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Got to poke my head into the studio during Scott Regan’s “Open Tunings” broadcast Friday to eyeball
French jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel disassemble his guitar and the way I
listen to it.
The Jerry Granelli Band with Robben Ford presented a set of easy-going music complete with jazz-shuffle rhythms and blues structures. Interpreting the music of greats such as Charles Mingus, Fats Domino, and Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach, the band exhibited undeniable skill — and yet the arrangements felt almost commonplace. The mostly mid-tempo tunes lacked […]
On Monday night, the members of Blue Highway brought a more traditional bluegrass approach to the Squeezers Roots & Americana Stage. This sound had less swagger and more twang than The HillBenders from three nights before. And while the music of Blue Highway was perfectly pleasant, it felt staid — almost commonplace — lacking the […]
Joe Locke’s double malleted arms were a blur last night at his 6 p.m. Kilbourn Hall show. It was if he were a cross between an octopus and a helicopter. You could literally feel the heat coming off of him. This was my fourth or fifth time seeing the vibe master and by far the […]
On Sunday night, though the two Jazz Festival performances I witnessed were stylistically quite disparate, both concerts had a nonstop energy that was remarkably uncanny. First was guitarist Stephane Wrembel and his 8:30 p.m. set at the Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, where he was joined by drummer Nick Anderson, bassist Kells Nollenberger, and guitarist […]
