Vignola

1. I'm In Love

2. Umba Baby

3. Letting You Go

4. Remembering You

5. Sword of the Lord

6. -10. Bonus Instrumentals

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Average customer rating: Just great guitar Vignola Plays Like a Fine Lover Wonderful Songs Played By A Great Jazz Guitarist S'Wonderful

Vignola Plays Gershwin Frank Vignola Manufacturer: Mel Bay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blues for a Gypsy 5 for Freddie: Bucky's Tribute to Freddie Green Mel Bay John Pisano's Guitar Night Mel Bay Jazz Hits Volume 1 66 2/3 ASIN: B000N69OQM Release Date: 2007-04-17

Tracks:

1. I Got Rhythm
2. Summertime
3. S'Wonderful
4. Our Love Is Here To Stay
5. They Can't Take That Away From Me
6. The Man I Love
7. Somebody Loves Me
8. Strike Up The Band
9. Nice Work If You Can Get It
10. Fascinating Rhythm
11. Embraceable You
12. Lady Be Good
13. How Long Has This Been Going On
14. But Not For Me

Album Description

Jazz is not only the "sound of surprise," as critic Whitney Balliett famously declared, but it can also be the sound of camaraderie. On this exuberant session, you can hear the pleasure the band takes in the music and each other, as they "play" Gershwin in the fullest sense of the word.

This is Frank Vignola's twelfth CD as a leader. A born and bred "Noo Yawkuh" (from Lawn Gyland), he arrived on the scene about 20 years ago, and his star has kept on rising ever since. Vignola is an exceptionally elegant, versatile player who has another distinctive characteristic; he uses his prodigious technique to serve the music, rather than his ego. He might also be the most expressive note-bender in the business. A fan of Charlie Christian, Basie and Bucky, as well as Eric Clapton, Vignola glides across genre boundaries without a net, playing full-frontal straight-ahead jazz with a dash of blues, a whiff of classical, and a splash of rock n' roll. But while his palette of influences is a rich and varied one, his personal style is distinct and unmistakable.

Dr. Judith Schlesinger / From the Liner Notes

Customer Reviews:

Just great guitar.......2007-05-29

Have a great respect for Frank Vignola's artistry. Reminds me of things
from my youth. Several guitar students would get together and jam.
Each of us would get to improvise while the others played rhythm.
Mr. Vignola never disapoints. The only way he could please me more would
be to make more recordings. (I'm 74 yrs old) Get busy Frank!

Vignola Plays Like a Fine Lover.......2007-05-25

I had never heard of Frank Vignola before I heard his rendition of Summertime on my local jazz public radio station. After that I was obsessed with getting this CD and to make matters worse I had to wait for its release! When I listen to the way he plays this song it brings me to my knees. The care, the passion, the touch, the creativity, the expression that he brings to his instrument ... whoa. To me, listening to him play is like being invited to share in an incredibly intimate experience between two deeply connected souls (Frank and his guitar) where you are not sure whom is playing/leading who.

Wonderful Songs Played By A Great Jazz Guitarist.......2007-05-18

This CD is filled with wonderful songs played by a great guitarist. If you like jazz guitar, this CD will find a permanent spot in your multi-CD player or IPOD.

S'Wonderful.......2007-04-17

Crystal-clear recording, a tight top-notch jazz quartet, interesting arrangements, outstanding solos - who could ask for anything more?
This is jazz guitar at its best. Highly recommended.

Average customer rating: Mellow Moonglow Raining on the Parade Great Guitar Best Guitar Album I Own Fantastic!!

Moonglow Bucky Pizzarelli , and Frank Vignola Manufacturer: Sin-Drome Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Passionate Guitars 33 1/3 66 2/3 Contrasts The Best of Bucky and John Pizzarelli ASIN: B0009XT91O Release Date: 2005-07-19

Tracks:

1. Whispering
2. I Can Dream, Can't I
3. Temptation
4. Moonlight Serenade
5. My Ideal
6. Moonglow
7. In The Blue Of Evening
8. Sleepy Time Down South
9. If I Had You
10. Golden Earrings
11. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
12. P.S. I Love You
13. Serenade In Blue
14. I'm Confessin'
15. Deep Purple
16. You'll Never Know

Customer Reviews:

Mellow Moonglow.......2007-01-11

This is a very, very mellow album featuring two of today's top jazz guitarists, Pizzarelli and Frank Vignola. Vignola does most of the soloing, which is minimal, but the interplay between the two artists is worth the price of admission.

