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Residing in New York City since 2004, Greg Ruggiero performs regularly in The Michael Kanan Trio and with his own trio. You can find him accompanying many of the top vocalists in New York City. Greg can be seen nearly every night performing as a sideman or leader around the city. He has performed at many of the top clubs including Carnegie Hall, Mezzrow, Birdland, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Room, the Jazz Standard, Smalls, and the Jazz Gallery. His music has allowed him to perform in Japan, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Switzerland. As a leader, Ruggiero has released 3 albums as a leader, most recently a Standards Guitar Trio album for the Fresh Sound/ Swing Alley label
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Other jazz musicians appearing on the album, in addition to Chestnut, include pianist Sullivan Fortner, bassist Dezron Douglas, drummer Johnathan Blake, saxophonist John Ellis, and trumpeter Giveton Gelin. Among additional song selections on Dreams of Waking are James Taylor's “Secret O' Life," Donny Hathaway's “Someday We'll All Be Free," and Wonder's “You Haven't Done Nothin.'" As ...
Jon De Lucia: As The River Sings
by Neri Pollastri
Registrato nel luglio del 2014 esce per la Fresh Sound New Talent questo lavoro del multistrumentista Jon De Lucia, nato nel Massachusetts ma residente a New York, autore di tutte le composizioni e alla testa di un quartetto nel quale, oltre alla ritmica classica, trova posto la chitarra di Greg Ruggiero. La cifra del ...
Matthew Silberman: Questionable Creatures
by Dan Bilawsky
The concept of straight-line status quo and normalcy powers plenty of artists along their journey of creation, but saxophonist/composer Matthew Silberman prefers the not-so-normal. The Salvador Dali-esque artwork that accompanies his album, and the population of questionable musical creatures that inhabit his world, are easy-to-read signs that point to a surrealist streak in Silberman's work. But, ...
Balance
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Answer; This Life; A Losing Battle; Balance; The Way Out West;
Ethereal; Paper Cranes; My Better Half.
Greg Ruggiero: Balance
by Farrell Lowe
With Balance, guitarist Greg Ruggiero makes it clear that he is an artist with something to say, both through his instrument and his writing. This is not to imply that the music is a template for showy pyrotechnics, but rather a display of subtle technique and thoughtful composition. His pieces have the dynamic feel and grace ...
Balance
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2008
Track listing:
01. Answer; 02. This Life, 03. A Losing Battle; 04. Balance; 05. The Way out West; 06. Ethereal; 07. Paper Cranes; 08. My Better
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Greg Ruggiero: Balance
by AAJ Italy Staff
L’inizio è deludente, perché “Answer“, il primo brano di Balance, è un concentrato di luoghi comuni del credo jazzistico. Se i nuovi talenti, come recita l’etichetta catalana, si limitano a replicare linguaggi, atmosfere, architetture, sonorità che hanno già vissuto il loro periodo d’oro, c’è poco da essere allegri sul futuro della musica improvvisata. Poi, fortunatamente, qualcosa ...
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