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Mason Razavi: Quartet Plus, Volume 2
by Tyran Grillo
If “Riverbed," which opens Mason Razavi's burnished sequel to Quartet Plus (First Orbit Sounds, 2014) were a doorway, it would welcome listeners like guests of honor to an intimate yet lively gathering of close friends and family. Such is the feeling of hospitality and warmth that pervades this thoroughly nourishing album. Over this and the next ...
Quartet Plus, Volume 2
By Mason Razavi
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Riverbed; Blues in New Hues; Looking Forward, Looking Back; Blue and Grey Waltz; With the Wind at My Back; When the
Ink Ran Dry; Grvünkabop; Portrait for Mingus; Through the Fog; Caravan.
Riverbed
Album: Quartet Plus, Volume 2
By Mason Razavi
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 6:35
Mason Razavi: Quartet Plus, Volume 2
by Jack Bowers
The “plus" in San Francisco Bay area-based guitarist Mason Razavi's CD Quartet Plus, Volume 2 is a front line consisting of trumpet, trombone and three reeds, which on the second half of the album more than doubles the size of Razavi's quartet. There are many ways that could be done. For example, the nonet tracks might ...
After You
By Mason Razavi
Label: First Orbit Sounds
Released: 2015
Track listing: Joy Spring; Escaping The Inevitable; A Daughter Is A Gift To The World; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; Will You?; Mixed
Memories; Through The Fog; Yesterday.
Mason Razavi/Bennett Roth-Newell: After You
by Dan Bilawsky
While guitarist Mason Razavi and pianist Bennett Roth-Newell have had plenty of opportunities to connect musically in Razavi's Quartet, his expanded Quartet Plus, and elsewhere, this marks the first time that this pair has pared things down to record as a duo. Over the course of eight songs--five originals, two jazz standards, and ...
Quartet Plus
By Mason Razavi
Label: First Orbit Sounds
Released: 2014
Track listing: Moonlit Message; Highrise; From Thoughts To Words; Urban Jungle Blues; Prayer For
Newtown; Luck Has Nothing To Do With It; Song For Another Day; Mad Dance.
Mason Razavi: Quartet Plus
by Tyran Grillo
With the release of Quartet Plus, San Francisco Bay Area-based jazzman Mason Razavi joins ranks with a talented crop of guitarists spearheaded by Hristo Vitchev on First Orbit Sounds. His debut for the label fronts all-original compositions and contextualizes his tactile playing in a plush band setting.Half of the album features Razavi in quartet ...
Moonlit Message
Album: Quartet Plus
By Mason Razavi
Label: First Orbit Sounds
Released: 2014
Duration: 04:46
Take Five With Mason Razavi
by AAJ Staff
Meet Mason Razavi: Starting out as a self-taught rock guitarist, Mason began studying jazz and playing in working rock bands as a teenager. After hearing an Andres Segovia recording for the first time at age 22, Mason changed directions dramatically and focused on the classical guitar for several years before returning to jazz and the ...
