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Keith Ganz

Keith Ganz is a guitarist/composer/arranger living just outside of New York City. He has performed at the Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, Avery Fisher Hall, and Joe’s Pub, as well as Spoleto Festival USA and the Frogen Festival in Olso. In addition to his own solo guitar recording Music for People, Keith has performed on recent/upcoming releases from such diverse artists as jazz singer Kate McGarry, bassist/composer Sean Smith, singer/songwriter Amanda Baisinger, folk siren Devon Sproule, the free improve troupe Ensemble Gergana, and the folk/jazz/rock collective TLAB, as well as various mainstream jazz artists.

Christian Tamburr: The Awakening (Sounds For Sculpture)

By DAN BILAWSKY

For vibraphonist Christian Tamburr, a walk through the Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey offered a world of sonic possibilities reflected in the bounties of natures and the wonders of Seward Johnson's craftsmanship. Creating physical splendor and a touch of the unexpected in statuary, Johnson, world-renowned for his bronze sculptures, aimed for his work to ...

Kate McGarry: The Subject Tonight Is Love

By ANGELO LEONARDI

Il titolo di questo disco è preso da una poesia del 1300, scritta dal mistico sufi Hafiz e presenta un fascinoso percorso, che indaga i differenti aspetti dell'amore in un repertorio di undici brani. Protagonisti sono la cantante Kate McGarry, il chitarrista Keith Ganz (suo partner in altri album e nella vita) e il pianista Gary ...

Jerome Wilson's Best Releases Of 2018

By JEROME WILSON

It may be unwieldy to keep a large jazz ensemble together for economic reasons but this year was still full of outstanding big band recordings, whether done through commissions, arrangers working with established orchestras or even actual working ensembles. Several of the releases on my list are examples of that. Also this year had the usual ...

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2018

By DAN BILAWSKY

Every little bit of the year 2018 will soon take form as memory--first recent, then distant--but the fine music gifted to us in those twelve months will be forever present, living on in ears, hearts and minds. I had the pleasure of hearing north of 400 albums this past year, and I had the privilege of ...

Kate McGarry: The Subject Tonight Is Love

By JEROME WILSON

This is far from an ordinary collection of jazz-styled love songs. Vocalist Kate McGarry, guitarist Keith Ganz and pianist Gary Versace have put together a program that covers such varied aspects of love as romantic love, love for family, love for self, and love for mankind. They do this through mixing a lot of rock, folk ...

Kate McGarry/Keith Ganz/Gary Versace: The Subject Tonight Is Love

By DAN BILAWSKY

The ancient Greeks spoke of love's many forms, codifying and distilling the essence of every one in detailed thought and language. Each of those documented variants rightly differs from the others, yet the keen mind can certainly discern that all of them basically stem from the same roots: connectivity and understanding. In something of a musical ...

Kurt Elling With The Keith Ganz Trio at Jazz Standard

By DAN BILAWSKY

Kurt Elling With The Keith Ganz Trio Jazz Standard New York, NY July 31, 2016 If there's any genre of music that's truly built on the idea of spur-of-the-moment change, it's jazz. And so, in that very spirit, we had this performance. The audience that came down to hear ...

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2014

By DAN BILAWSKY

How does an album end up on this list? It really comes down to two things: strength on impact and staying power. Some records hit hard from the start, ultimately losing power with play after play. Other records come on gently, growing on the ear and the mind over time. But it's the truly rare one ...