Guitarist Mathias Sandberg plays blues-based jazz with impressive dexterity and tone on his debut album, “The Doctor.”
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Interview: Cory Wong
Cory Wong’s approach to the guitar is melodic and gentle, more like a conversation between an audience’s ears and his Strat. Wong brings his funky sound to Rochester’s Flour City Station on January 22.
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Turning Colors
Despite a protracted absence from the glow of the live stage’s limelight, Turning Colors always was, and always will be. And though guitarist Bob Olson slings guitar all over the Rochester musical-genre map in numerous outfits like Anonymous Willpower and the John Payton Project, Turning Colors will always be his home. That’s not to say those other bands don’t give […]
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MUSIC FEATURE: Joel Harrison
Guitarist Joel Harrison may have made his name in the jazz world, but when you go to hear him don’t expect perfect bebop runs. “I approach the guitar as an orchestral instrument in the group, not as the star soloist,” says Harrison, who plays at the Bop Shop on Friday, April 26, “so when I’m […]
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Music Reviews 10.12.05
Various Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar Columbia Legacy If you love jazz guitar, make room for the most comprehensive collection ever assembled. Columbia selected vintage tracks from 33 labels to present 78 guitarists on four discs. Included in the oversize package is a 148-page lavishly illustrated book with an excellent essay by guitar historian […]
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From start to twang
Each day in a dusty workshop on the second floor of a warehouse on Elton Street, art is born — functional art. Art that lives and breathes each time it is brought on stage, or set in a lap, or held closely and simply strummed. It’s a marriage of woods. The notes it renders speak […]
