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Gene Ess: A Thousand Summers
by Edward Blanco
In a rare departure for Gene Ess, who has always favored original music and instrumentals, the veteran jazz guitarist has partnered with acclaimed vocalist and bassist Nicki Parrott for A Thousand Summers, a refined album of familiar jazz standards and love songs. When Ess began developing the project, he naturally focused on new material. One day ...
Modes of Limited Transcendence
By Gene Ess
Label: SIMP Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Ryo's First Flight; Discovery in Three; Trance Chant; Art of Nothingness; Hero To Wizard; Messiaen Shuffle; Gagaku Dreams; Sufficient Reason.
Gene Ess: Modes of Limited Transcendence
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il chitarrista asiatico Gene Ess parte dai Queens di New York per offrire il suo punto di vista molto filosofico sul mondo, in compagnia di validi scudieri che gli consentono di offrire una musica assolutamente adeguata agli standard del jazz moderno. Le sue otto composizioni sono ben strutturate, con interessanti soluzioni armoniche che risentono probabilmente del ...
Gene Ess: Modes of Limited Transcendence
by Edward Blanco
An award-winning guitarist and vital part of the music scene in New York city since moving there in 1991, Gene Ess continues his exploration of music with another dose of tasteful modern jazz featuring sophisticated and engaging compositions on Modes of Limited Transcendence. A classically-trained pianist, Ess also plays the electric guitar and is often compared ...
Gene Ess: Modes of Limited Transcendence
by Dan McClenaghan
Guitarist Gene Ess put together a quartet with saxophonist Donny McCaslin for his Sandbox and Sanctum (SIMP Music, 2005) . On Modes of Limited Transcendence he ups the harmonic ingenuity factor with a different quartet, replacing the horn with a guitar, to craft an often cooking, quartet-of-equals chamber vibe.Ess began his musical journey as ...
Modes of Limited Transcendence
By Gene Ess
Label: SIMP Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Ryo's First Flight; Discovery in Three; Trance Chant; Art of Nothingness; Hero to Wizard; Messiaen Shuffle; Gagaku Dreams; Sufficient Reason.
Sandbox and Sanctum
By Gene Ess
Label: SIMP Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Free 2 Fast; Ryo; Baptisma Pyros; Ballad for a Swordsman; Ask the Guru; Noh Country; Sun
Matsuri; Kerama Pocession.
Gene Ess: Sandbox and Sanctum
by Tom Greenland
Guitarist Gene Ess' third effort as a leader is a noteworthy departure from his sophomore release (Sunrise Falling, Amp Records 2003) in significant ways: while the earlier work straddled rock and fusion-jazz sensibilities, forefronting groove and melody with looped electronica and digital pastiche, the latest is leaner, cleaner, and full straight-ahead, underscoring the guitarist's impeccable tone ...
Gene Ess: Sandbox and Sanctum
by Wayne Zade
Guitarist Gene Ess came to jazz via country rock and blues clubs frequented by US service personnel in Okinawa, classical music studies at George Mason University, and performance studies at Berklee before he hit the New York scene. Upon arriving there, he established key contacts with Matthew Garrison, son of bassist Jimmy; Rashied Ali, one of ...
