To describe him adequately, one would need a new vocabulary...(just as) he is creating a new vocabulary on the guitar. Ron Sweetman Coda Magazine Guitarist Dom Minasi is a native New Yorker and part of New York Citys illustrious Downtown Scene. An innovator in the field of improvisational Jazz, Dom wears many hats: musician, composer, arranger, educator, author, producer and owner and president of CDM Records, an independent record label. The guitarist is an experienced improviser with an extensive discography. Hes capable of impressive flights of musical fancy, of inspired and inspiring ideas. Minasis previous 2011 release, The Bird, The Girl & The Donkey (Re:konstruKt) featured some intense and challenging interplay between Minasi and the rest of his quintet. On his own, he remains an imaginative player, with more than enough ideas to keep the music fresh and engaging. Minasi achieved this freshness, at least in part, by recording no more than three pieces each day and by starting his improvisations without warming up first. Minasis playing is melodic and fluid, and while his tone is predominantly warm and welcoming hes not averse to creating some more disquieting sounds. Towards the end of Looking Out, the thirteen-minute opener, theres a distinctive buzz, as if an idle snare drum is vibrating in sympathy with Minasis lower-register runs. Its sudden appearance adds an initial element of tension to the tune, as well as bolstering its percussive intensity.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 08:49:47 +0000
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