Raining on the Parade.......2006-08-28

Well, 2 1/2 stars, but that isn't an option.

I hate to disagree with the other reviewers of this CD who seem to think it is wonderful. I'll meet then halfway, and say that Bucky Pizzarelli is wonderful. As for Frank Vignola? He demonstrates a very tinny and nasally tone throughout. Some people like this timbre; I'm not one of them!!

Overall it reminds me of that John Denver recording from the 80's, "Perhaps Love", where Johnny D joins up with Placido Domingo. John does fine in his own element, but once Maestro Domingo enters, the difference in skill level is painfully evident. Same here: Vignola is probably fine on his own, but put him up against a legend like Pizzarelli, and he ends up coming across as the proverbial "chopped liver".

The liner notes by Joel Dorn are entertaining, if not relevant, except to demonstrate the writer's love of Italian cuisine.

Great Guitar.......2006-03-14

This CD makes one want more and more. It's my new favorite. I highly recommend this one.

Best Guitar Album I Own.......2006-02-18

I've never written a review for any CD, but felt I must for this album. I own loads of guitar albums - of all genres - and Moonglow is head and shoulders above the rest. It's absolutely sublime. You will fall in love with this CD.

Fantastic!!.......2005-09-30

If you are into mello guitar, great rhythm, smooth fingering, and wonderful sound, get this album. It is simply superb!!

Average customer rating: The Essential Mark O'Connor

Essential Mark O'Connor Manufacturer: Sony Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by O'Connor | O'Connor, Mark | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Essential Broadway The Essential Joshua Bell More Motown Classics Gold Gold Crossing Bridges ASIN: B000NDIAXS Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

1. Appalachia Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
2. Tiger Rag - Jon Burr, Wynton Marsalis, , Mark O'Connor, Frank Vignola
3. Caprice No. 1 in a Minor - Mark O'Connor
4. Butterfly's Day Out - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
5. Caprice for Three - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
6. Stephane and Django - Jon Burr, , Mark O'Connor, Frank Vignola
7. Midnight on the Water/Bonaparte's Retreat - Mark O'Connor
8. College Hornpipe - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
9. Flailing - Mark O'Connor
10. Brave Wolfe - Wynton Marsalis, , Mark O'Connor
11. Misty Moonlight Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
12. F.C.'s Jig - Yo-Yo Ma, , Mark O'Connor
13. Caprice No. 6 in G Major - Mark O'Connor
14. Vistas - Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, , Mark O'Connor
15. Amazing Grace - Mark O'Connor

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5. American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life) For Violin and Orchestra - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
6. American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life) For Violin and Orchestra - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
7. American Seasons (Seasons of an American Life) For Violin and Orchestra - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor
8. Appalachia Waltz - Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, , Mark O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

The Essential Mark O'Connor.......2007-06-13

This is a wonderful 2-disc set. Mark O'Connor is extremely versatile. He plays beautifully, no matter what type of music he is playing; classical, jazz, bluegrass. His talents as a composer and as a violinist are showcased.

Average customer rating: Empire Brass-Greatest Hits

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Tracks:

1. Canzon Septimi Toni No 2
2. Canzona Bergamasca
3. Feierlicher Einzug
4. Overture To The Impresario
5. Prelude
6. Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
7. Arabian Dance
8. Amarilli Mia Bella
9. Basse Danse Bergeret
10. Hopper Dance
11. Dance Of The Comedians
12. Summertime
13. Big Spender
14. When The Saints Go Marchin' In

Customer Reviews:

Empire Brass-Greatest Hits.......2003-11-27

This is one of the best CD's I own. Oustanding muscianship, expression and interesting repertoire. A must buy.

Average customer rating: Picking at its best Great Solo Stuff - No edits or remixing Brilliant example of solo guitar Is this Django's ghost?

Blues for a Gypsy Frank Vignola Manufacturer: Acoustic Disc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vignola Plays Gershwin 33 1/3 66 2/3 Moonglow The One And Only ASIN: B00005J72I Release Date: 2001-06-26

Tracks:

1. Donna Lee
2. Blues For A Gypsy
3. Tears
4. Cryin'
5. Gypsy Bach
6. By The Fire
7. Laura
8. Fishing With Django
9. Angel Eyes
10. Limehouse Blues
11. Misty
12. Gypsy Dreams
13. Please
14. I Surrender Dear
15. Train Ride
16. Manoir De Mes Reves

Customer Reviews:

Picking at its best.......2005-10-09

Frank Vignola shows no mercy to his instrument and plays like hell. He is no doubt the best swing-guitarist around at this time. Look at his collaboration with Mark O'Connor to see him at work with Tiko-Tiko.

