On the new album ‘1962,’ Ricardo Grilli shows his skills as both a formidable composer and a versatile jazz guitarist.
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Album review: ‘Impressions in Blue and Red’
On jazz guitarist Alex Goodman’s new album, “Impressions in Blue and Red,” he draws a bold parallel between color and music across two discs.
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Blake Pattengale: Song of the Samurai
A seemingly strange dichotomy is at work in the creative life of Rochester musician Blake Pattengale. A guitarist who graduated from Eastman School of Music in 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in jazz performance, he’s also the rapper known as Redbeard Samurai.
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Album review: ‘Panama Sessions’
John Weyl ‘Panama Sessions’ Self-released johnweylmusic.com John Weyl is a talented singer-guitarist and leader of the local blues trio Deep Blue Band. Influenced by the jazz and Latin music he heard while playing solo gigs in Panama every winter, Weyl decided to make an instrumental guitar album. Joined by bassist Ted Johansen, drummer Eric Metzgar, […]
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Album review: ‘Future Memories’
Yotam Silberstein ‘Future Memories’ Jazz&People yotammusic.com Since landing in New York in 2005, Yotam Silberstein has been enlisted by top artists like The Heath Brothers, James Moody, Roy Hargrove, and many others. Rochester jazz festival attendees have heard his wonderful solos and sensitive coloration supporting Tessa Souter. On “Future Memories,” his sixth album as a […]
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Album review: ‘Ask for Chaos’
Gilad Hekselman “Ask for Chaos” Motéma Music giladhekselman.com It has a decidedly odd title and only lasts a few seconds, but “prologu00001101” — the wonderfully crazy opening track from guitarist Gilad Hekselman’s newly released “Ask For Chaos” — lets you know in no uncertain terms that this will not be a run-of-the-mill jazz album. Hekselman […]
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Album review: ‘Pay for It on the Other Side’
Pete McCann “Pay for It on the Other Side” McCannac Music petemccann.com Over the decades, great guitarists like John McLaughlin and John Scofield have played at the intersection where jazz meets rock, creating a kinetic hybrid in the process. Pete McCann joins that elite club with his new album, “Pay for It on the Other […]
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Album review: ‘The Quest’
Andreas Varady “The Quest” Resonance Records andreasvarady.com On “Lost Memories,” the opening track on “The Quest,” guitarist Andreas Varady unleashes a torrent of notes with such urgency, that it’s disappointing to hear the tune end after about a minute. Listeners will want a lot more than this enticing prelude, and Varady delivers. He’s only 21, […]
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Album review: ‘In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording’
Wes Montgomery “In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording” Resonance Records resonancerecords.org Pat Metheny has called him the greatest jazz guitarist ever, and listening to this new (old) Wes Montgomery album, it’s hard to argue. There has long been a recording available of Montgomery’s 1965 gig at the Théâtre des Champs-lysées in Paris, but it was […]
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Album review: ‘The Wishing Stones’
Tom Guarna “The Wishing Stones” Destiny Records tomguarnamusic.com There is no shortage of excellent young guitarists on the scene today, but few of them are as distinctive as Tom Guarna. Guarna’s new album doesn’t rely on reinterpreting standards or pop tunes. “The Wishing Stones” is full of original tunes that explore new harmonic ideas, varied […]
