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Gene Ess: Modes of Limited Transcendence
by Edward Blanco
An award-winning guitarist and vital part of the music scene in New York city since moving there in 1991, Gene Ess continues his exploration of music with another dose of tasteful modern jazz featuring sophisticated and engaging compositions on Modes of Limited Transcendence. A classically-trained pianist, Ess also plays the electric guitar and is often compared ...
Gene Ess: Modes of Limited Transcendence
by Dan McClenaghan
Guitarist Gene Ess put together a quartet with saxophonist Donny McCaslin for his Sandbox and Sanctum (SIMP Music, 2005) . On Modes of Limited Transcendence he ups the harmonic ingenuity factor with a different quartet, replacing the horn with a guitar, to craft an often cooking, quartet-of-equals chamber vibe.Ess began his musical journey as ...
Modes of Limited Transcendence
By Gene Ess
Label: SIMP Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Ryo's First Flight; Discovery in Three; Trance Chant; Art of Nothingness; Hero to Wizard; Messiaen Shuffle; Gagaku Dreams; Sufficient Reason.
Gene Ess CD Release Party for "Modes of Limited Transcendence" at Blue Note
Gene Ess CD Release Party Modes of Limited Transcendence Day: Sunday Date: January 4th, 2009 Time: 1st Set 12:30PM 2nd set 2:30PM Location: Blue Note 131 W 3rd Street New York, NY 10012 Directions: Blue Note New York is located on West 3rd street, ...
Gene Ess and Tigran Hamasyan - Recording and Dates
Guitarist Gene Ess and his quartet will be recording a new album in June, 2008. This new work will feature the 2006 Thelonious Monk Piano Competition 1st place winner Tigran Hamasyan on piano. Along with the recording dates, the quartet will perform the new material on June 12 at Cachaca and on June 17 at Drom ...
Gene Ess "Sandbox and Sanctum" Quartet at Big Apple Jazz
A rare combination of facility and emotion drives Sandbox and Sanctum with energy and unrelenting genius of composition. Ess has put together a fascinating Quartet featuring Grammy nominated, Donny McCaslin (sax), Gene Jackson (drums), and Harvie S (bass). Ess's out of the box, hard driving, modern guitar lines create a release filled with depth and angular ...
Gene Ess: One Note Says It All
by Paul Olson
Guitarist Gene Ess--born Gene Shimosato--grew up on an American military base in Okinawa, Japan, and the eclectic mix of music he was exposed to there gave him a far-reaching enthusiasm for music. It also, perhaps, pulled him away from the classical piano his mother had encouraged him to pursue. A musical scholarship sent him to the ...
Sandbox and Sanctum
By Gene Ess
Label: SIMP Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Free 2 Fast; Ryo; Baptisma Pyros; Ballad for a Swordsman; Ask the Guru; Noh Country; Sun
Matsuri; Kerama Pocession.
Gene Ess: Sandbox and Sanctum
by Tom Greenland
Guitarist Gene Ess' third effort as a leader is a noteworthy departure from his sophomore release (Sunrise Falling, Amp Records 2003) in significant ways: while the earlier work straddled rock and fusion-jazz sensibilities, forefronting groove and melody with looped electronica and digital pastiche, the latest is leaner, cleaner, and full straight-ahead, underscoring the guitarist's impeccable tone ...
Gene Ess: Sandbox and Sanctum
by Wayne Zade
Guitarist Gene Ess came to jazz via country rock and blues clubs frequented by US service personnel in Okinawa, classical music studies at George Mason University, and performance studies at Berklee before he hit the New York scene. Upon arriving there, he established key contacts with Matthew Garrison, son of bassist Jimmy; Rashied Ali, one of ...
