Garrison Fewell: REVIEWS

The Bill Evans of the Guitar.
Todd Kennedy, WFIT Melbourne, FL

The very title of Fewell’s CD - A Blue Deeper Than the Blue - suggests the layered indigo shades and poetic echoes heard from his guitar. Each note has shape and substance, each solo definition and flexibility... legato phraseology, ripe emotions, pristine beauties of sound.
Fred Bouchard, JazzTimes

His beautiful tone and effortless, fluid lines draw the listener in as only a select few have done... a fine guitarist who appeals on the sublime, emotional level of a Bill Evans or a Jim Hall.
James Rozzi, Wired Magazine

Garrison Fewell’s mainstream guitar sound goes back through Grant Green and Jim Hall... But only Fewell’s tone is retro. His active imagination is restless; his musical intelligence is acute; his standards are high. Are You Afraid of the Dark? has prettiness with plenty of brains and balls. **** four stars.
James Conrad, Downbeat

City of Dreams... is a work of relaxed elegance, in which the fluid sound of the leader’s guitar, always attentive to the singing quality of his melodic lines, searches and finds an intimate rapport with his fellow musicians. The version of Coltrane’s Naima, alone makes this disc worth owning.
Manifesto, Italy

So Fine. Fewell's dusky archtop tone and probing bop lines evoke the spirit of classic ‘50's and ‘60's jazz heavies. Pat Martino’s adventurous melmdies, Kenny Burrell’s unhurried swing, and Jim Hall’s pensive harmonies echo within Fewell’s laid-back playing. He’s got a mature, lived-in sound that’s simultaneously cerebral and blue."
Andy Ellis, Guitar Player Magazine

Continually surprising change-ups in phrasing, technique and timing, along with a perceptive balance between forward linear motion and shifting horizontal timbres are the hallmarks of Fewell’s style. Though his tone and attack are decidedly mellow, there’s no getting around the smoldering fire just beneath the surface.
Milo Fine, Cadence

It’s easy to see how Garrison Fewell impresses his jazz guitar students at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. At the Blue Note, Fewell spun off long, flowing lines with impeccable logic and graceful swing, articulating each note with lapidary ease."
George Kanzler, Newark Star Ledger