Reviews

Time Will Tell, the most recent CD from New York guitarist Dom Minasi and his group DDT+2, is a poignant display of musical identity and collective interplay amongst the five players that make up the […]

“You Should Know Better” begins the CD and reminds me of an earlier tune “Mugshot” off of the Sweet Georgia Peach CD. This is a great tune in its own right though and let’s the […]

Taste, musicality, chops, maturity, and swing. These are words to live by when one steps into the ring as a jazz musician, and it’s obvious from the first listen that Joe Finn and his quartet […]

Upon hearing the first tune, “Ferdinand and Isabelle” off of Mark Kleinhaut’s CD The Balance of Light, the phrase “That’s what I’m talking about!” popped into my head. This a CD that grabs the listener from […]

In the Jazz guitar world there are a few known guitar players who have taken the art of solo guitar playing to the extreme. Players like Joe Pass, George Van Eps, Tuck Andress, Martin Taylor, […]

Dom Minasi’s latest album, Quick Response, proves once again that a typical guitar in the hands of Minasi is anything but typical. It becomes a kaleidoscope of boisterous sounds, resonant textures, warm colors, and individual […]

If you long for the days of extremely confident and uninhibited jazz guitar playing in the style of early George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, and Grant Green, then Richie Hart is your man. His […]

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The guitar duo is a time-honored tradition that has seen some wonderful partnerships. Duos like Carl Kress-Dick McDonough, Joe Pass-Herb Ellis, Emily Remler-Larry Coryell, Pat Metheny-John Scofield, Eric Elias-Luke Nelson and John Abercrombie-Ralph Towner amongst […]

The legendary author and folklorist Joseph Campbell advised us all to follow our bliss in an effort to live a fulfilling and productive life with what we love doing. With the release of Joe Finn’s […]