Home » Search Center » Results: Modern Memory

Results for "Modern Memory"

Album

Modern Memory

Label: Cathexis Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Serie De Arco; Next Year; Modern Memory 1; Blu Vindaloo; Every Sunday

123

Article: Album Review

Fluid Mechanics. Rez Abbasi plays guitar like cold water pouring from a picture. His lines are seamless, swinging with no fear. Originally hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, Abbsabi’s parents soon located to Los Angeles where Rez grew up, he was influenced by Jim Hall and Pat Metheny. He moved to New York in the late 1980’s, graduated ...

146

Article: Album Review

Rez Abbasi: Modern Memory

Read "Modern Memory" reviewed by David Adler

by David Adler
September 1, 1999

A few things are made clear by this recording: Guitarist Rez Abbasi has formidable chops, writes really good tunes, picks great musicians, and is a talent to watch out for. The core of the lineup on Modern Memory is Abbasi on electric and acoustic guitars, Michael Formanek on double bass, and Tony Moreno on drums. On ...

166

Article: Album Review

Rez Abbasi: Modern Memory

Read "Modern Memory" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 1, 1999

Born in Pakistan and raised in the USA since the age of 3, guitarist Rez Abbasi is bona fide “jazz guitarist”, who displays characteristics that pay homage to traditional and modern jazz art-forms. However, Abbasi’s long standing interest in East Indian classical and popular music may subliminally lend itself to his sometimes-unorthodox phrasing, distinct ...