The bluesy guitarist - who started out long ago in jazz (somewhat difficult to imagine, until those gossamer Phelps doesn’t just create a musical mood, he fashions a world and then gently tugs the listener into his created Souls as he works songs like a divining wand on his 2005 release, "Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind." With a burned ash of a voice and blue lightning in his fingers, Kelly Joe Phelps evokes the spirit of a thousand Kelly Joe Phelps, "Tap the Red Cane Whirlwind", Rykodisc RCD 10801, 2005 To this rhythm section which cooks quite nicely sans percussion.īiréli Lagrène's Website Buy it at The modern era of jazz, especially on post-bop numbers "Place du Tertre" and "Mimosa." Less than conspicuouslyĪbsent are drums, a quick reference to the liner notes required to confirm to oneself this absence, and a nod The addition ofįranck Wolf on soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones grants the Gipsy Project passage out of the 1930s and into You know you are hearing a guitarist with complete and unchallenged mastery over his instrument. Five of 14 tracks on "Move" are Django tunes, including one of the most languidĪnd famous, "Nuages," but also highlighting the furious rhythm of the gypsy pompe on "Hungaria." It's on similarįiercely propulsive tunes such as "Cherokee" and "Move" that Lagrène's fingers are set loose to fly, and on which But there is much more than a mere flicker of Django's shining legacy in Lagrène's Lagrène has built a formidable reputation as heir-apparent to Django Reinhardt and the gypsy jazz he pioneered Spontaneously combusts such that you'd best stand away from your speakers if you don't want to get singed. The opening track, written by bassist Diego Imbert, Minor 7th May/June 2005: Biréli Lagrène, Kelly Joe Phelps, Martin Simpson, Mike Dowling, Aliéksey Vianna, Jack Johnson, Amos Lee, Doug MacLeod, Don Nadel, Jamie Anderson, Todd Carey, Julie Loyd, Chris Cortez, Ian Tyson Reviewing the best in non-mainstream acoustic guitar musicīiréli Lagrène and the Gipsy Project, "Move", Dreyfus Jazz FDM 36668-2, 2005īiréli Lagrène's "Move" is hotter 'n a match head.
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