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The Jeff Gauthier Goatette: One and the Same
by Brad Glanden
When most of the members of a jazz lineup are credited with effects" along with their respective instruments, there may be reason to suspect that a dependence on electronics may be masking a deficiency of technical skill. Such is not the case with the Jeff Gauthier Goatette. To the contrary, the group's expert balance between the cerebral and the accessible is most evident when the musicians leave the effects pedals alone.
Though Gauthier is based in Los Angeles, the violinist's ...
read moreThe Jeff Gauthier Goatette - Open Source (2011)
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Something Else!
Long, long before Nels Cline had attained his current status as one of the most original, fearless and bad-assed electric guitarists around, he was an obscure twenty-something acoustic guitarist playing in a small, acoustic combo called Quartet Music, that made four record in the 80s, all currently our of print. This mini-orchestra" also had in it Nels' twin brother Alex on drums, the late, great Eric von Essen on acoustic bass, and a violinist named Jeff Gauthier. In the early ...
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The Jeff Gauthier Goatette - Open Source (Cryptogramophone, 2011)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Violinist and composer Jeff Gauthier wears a diverse array of hats in the jazz and improvised music world. Founder of the well-regarded Cryptogrampohone record label, and an in demand producer, he still finds time to record his own music. Gauthier states that his vision of Open Source means drawing from a diverse well of creativity, and he has assembled a fine crew for the achievement of this mission. He is joined by John Fumo on trumpet, Nels Cline on guitar, ...
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