"Good Night Songs" Boxholder 2006
A live double CD featuring the Trio of John Tchicai on tenor sax, bass
clarinet and vocals, Charlie Kohlhase on alto, tenor and baritone saxes, and
Garrison Fewell on guitar, chopsticks, slide and percussion. A creative mix
of original compositions and free improvisation recorded by Michael Ehlers
at the Amherst Unitarian Meetinghouse.
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"Big Chief Dreaming" Soul Note
Personnel: John Tchicai, Garrison Fewell, Tino Tracanna,
Paolino Dalla Porta, Massimo Manzi
Voted "Top Ten CD of 2005" –- Garry Booth, JazzReview Magazine (England)
"Big Chief Dreaming" is chosen as "all about jazz" "Publisher's Pick of the Week"
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John Tchicai and Garrison Fewell have been playing together since 2003. This new quintet recording for the Italian jazz label Soul Note features new and improvised music with original compositions by Tchicai, Fewell and Tino Tracanna backed by the excellent Italian rhythm section of Paolino Dalla Porta and Massimo Manzi.
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Review of "Big Chief Dreaming" by Dan Rose at "One Final Note" — Jazz and Improvised Music Webzine:
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Tchicai and Fewell recently performed a duo concert for AllAboutJazz "1's &2's Festival" in New York City. You you can read the review in allaboutjazz online, or click here for a text version of the article.
"Red Door Number11" Splasc(H)
Personnel: Garrison Fewell, George Cables, Attilio Zanchi, Gianni Cazzola
Garrison’s sixth recording, on Italy's Splasc(H) Records.
Fewell has cultivated a mature melodic approach that steers the course of this collection of four originals and fresh new arrangements of six standards, like Billy Strayhorn's "Johnny Come Lately" and Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight." The recording's hauntingly romantic feel centers around the title track and the cinematic daydream that inspired it. The strong group interaction allows Garrison to take both the material and his playing to new creative places. "The soloing flows organically out of the tune, so there is individual expression within the collective identity," writes music journalist Ed Hazell in the liner notes. "Fewell's playing is a masterpiece of clean articulation and clariy.The economy of line, the inner glow that radiates from each note, and the sure pacing are all signs of a mature artist at his peak."
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"City of Dreams" Splasc(H) Records, 2001.
Personnel: Garrison Fewell, George Cables, Tino Tracanna, Steve LaSpina, Jeff Williams
This mix of Fewell originals and classics by Tina Brooks, Mal Waldron and John Coltrane was voted among the "Top Jazz 2001" by critics for Musica Jazz and All Music Guide's Steve Loewy wrote, "Fewell performs flawlessly on guitar, gliding over the chords effortlessly". The Italian journal, Il Manifesto wrote, "The version of Coltrane’s Naima, alone makes this disc worth owning."Award for City of Dreams: Critic's Pick for Best jazz Recordings 2001: Garrison Fewell "City of Dreams"
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"Birdland Sessions" Koch Jazz
Garrison Fewell, Jim McNeely, Steve LaSpina, Jeff Williams
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"Reflection of a Clear Moon" Accurate Records (AC4702) released 5/97.
Personnel: Garrison Fewell, Laszlo Gardony
Recorded 1995 in Budapest, Hungary for Hungarian National Radio. Duo featuring Garrison Fewell and Laszlo Gardony, piano. All original compositions by Fewell and Gardony. Voted "Top Ten Jazz Album of the Year" by the Philadelphia Inquirer."Are You Afraid of the Dark?" on Accurate Records (AC4701) released 6/95, recorded in 1995 in Brooklyn New York. Featuring Garrison Fewell, guitar, Laszlo Gardony, piano, Cecil McBee, bass, Matt Wilson, drums. Original compositions by G. Fewell containing ballads, blues, bossa-nova, 3/4 and Middle Eastern styles, plus a version of McBee's "Song of Her"(from the Charles Lloyd "Forrest Flower" lp), and Wm. Brinkley's exotic, modal composition, "Statue."
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Accurate Records
Personnel: Garrison Fewell, Laszlo Gardony
Cecil McBee, Matt Wilson
A Blue Deeper Than the Blue" Accurate
Personnel: Garrison Fewell, Fred Hersch
Cecil McBee, Matt Wilson
on Accurate Records (AC4700) released 6/93, recorded 1992 live at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. Featuring Garrison Fewell, guitar, Fred Hersch, piano, Cecil McBee, bass, Matt Wilson, drums. Songs include two little known gems by Benny Golson, "Out of the Past" and "Park Avenue Petite," Frank Foster's "Simone" and originals by Fewell. Winner of the Boston Music Award for "Best Jazz Recording of 1993," as well as United Press International and Coda Magazine's Critic's Choice for "Top Ten Recordings.""The soloing flows organically out of the tune, so there is individual expression within the collective identity," writes music journalist Ed Hazell in the liner notes. "The economy of line, the inner glow that radiates from each note, and the sure pacing are all signs of a mature artist at his peak."Birdland Sessions" on Koch Jazz, (KOC-8575) released Sept. 2000. Recorded 5/98 at Birdland Jazz Club, NYC.
Track Listing: All compositions G. Fewell except as noted: 1. Sonora (Hampton Hawes) 2. The Wheel-Turning King 3. Black Forrest (H. Hawes) 4. Insatiable 5. Caffiend 6. Beatrice (Sam Rivers) 7. Dance of the Moraccan Veil 8. Hearing Things 9. Blues For Dukes New Shoes
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