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Ken Hatfield: The Economics of Music

by AAJ Staff
By Ken Hatfield For the last quarter century jazz musicians have been increasingly marginalized by the shortsighted bottom line mentality that dominates the music industry. This same shortsighted approach in other industries is currently sending white-collar jobs overseas (to join the many blue-collar jobs that left over the past two decades), but that ...
Ken Hatfield Trio: The Surrealist Table

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
I'm a sucker for the sound of a classical guitar in jazz; I'll admit that going in. But within that sound, there are many different styles—some players do their best work in a solo context, while others shine brightest in Brazilian settings. Ken Hatfield is an all-around artist whose compositions are varied as well, as demonstrated ...
Music for Guitar: Ken Hatfield & Bill McCormick

by Terrell Kent Holmes
Ken HatfieldThe Surrealist Table Arthur Circle Music Ken Hatfield is among the few jazz guitarists who ply their trade via the nylon string acoustic guitar. His latest release, The Surrealist Table , is an allusive collection of original compositions that showcases his proficiency both at writing interesting material and applying ...
Phoenix Rising
By Ken Hatfield
Label: Arthur Circle Music
Released: 2003
Track listing: Phoenix Rising, Tableau du souvenir, The Aleph, Meroe, Retroflexion, Yo
Es, Iberia, For Jeanette, Combray, Riff for Brother Jack
Ken Hatfield: Phoenix Rising

by David Adler
Ken Hatfield continues to defy norms in jazz guitar. First and foremost, he plays a nylon-string classical instrument, keeping alive a sound popularized by Charlie Byrd and also taken up by the likes of Gene Bertoncini, Ralph Towner, Sylvain Luc, and Freddie Bryant. On Phoenix Rising, Hatfield's second full-band disc, he retains the formidable services of ...
Phoenix Rising
By Ken Hatfield
Label: Arthur Circle Music
Released: 2002
Track listing: Phoenix Rising, Tableau du souvenir, The Aleph, Meroe, Retroflexion, Yo Es, Iberia, For Jeanette, Combray, Riff for Brother Jack
Ken Hatfield: Phoenix Rising

by Dan McClenaghan
Ken Hatfield wields his eloquent and supple classical guitar on his latest jazz offering, Phoenix Rising. He uses a basic trio format--guitar/bass/drums--bolstered by guest artist slots featuring piano, tenor sax and trumpet on several tunes.Hatfield--who has been commissioned to write several ballets--leans toward his classical side on the opener, Phoenix Rising" and Tableau du ...