Great Solo Stuff - No edits or remixing.......2005-01-03

Frank proves that he is one of the more versatile guitarists on the scene today. Great solo stuff. Check him out live...a great act.

Brilliant example of solo guitar.......2002-10-31

This is a delightful recording for anyone who likes traditional jazz and solo guitar, and will be especially appreciated by jazz guitarists. Although the influence of Django Reinhardt and the gypsy paradigm is evident, this is not an attempt to clone Django--Vignola has a voice of his own. And I would guess that Vignola would list Joe Pass among his influences; there are a couple of moments on this solo recording that remind me of Pass's Virtuoso album. In fact, the two recordings share two of the same selections.

Vignola's playing is fresh and expressive, never cloying or trite. The CD starts with a gorgeous version of Donna Lee, starting with a rubato head then moving to a rhythmic improvisation. His arrangement is rich, full of lovely voice leading. He is otherwise a master of the solo guitar, never taking us along on a single-note line too long without returning to remind us of the underlying rhythm and chord structure. He also displays impressive technique, hard to imagine how he does it, but it's not ostentatious. However, although I enjoy Misty on this CD, this version does not really bring anything new to the table.

By The Fire is an odd 23-second piece with frantic full-chord strumming. Train Ride, another shorty at 48 seconds, has a pedal tone played as machine-gun 16th notes with strums punched in intermittently without missing a stroke. This is akin to juggling an egg and a bowling ball.

Another oddity--maybe a practical joke to see who's paying attention, I don't know--the final selection, Manoir de Mes Reves, is listed as 4:01, but the selection actually lasts 6:43. At 4:01, there is a pause of 51 seconds before the music resumes, this time a different song.

Is this Django's ghost?.......2001-07-10

Wonder what Django Reinhardt would be playing if he was still around these days? You don't need a Gypsy fortune teller... Just check out Frank Vignola's latest, and greatest, "Blues For A Gypsy." The style and sound is very, very Reinhardt, right down to his vintage Selmer-Maccaferri Gypsy guitar, and flamboyant Gypsy styling he employs with such incredible feeling and touch on every song. Fell in love with Vignola when we saw him live with Mark O'Connor and have been waiting over a year for this CD to be released. The wait was well worth it. If you are a fan of the jazz and blues style of Django, interpreted by Frank Vignola... arguably today's number one Gypsy guitar master... this is it! It's "DJANGO 2001!"

Average customer rating:

Appel Direct Frank Vignola Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000006MG Release Date: 1993-09-28

Tracks:

1. Appel Direct
2. Play, Fiddle, Play
3. Ready 'N Able
4. Indian Love Call
5. Jeannine
6. Whirly Twirly
7. The Jitterbug Waltz
8. Love For Sale
9. The Rajah
10. I'll Never Smile Again
11. If I Love Again
12. It Might As Well Be Spring

Average customer rating: More Wess than Vignola

Without a Doubt Frank Wess & Frank Vignola Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004YC1S Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. Ask Jees
2. Sumpin' Went Wrong
3. Without A Doubt
4. City Samba
5. The Return
6. Gene (For Bertoncini)
7. Pretty Is
8. Depraw
9. If I Love Again

Customer Reviews:

More Wess than Vignola.......2003-11-02

Not a bad cd but I was expecting more Frank V and got A LOT of Frank W.

Very heavy on the flute very, very light on the guitar.

Average customer rating: His best A Pleasure to Listen To Very nice A Marvelous Recording

Concord Jazz Guitar Collective Howard Alden , Frank Vignola , and Jimmy Bruno Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Full Circle Hand-Crafted Swing Like That Sleight of Hand Live at Birdland ASIN: B0000006OX Release Date: 1995-11-30

Tracks:

1. Bittersweet
2. Strictly Confidential
3. String Thing
4. Mating Call
5. Seven Come Eleven
6. Body And Soul
7. Donna Lee
8. Perdido
9. Swing 39
10. Four Brothers
11. Song D'Autumne
12. Ornithology

Customer Reviews:

His best.......2005-02-21

Of all Howard Alden's Concord CDs, this is his best and is certainly my favorite. Everything works here: the choice of tunes is perfect and the playing impeccable. Almost all the tunes are taken up or medium-up tempo, and they all swing like mad. There is an especially inspired and cooking version of Jimmy Giuffre's "Four Brothers" composition (made famous first by Woody Herman, of course), and of a catchy and swinging Sam Jones tune called "Bittersweet," which is a blues with an 8-bar bridge. Very nice and highly recommended.

