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Oliver Gannon & Bill Coon: Two Much Guitar

Read "Two Much Guitar" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


Here's another new offering for afficianados of jazz guitar duos! Veteran Canadian jazzmen Oliver Gannon and Bill Coon team up for eight duets, ably assisted by bassist Darren Radtke and drummer Dave Robbins, for this live recording at the Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver.

In the liner notes, label honcho Cory Weeks finds a unique way for the listener to differentiate between the two guitar stylists, and it seems to work. In the setting of this album, he describes Bill ...

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Oliver Gannon: That's What

Read "That's What" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Hearing jazz live is arguably the best way to experience it. Barring that, a live recording, done well, can be a reasonable substitute. A live show that has that magic, that “it," is a rare thing, and a good recording of one of those is even rarer. That's What is most definitely in that category, and a case could easily be made that it compares well with Smokin' at the Half Note (Verve, 1965) with Wes Montgomery and Wynton Kelly. ...

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Two Much Guitar

Cellar Live
2006

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That's What

Cellar Live
2005

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