Description
This Jazz Sessions program spotlights jazz guitarist John Abercrombie.
The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. Shot in stunning HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant cinematic lighting, SOLOS showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles - from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and the experimental. Guitarist John Abercrombie combines bop and free jazz stylistic elements with electronics utilizing phase shifters, guitar synthesizers and the good old volume pedal. What has kept his playing fresh is his refusal to be chained to these digital devices. As he told Down Beat writer Bill Milkowski, 'I try to adjust my playing to the timbre and learn something about how to play that sound, yet at the same time I have to try and force the instrument to play with me a little bit. In other word, I sometimes try to overplay the instrument.'
Cast & Crew
Director: Daniel K. Berman
Producer: Daniel K. Berman & Paul McNulty
Track Listing
- Open Land
- Improvisation #3
- Alice In Wonderland
- Jazz Folk
- Convolution
- A Nice Idea
Additional Details
Label: Original Spin Media
Genre: Jazz
Run Time: 50 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 06/29/10
UPC: 760137501091
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