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Full Circle
1998 Concord Jazz CCD-4788 (2CD)
Howard Alden (g)
Jimmy Bruno (g)
Michael Moore (b)
Alan Dawson (d)
SONGLIST:
Benedetto Blues
I'm Glad There Is You
Something Latin For Patterson
Polkadots And Moonbeams
Terrie's Tune
 Always
Jaguar
Manoir de Mes Reves
Crushed Pepper
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
 Sixty Four Bars On Wilshire
Bonus Disc JAZZ/CONCORD:
Herb Ellis (g)
Joe Pass (g)
Ray Brown (b)
Jake Hanna (d)
SONGLIST:
Look for the Silver Lining
Shadow of Your Smile
Good News Blues
Honeysuckle Rose
Happiness Is the Concord Jazz Festival
Stuffy
Georgia On My Mind
Love For Sale
Bad News Blues
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"I am always amazed by the degree of empathy which enables two guitarists to seem like they are thinking and reacting from one mind. Having experienced it once again with these discs, I remain amazed. When the virtuosity of a Pass or Bruno is paired with the subtle brilliance of an Ellis or Alden, the results are totally satisfying for the listener, and, I'm sure, the players...If you dig guitarists, you must dig this set."
Joe Lang, NEW JERSEY JAZZ
"This two-CD set is actually a tribute to Concord founder Carl Jefferson, who in the 23 years between 1972 and his death in 1995, built Concord Jazz from its "Mom and Pop" origins to its current status as a premier jazz label. It contains Jefferson's first and last Concord recordings.
"How oddly symmetric that both sessions would be quartets comprised of two guitars with bass and drum accompaniment...The best part of the package as a whole, however, is the unison/parellel work of Alden and Bruno on the later recording's initial melodies or "heads." The two guitarists glide together like a pair of tap dancers through an assortment of technically difficult material. Occassionally, when both players are playing two notes instead of one, the resulting four part harmony moving at breakneck speed will leave you spellbound and grasping for superlatives.
Taken together, these two recordings might comprise the ideal introduction to jazz guitar for anyone presently unaquainted with its many pleasures."
Cortland Kirkeby, OMAHA READER (June 1998)
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