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Royce Campbell: Plays For Lovers
by Michael P. Gladstone
Guitarist Royce Campbell is a talented jazz player and composer whose accomplishments include organizing a series of Wes Montgomery tribute albums during the first half of the 1990s, as well as his own many recordings, which include last year's Six By Six, which paired Campbell in duet with guitarists John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell, Pat Martino, Bucky ...
Royce Campbell: A Jazz Guitar Christmas
by Jim Santella
With his warm and sincere holiday greeting, guitarist Royce Campbell combines mainstream jazz with the Christmas tradition. His wealth of experience has taught him to treasure these holiday songs. Nineteen years as Henry Mancini's guitarist, plus numerous tours with singers Mel Tormé, Cleo Laine, Perry Como, and Marvin Gaye, have given Campbell an appreciation for the ...
Royce Campbell: Six By Six
by John Kelman
For some reason, the guitar is one of those instruments that engender competition. While there are exceptions, in general if you put two guitarists together, what you'll get is a contest to see who can be louder, who can be faster, who can be more dominant. So, when you get an album where a relative unknown ...
Six By Six
Label: Moon Cycle
Released: 2004
Track listing: Happy Blues, Love For Sale, Milestones, Naima, Angular Blues, Day Into Night, Interplay, Softly,As In A Morning Sunrise, Darn That Dream, Dancing On The Ceiling.
Royce Campbell: Six By Six
by Michael P. Gladstone
During the first half of the 1990s, guitarist Royce Campbell produced a series of tribute albums to Wes Montgomery. These sessions appeared on Campbell's own Paddlewheel Records, which was a subsidiary of the Japanese King label. They were released in the United States on Evidence. At that time, Royce Campbell was approached regarding a new project ...
A Tribute to Charlie Byrd
Label: Jardis Music
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1) Shiny Stockings (Frank Foster) / 2) Meditation (A.C. Jobim) / 3) The Days Of Wine And Roses
(Henry Mancini) / 4) Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington) / 5) How Insensitive (A.C. Jobim) / 6) Zing Went
The Strings Of My Heart (James Hanley) / 7) Desafinado (A.C. Jobim) / 8) In A Mellow Tone (Duke
Ellington) / 9) Prelude To A Kiss (Duke Ellington) / 10) One Note Samba (A.C. Jobim) / 11) Blues For
Charlie (Royce Campbell)
Royce Campbell feat. Gene Bertoncini: A Tribute to Charlie Byrd
by Matt Merewitz
Sharing a rare commitment to the mastery of their instrument, jazz guitarists have a strong bond to an axe which – despite huge popularity in other genres – has by and large, seemed to elude jazz throughout the music’s history. When thinking of true non-crossover jazz guitarists, only a handful come to mind: Django Reinhardt, Charlie ...
Royce Campbell: A Tribute to Charlie Byrd
by Matt Merewitz
Jazz guitarists have a strong bond since they share a rare commitment to the mastery of the instrument’s place within that context (as opposed to other “more popular" styles). In a century when guitar became the most widely heard and played instrument--in non-jazz settings--jazz guitarists’ dedication to their trade is admirable because they represent a handful ...
Royce Campbell: Royce Campbell with Strings
by David Adler
“With strings" jazz albums should carry a warning sticker: “This might sound like elevator music." Charlie Parker and Clifford Brown got the genre rolling, and their strings records show that it’s easier to elude the elevator music allegation if you’re a horn player. The insistent attack of a brass or wind instrument often contrasts nicely with ...
