Tag: guitar

Lion Hearted

Seattle-based Herb Kloss‘ gorgeous flute sound is united with the vast transcultural percussion pallet of Tom Cabrera and Jack DeSalvo‘s mandola, cello and guitar for a genre-transcending recording…

1Up1Down: Live from Nowhere

1UP1DOWN is a new band led by saxophonist/composer Chris Kelsey. Live from Nowhere is the group’s first release. The first Sonny Rollins album I ever heard wasn’t Saxophone…

These Moments

The brilliant, singular guitar voice of Rob Reich is heard far and wide, but here it shines a light on his own music. Here renowned double-bassist Gandharva Earl…

Pramantha

Like predecessor recordings My Goals Beyond by John McLaughlin and Bill Connors’ Theme To The Guardian on ECM, Jack DeSalvo gives his music a most personal rendering utilizing…

Open Lines

Coolness is defined by action, not words. Joel Shapira approaches guitar playing like a veteran baseball player on a hot streak would approach the plate, brimming with an…

Engine of the Gods

MotoMachine – the incomparable team of multi-instrumental phenom Jim “Controlio Walleone” DeSalvo and monster guitarist-keyboardist Joe Mystery – fire up the Engine of the Gods, fueled by adrenalized…

Jubilant Rain

I discovered improvised music little by little as a teenager, studying classical guitar and playing in garage bands. It was, however, the solo recordings of Keith Jarrett that…

Tales of Coming Home

Deep within many ancient traditions seems to be the common thread of a completely unified field of consciousness. The implication is that individual minds are simply projecting this…

Herb Kloss: Far from Home

Jazz flutist Herb Kloss could have followed in his sister Sherry’s footsteps and become a classical virtuoso. Instead, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane and Hubert Laws became his heroes….

Coriolis Sky

Traversing the borderlands of the jazz tradition from a modernist perspective, the Tom DeSteno Trio offers their new recording, Coriolis Sky, the first release on mEyeFi Media’s Unseen…