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Jerry Heinz: Day at the Lake

Read "Day at the Lake" reviewed by Dave Hughes


Guitarist Jerry Heinz goes it entirely alone on his recent release Day At The Lake ; playing multi-tracked guitars and all other instruments (primarily light drums and percussion) as well as handling all the composing, producing, and recording tasks. It’s a program that would have done well as part of the Windham Hill catalog during its earlier years. His reverberated twelve-string creates an open, airy feeling that does indeed suggest a cold, crisp day at a northern lake or perhaps ...

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Jerry Heinz: Geneva Bay

Read "Geneva Bay" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Context. Today’s lesson revolves around the contextual relationship between musician and his environs. Place a musician on a horse, out West, and you get cowboy songs. An urban environment gives us a frenetic sound. Think about the birth of jazz, as the bluesmen moved into the cities, the thing was that swing. Give the musician a kilt and place him in the Scottish Highlands with a sheep’s bladder and, well, nobody can explain bagpipe music. Context is everything for guitarist ...

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