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October 2009
by AAJ Staff
Gordon GrdinaBar 4Brooklyn, NY September 7, 2009There were other things in the music Gordon Grdina played at Bar 4, bits of McLaughlin, Santana, Sharrock, but for the first few minutes of his trio's Sep. 7th set it was hard to hear anything other than how together they were. From the ...
Gordon Grdina's East Van Strings: The Breathing of Statues
by Matt Marshall
Guitarist/oudist Gordon Grdina has gathered a marvelous string trio to fulfill a longtime desire of producing music in the mode of Béla Bartók. The compositions on The Breathing of Statues were written specifically for the trio involved--violinist Jesse Zubot, violist Eyvind Kang and cellist Peggy Lee--after Grdina had played with them freely. Grdina's writing then served ...
Think Like The Waves
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Yellow Spot into the Sun; 02. Different Places; 03. Platform; 04. Renunciation; 05. Morning Moon; 06. Ginger Root; 07. 100 Years; 08. Distant; 09. Combustion; 10. Think Like the Waves; 11. Cobble Hill; 12. Albert the Monk; 13. String Quartet #6; 14. Strathcona
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Gordon Grdina's Boxcutter: Unlearn
by Celeste Sunderland
You can tell that guitarist Gordon Grdina does not perceive music through a guitarist's eyes solely. The tunes on Unlearn, with his group Box Cutter, seem formed from deeply collaborative ideas, with considerable importance placed on the contribution of each player and a great regard for their respective instruments. Musicianship on the album ...
Gordon Grdina - Gary Peacock - Paul Motian: Think Like The Waves
by AAJ Italy Staff
Allievo di Gary Peacock, Gordon Grdina è un musicista che segue con pari interesse il jazz e le musiche di origine orientale. Non a caso, il nostro affianca alla chitarra l'oud, ovvero il liuto della tradizione araba. E se il suo stile chitarristico, ricco di raffinatezze armoniche e qualche sinuosa spigolosità nell'incedere, ha evidenti richiami a ...
Think Like the Waves
Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2006
Track listing: Yellow Spot into the Sun; Different Places; Platform; Renunciation; Morning Moon; Ginger
Root; 100 Years; Distant; Combustion; Think Like the Waves; Cobble Hill; Albert the Monk;
String Quartet #6; Strathcona.
Gordon Grdina / Gary Peacock / Paul Motian: Think Like the Waves
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Vancouver electric guitarist Gordon Grdina's tone is clean and low-treble; this creates a kind of dreamy effect, like Jim Hall's sound on his classic duet with Bill Evans, Undercurrent (Blue Note, 1962). And speaking of Evans, Grdina scores an impressive coup by recording this trio album in the company of two Evans alumni, bassist Gary Peacock ...
