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New Guitar Summit: Shivers
by Mike Perciaccante
The second album from the triumvirate of virtuoso guitarists J. Geils, Duke Robillard and Gerry Beaudoin is another set of vintage jazz-blues in which the three guitarists improvise while prodding, teasing and pushing each other to greater heights. While only four of the tracks are originals written by one or more members of the group, each track fits comfortably within the swing-bop-jazz-blues context of the album.
On Shivers the three are joined by yet another brilliant guitarist, Randy ...
read moreNew Guitar Summit: Retrospective
by Craig W. Hurst
The title of the new CD released by The New Guitar Summit, Retrospective represents the collective and individual work of Boston based jazz guitarist Gerry Beaudoin, Duke Robillard of Roomful of Blues fame, and the legendary Jay Geils of the 1970’s rock band The J. Geils Band. Although the majority of the cuts on the recording have each of these guitarists demonstrating their individual styles representative of their unique musical backgrounds, they also make collaborative contributions on three straight-ahead swingers ...
read moreThe New Guitar Summit feat. J. Geils, Howard Alden, Gerry Beaudoin at Iridium Nov. 17-21
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All About Jazz
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10019 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com
SHOW TIMES NIGHTLY AT 8:00, 10:00 Nov. 17-21 THE NEW GUITAR SUMMIT FEATURING J. GEILS, HOWARD ALDEN, GERRY BEAUDOIN
New England has always had an affinity for guitar players. In recent memory three of the finest are Gerry Beaudoin, Jay Geils and Howard Alden. The three all have solid careers of their own with a ...
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NEW GUITAR SUMMIT - GEILS, ROBILLARD, BEAUDOIN HIT THE ROAD THIS FALL!
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All About Jazz
BOSTON, MA. - Three of America's premier guitarists of the jazz, blues and swing genre have launched a Guitar Summit" for touring festivals, concert venues and colleges. Jay Geils, an institution on guitar, is most prominently featured along with Duke Robillard, founder of Roomful Of Blues" and a twice- nominated Grammy Award Winning Player with the swingster, Gerry Beaudoin on hand as the third member. The tour carrys tech and a rhythm section. All three men have long careers with ...
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