track listing: Dangerous Land; The Grand Inquisitor; Blue Soup; Now is Then; Poster Boy; Pinwheel; A Thousand Words; Many Places.

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Gary Versace: Outside In

Read "Outside In" reviewed 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 ...

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Gary Versace: Four Views of a Sideman

Read "Gary Versace: Four Views of a Sideman" reviewed 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

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Gary Versace: Many Places & Organic-Lee

Read "Gary Versace: Many Places & Organic-Lee" reviewed 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 ...

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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.

Album

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.

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Time And Again

Label: SteepleChase Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Homeland; 2 2 2; First Things Last; Excuse My Shoes; Time And Again; Ours; Russian Playground.

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Gary Versace: Time and Again

Read "Time and Again" reviewed 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 ...

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Gary Versace: Time and Again

Read "Time and Again" reviewed 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 ...

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Here We Are

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.


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