The pieces are supported by piano (Albert van Veenendaal), electric guitar (Paul Jarret), and viola (Oene van Geel). Mostly chamber jazz befitting a museum, but this really sharpens up when Jarret takes the lead and Kamperman introduces some much-needed percussion. 74. Chad McCullough: The...
Also ranks #9 on The Greatest Jazz Guitarists of All Time 5 Stanley Clarke 132 votes Renowned bassist Stanley Clarke boasts an extensive discography showcasing his immense talent in the realms of jazz-funk fusion. Pioneering the art of slap bass alongside Larry Graham, Clarke has made lasting ...
If there’s electric guitar on the tape, and the songs are great, then it’s a great guitar album, right? Well, sure, but when we are talking guitar albums we are being that little bit more exacting; we are looking for the albums with guitars front and center, whose existence ...
In the patient hands of Raphael Rogiński, a semi-hollow electric guitar can sound both ancient and futuristic. Drawing from free jazz, freak folk, Hasidic mystical songs, and Delta blues,Talàntakes the sparse, solo guitar meditations of 2015’s exquisitePlays John Coltrane and Langston Hughes ...
With countless chart-topping_hits and over twenty albums in their impressive discography, The Rippingtons have proven their enduring influence and impact on the smooth jazz scene. 8 Earl Klugh 442 votes Hailed as one of the finest acoustic guitarists in the smooth jazz realm, Earl...
and its epic closer, “Spain,” where Corea reconfigures the main theme from Spanish composer Rodrigo’s famous guitar concerto. Only Corea and Clarke would remain for the next incarnation of the band but the lineup onLight As A Featherwere responsible for one of the best jazz albums ever....
the scope of punk rock by taking in the influence of free jazz and French Symbolist poetry; not for nothing, the leader did rechristen himself Tom Verlaine. And it’s still energetic as all get-up, especially on the classic opener “See No Evil” and the title track’s epic guitar ...
John Scofield has continually been one of the biggest names of modern jazz guitar. In a way, he’s the jazz guitar’s equivalent to jazz piano’s Herbie Hancock. This comparison is seemingly justified in songs like A Go Go, which is a distinctly funky rag. A Go Go displays Scofield’s...
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free-bop saxophone and punchy bass guitar riffing spiced with electronica, like 1970s mavericks (and fellow North Easterners) Back Door thoroughly updated with an infusion of the indie-jazz sensibility of Polar Bear or Trio VD. This new record expands their musical horizon still further to inclu...