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Frank Potenza: For Joe

Read "For Joe" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Joe Who? Joe Pass. Not a difficult question, given that it's Pass' image that dominates the front cover of For Joe. A quick glance at the track listing makes it pretty clear too. Then there's the rhythm section of Jim Hughart on bass, Colin Bailey on drums and John Pisano on second guitar: men whose working relationship with Pass goes back to the mid-60s--all three performed on For Django (Pacific, 1964). Band leader and primary guitarist Frank Potenza has certainly ...

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Shelly Berg & Frank Potenza: First Takes

Read "First Takes" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


In the liner notes to this piano-guitar duo album, Shelly Berg notes that there “often exists a love/hate relationship between the guitarist and pianist in a jazz band, with each jockeying for supremacy in creating chords and accompaniment." Upon reflection, I would have to say that this may be a reality on some occasions, but when two like-minded musicians pull off an album like this one, the results can be quite the opposite. Considering the collaborative efforts of Bill Evans ...

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The Frank Potenza Quartet: The Legacy

Read "The Legacy" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Guitarist Frank Potenza, who was a member of the Gene Harris Quartet from 1996 until the pianist’s untimely death in 2000, has dedicated his second album on Azica Records to his late friend and former employer. Not surprisingly, Potenza’s group sounds much like Harris’s, with pianist Larry Fuller adopting Gene’s crisp, percussive style and swinging almost as aggressively as his role model on every number. The “Harris connection” is further reinforced by bassist Luther Hughes, a member of Gene’s various ...

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For Joe

Capri Records
2013

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First Takes

Azica Records
2006

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The Legacy

Azica Records
2004

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When We're Alone

Original Jazz Classics
1988

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Soft & Warm

Original Jazz Classics
1987

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