Styles: Clarinet And Guitar Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:04
Size: 126,9 MB
Art: Front
(5:13) 1. Everything I Love
(6:37) 2. Gentle Rain
(3:30) 3. Big Blues
(4:26) 4. Moon & Sand
(5:00) 5. Skylark
(4:28) 6. Beautiful Love
(7:19) 7. Sometime Ago
(4:57) 8. Where Are You
(5:08) 9. Night Has a Thousand Eyes
(5:00) 10. For All Time
(3:22) 11. Some Other Time
John Basile was born in the Boston area and began playing in local show bands and organ groups at an early age. He attended Berklee College of Music and graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music. Moving to NYC John has performed and recorded in a wide variety of formats both as a leader and a sideman. As an accompanist he has worked with Peggy Lee, Sylvia Syms, Rosemary Clooney, Mark Murphy, and Tony Bennett as well as live performances with contemporary instrumentalists George Mraz , Tom Harrell, John Abercrombie, and Red Mitchell to name just a few. Musically John's guitar style utilizes a finger-style technique that approaches the guitar like a piano. For John the challenge of comping chord fragments and playing melodies simultaneously provides a backdrop for a more open style of playing and improvising. When asked about his most important influences, the first two names he mentions are not other guitar players; Frank Sinatra heads the list and then Bill Evans. Perhaps this explains why John Basile is one of a select group of jazz instrumentalists who doesn’t sound like everyone else. Basile is also one of those rare players who still treasures songs. Not just the tunes, but the songs; musical and lyrical ideas combined in a way that creates a vibrant structure that invites interpretation.
Basile’s ability to ‘sing’ on the guitar is the result of a unique approach to the instrument. He uses a finger-style technique in which he plays the melody and at the same time accompanies himself with fragments of the harmony. The big five and six note chords that are normally strummed are replaced with choice two or three note percussive voicings. Most players, using a pick, strum a chord and then play a single line solo phrase followed by another chord and another solo phrase. Basile, using his fingers, plays both the solo line and the chords simultaneously. This style is similar to the right and left hands of a pianist. It is important to note that this is not something that Basile works out as part of an arrangement for any particular song. This is the language he speaks on the guitar to seek improvisational clarity as the goal.His latest release “No Apologies” returns to his roots and presents a soulful organ based collection of standards, originals, latin, and 70’s pop tunes. “ For this project we wanted to approach the music, choice of musicians , and conception totally from an organic (figuratively and literally) approach and work with material that I felt was complete in representing my personal experience in all styles of music over the years”.
“No Apologies” features the Pat Bianchi on the organ and Carmen Intorre on drums , two of the most exciting voices in jazz today. “ With a few 70’s pop tunes, straight ahead standards, a movie theme, a few originals, and some samba/latin grooves, we had a ball in creating a very complete musical menu that entertains from start to finish.” John entered the field of medical imaging as an MRI technologist and educator, opened numerous imaging centers in the NY area, and recently attained the advanced certification CRA (Certified Radiology Administrator). http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/johnbasile
Brad Terry (1937-) Is a jazz Clarinet-player and accomplished whistler. He has played with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Cheatham, Buck Clayton, Red Mitchell, Buddy Tate, Elliot Zigman, Eddie Thompson, John Basile, Steve Grover and Lenny Breau. Brad has led Jazz workshops and clinics in many countries including the US and Poland. In recent years he has been active in touring and recording as a duo with Polish pianist Joachim Mencel. They can be heard together on the recordings "All About Spring" and "Live at Fort Andross".
The most recognized album featuring Brad Terry is "The Living Room Tapes" featuring his earlier work with legendary guitarist Lenny Breau. An interesting note is that Brad Terry is an accomplished and virtuoso whistler. An example of this unique talent is featured on "Blues for Carole" from these sessions. The duo can also be seen together on the DVD "Live At The Maine Festival" from Art of Life Records. He now lives in Bath, Maine and is active around that region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Terry
Personnel: Brad Terry: clarinet, whistling; John Basile: acoustic & electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, drum program on "Some Other Time"
Basile’s ability to ‘sing’ on the guitar is the result of a unique approach to the instrument. He uses a finger-style technique in which he plays the melody and at the same time accompanies himself with fragments of the harmony. The big five and six note chords that are normally strummed are replaced with choice two or three note percussive voicings. Most players, using a pick, strum a chord and then play a single line solo phrase followed by another chord and another solo phrase. Basile, using his fingers, plays both the solo line and the chords simultaneously. This style is similar to the right and left hands of a pianist. It is important to note that this is not something that Basile works out as part of an arrangement for any particular song. This is the language he speaks on the guitar to seek improvisational clarity as the goal.His latest release “No Apologies” returns to his roots and presents a soulful organ based collection of standards, originals, latin, and 70’s pop tunes. “ For this project we wanted to approach the music, choice of musicians , and conception totally from an organic (figuratively and literally) approach and work with material that I felt was complete in representing my personal experience in all styles of music over the years”.
“No Apologies” features the Pat Bianchi on the organ and Carmen Intorre on drums , two of the most exciting voices in jazz today. “ With a few 70’s pop tunes, straight ahead standards, a movie theme, a few originals, and some samba/latin grooves, we had a ball in creating a very complete musical menu that entertains from start to finish.” John entered the field of medical imaging as an MRI technologist and educator, opened numerous imaging centers in the NY area, and recently attained the advanced certification CRA (Certified Radiology Administrator). http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/johnbasile
Brad Terry (1937-) Is a jazz Clarinet-player and accomplished whistler. He has played with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Doc Cheatham, Buck Clayton, Red Mitchell, Buddy Tate, Elliot Zigman, Eddie Thompson, John Basile, Steve Grover and Lenny Breau. Brad has led Jazz workshops and clinics in many countries including the US and Poland. In recent years he has been active in touring and recording as a duo with Polish pianist Joachim Mencel. They can be heard together on the recordings "All About Spring" and "Live at Fort Andross".
The most recognized album featuring Brad Terry is "The Living Room Tapes" featuring his earlier work with legendary guitarist Lenny Breau. An interesting note is that Brad Terry is an accomplished and virtuoso whistler. An example of this unique talent is featured on "Blues for Carole" from these sessions. The duo can also be seen together on the DVD "Live At The Maine Festival" from Art of Life Records. He now lives in Bath, Maine and is active around that region. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Terry
Personnel: Brad Terry: clarinet, whistling; John Basile: acoustic & electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, drum program on "Some Other Time"
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