Jazz CDs: 'Journeyman,' 'Double Exposure' New York Daily News What makes jazz jazz? One key element is the way artists interpret songs. The three reviewed below, in addition to their own work, take tunes from other genres and jazz 'em up. Brandon Wright “Journeyman” (Posi-Tone) Wright comes right out of the gate ...
Not for Purist Audiences Wall Street Journal ... at the risk of offending purists, mixes riffs, chords and harmonies from jazz and pop standards into single tracks. For instance, he puts together Wes Montgomery's "Four on Six" and the Allman Brothers Band's "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.
Art in Paradise: Thumbin' It Valley Advocate By James Heflin Jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery became something of a phenomenon in the '60s with his mellow and accessible version of jazz. Some of his albums even offered something most jazz players didn't use: orchestras full of brass or strings.
Summer 2012 -- Bay Area jazz San Jose Mercury News (D. Ross Cameron/The Oakland Tribune) Summer jazz is about to happen -- in local parks and tucked-away clubs, as well as on festival stages. It's called the distribution of heaven. Monterey Jazz Festival: We're cheating here; the nation's top jazz...
Jazz guitarist Zacc Harris blends tradition and novelty on 'The Garden' Minnesota Public Radio For even the smallest of audiences, he aims to breeze through music popularized by virtuosos of a distant era, storied players like Wes Montgomery, the master who many have sought to emulate. On stage, Harris makes his own mark on standards with enough ...
Tunes for the Road New York Times NATE CHINEN Locomotion was always a guiding principle for the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, who had the Cadillac of rhythm sections on the 1965 club date that became “Smokin' at the Half Note” by the Wynton Kelly Trio and Montgomery.
Hat's off - well, maybe - for smooth-jazz guitarist Arizona Daily Star Last summer, Colionne released his seventh album, "Feel the Heat," which has already popped out a couple of top 10 singles, "The Windy Dance" and "The Connection," as well as a tribute to the guitarist he most admires, Wes Montgomery, with "Wessin'.
Summer 2012 -- Bay Area jazz Contra Costa Times By Richard Scheinin Summer jazz is about to happen -- in local parks and tucked-away clubs, as well as on festival stages. It's called the distribution of heaven. Monterey Jazz Festival: We're cheating here; the nation's top jazz festival actually ...
Ciyo's Guitar Collective, Pizza Express Jazz Club - review Evening Standard Serious Productions, the monolithic agency which decides how your jazz pound should be spent, recently released its supporting programme for November's big-budget London Jazz Festival, and as usual it's heavy on the depressing tosh that gives jazz a ...
Jazz Chord Substitutions Acoustic Guitar By Sean McGowan Owing both to the complex chord vocabulary and the playful tradition of the genre, jazz musicians have a great amount of flexibility to adjust the harmony of songs as they see fit. For instance, they might add extra colors in the ...
