Posted July 7, 2010 at 6:24 am | No comments
It’s All About Groove by New York based guitarist, and Vermont native, Ethan Mann. Mann, who relocated to New York in 1991, currently leads the organ trio featured on this recording, consisting of Chip Crawford, keyboards, and Greg Bandy, drums. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Mann has studied with such jazz guitar luminaries as Rodney Jones and Jack Wilkins, and is currently on faculty at Crestwood Music Education Center and Manna House Workshops in East Harlem.
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Posted June 29, 2010 at 12:26 pm | 6 comments
There are few guitarists alive today that are more accomplished or easily recognizable as Lee Ritenour. With a resume that reads like every budding guitarists wildest dream, Ritenour has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in music during his fifty years as a guitarist. After beginning his professional career at the age of sixteen,
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Posted June 29, 2010 at 12:26 pm | 7 comments
I had to smile, just a little when after inputting Lee Ritenour’s 2010 album 6 String Theory into iTunes, it came up listed as genre “unclassifiable.”. I couldn’t have put it better myself, thanks Steve Jobs.
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Posted June 14, 2010 at 5:15 pm | No comments
Guitarist Eric Krasno has enjoyed a long and varied musical career. He was a founding member of the bands Soulive and Lettuce. Krasno has worked with jazz players such as Joshua Redman, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Chaka Khan. He also appeared with hip-hop artists 50-Cent, GZA and Talib Kweli.
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Posted May 22, 2010 at 6:18 pm | No comments
Guitarist Bill Frisell and his trio were framed in red curtains and white spotlights on stage at the Barns, the winter haven for artists who perform at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia.
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Posted May 11, 2010 at 11:52 pm | No comments
This is the 3rd opportunity that I have had to review Stryker and Slagle. I always look forward to hearing them and am never disappointed. This is a band that has much to offer.
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Posted May 11, 2010 at 11:33 pm | No comments
Ralf Krebs is based in Berlin, Germany. He began his musical career by studying Latin percussion and drumming.
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Posted May 11, 2010 at 9:59 am | No comments
This is my first exposure to guitarist Alex Machacek. He was born in 1972 and raised in Vienna, Austria.
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Posted April 30, 2010 at 12:46 pm | No comments
Frank DiBussolo is an experienced player and educator. His guitar work has been featured with bands the likes of Buddy Rich, Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie.
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Posted April 30, 2010 at 11:51 am | No comments
Drummer Lenny White has been one of the top jazz/rock drummers for many years. He was a member of Return To Forever, in the 1970’s.
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