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Randy Johnston: People Music
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Perhaps more than any other musical instrument, the guitarists of today come drenched in the music of highly diverse musical genres. The instrument has been a fulcrum of expression, from folk, country and blues to jazz and rock--with a smidgen of classical thrown into the mix as well. Thinking about it, the task of developing as ...
Kenny Drew, Jr. and Larry Coryell: Duality
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The jazz duo affords its participants wonderful opportunities to stretch out creatively. Ideas, suggestions and negotiations of all musical kinds percolate back and forth. And, in the best of instances, they birth new nuggets for further development and exploration. At the same time, the duet framework can possibly limit, as competitive natures and stylistic dichotomies might ...
Reunion
By Jeff Lashway
Label: Random Act Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Get to the Gate; Doxy; Down Here on the Ground; The Touch of Your Lips; The Quintessence; Sweetbop; For NOLA (medley: Louisiana 1927; Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans; Bourbon St. Parade); One by One; Gingerbread Boy; Airegin.
From Memphis to Mobile
By Jeff Rupert
Label: Random Act Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Rock Skippin'; Bad Moon; If I Had Only Known; Beatrice; The Norfolk Southern RR; I Loves You, Porgy; Chasin' Tail; Walking Home; Basin
Street Blues; Thunderbird; A Single Petal of a Rose.
Jeff Rupert: From Memphis to Mobile
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Sound and swing. It seems that these two elements of the very DNA of jazz are sadly absent from much of what is offered up in some of today's recorded music. It might be smooth or contrived, but much that's heard doesn't seem in synch with the very essence of the art form. Happily, with From ...
Jeff Lashway: Reunion
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Throughout the decades, the bands of trumpet legend Maynard Ferguson were, by very nature, heavily brass and ensemble section oriented. Occasionally, Ferguson's pianists were given the opportunity to shine, launching into extended solo tune introductions or brief solos. Some of those pianists were (or would become) stars or leaders in their own right. They included Mike ...