A Pleasure to Listen To.......2003-05-29

I have had this CD for a long time, and everytime I put it on, it just seems to get better. These three guys all play with such fire and imagination, yet are totally unique in their own ways. The real surprise of this LP is how controlled Jimmy Bruno's playing is. Bruno of course is probably the greatest technician among living jazz guitarists, and here he plays with such melodicism, fluidity and taste, that when he truly does let go, it's even more impressive than on the recordings where he burns nonstop.

Very nice.......2002-05-25

This CD has a mix of electric and acoustic, slow and fast. It is always interesting and one of the best over all jazz guitar albums I have heard.

A Marvelous Recording.......2001-11-16

Everyone I've known who loves jazz has had a few "personal favorite" solos from their favorite artists that just seem to stand out from all the rest. You can listen to hundreds of great solos and enjoy them all, but there are a few that NEVER fail to make the back of your neck tingle or bring tears to your eyes. These are the ones in which every note, every bit of dynamic shading, every rhythmic articulation strikes you as being PERFECT--a small masterpiece of composition. Among guitar players, Jim Hall & Wes Montgomery seem to have achieved this level of genius more than their fair share of times. WELL, this recording contains one of those rare "in the zone" solos. On "Song D'Autumne", a Django tune, after the opening chorus, Jimmy Bruno unleashes about 1 minute and 30 seconds worth of the most glorious sounding improvisation I have ever heard in more than 25 years of listening to jazz. Unbelieveably swinging. Incredibly melodic. Powerful.
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that Frank Vignola is not showcased enough. That would be tough, though, alongside Howard Alden and Jimmy Bruno. Not that there's anything remotely bad on the disc--no. It's a great recording, that just happens to contain a solo worthy of the best ever.

Average customer rating:

Déjà Vu Frank Vignola Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Blues for a Gypsy ASIN: B00000IGRL Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

1. White Room
2. It's Too Late
3. I Shot The Sheriff
4. Deja Vu - Part One
5. Spain
6. Waiting For A Girl Like You
7. Deja Vu - Part Two
8. Deja Vu
9. Imagine
10. Walkin' On The Moon
11. Deja Vu - Part Three
12. Walk This Way
13. Alison
14. Deja Vu - Part Four
15. Dust In The Wind

Average customer rating: makes 140BPM feel like a ballad

Blistering Licks! Red-Hot Riffs from the Giants of Jazz Manufacturer: Concord Jazz / XM ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000GIYAXY

Product Description

1. Sonny Rollins-It's All Right With Me 2. Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry-Shaw 'Nuff 3. Wes Montgomery-Airegin 4. Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis-Tickle Tow 5. Miles Davis Quintet-Salt Peanuts 6. Hampton Hawes-Up Blues 7. Bob Berg/Randy Brecker/Joey DeFrancesco/Dennis Chambers-Oleo 8. Jaco Pastorius Big Band-Kuru/Speak Like A Child 9. John Coltrane-Russian Lullaby 10. Bill Evans-Woody 'N You 11. Art Tatum with Roy Eldridge-This Can't Be Love 12. Frank Vignola-Appel Direct

Customer Reviews:

makes 140BPM feel like a ballad.......2006-09-17

Some serious FAST bebop taking place here. If you like your jazz fast and your solos astonishingly virtuostic, this is the album for you. A very good overview of bebop from the 50s as well as few cleverly added modern (well, the 90s are modern by comparison, right?) songs.
The majority of the album is your expected jazz combos featuring horns, keys, bass & drums. Exceptions include an Oscar Peterson/Clark Terry cover of Dizzy Gillespie's "Shaw 'Nuff" (just keys & trumpet, but DON'T lower your expectations- it may be the most pyro-technic piece on the album), a big band tribute to Jaco Pastorious (fusion, obviously) providing Pastorious' "Kuru" and a cover of Herbie Hancock's "Speak Like a Child", and a very well executed Django Reinhardt cover (Appel Direct) by Frank Vignola.
This album was originally released at on Starbucks' "Hear Music" label.

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