Here we have David Kollar and Paolo Raineri with a brilliant tribute to trumpeter Jon Hassell, who has worked with modern guitarists like Eivind Aarset and Rick Cox.
David Kollar and Paolo Raineri Pay Tribute To Jon Hassell
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Sorry, Test, and Cool Video
My apologies to all the Guitar Moderne fans out there for being missing in action for months. I was having serious website issues and needed to transfer hosts. It took a lot longer than it should have and I apologize.
Here is the first post in a long time, a cool video of modern guitarist Jonathan Crossley improvising with and being interviewed by percussionist Rodrigo Constanzo.
It will serve as a test as to whether my subscriber emails are still going out and everything is working as it should. Thank you for your patience.
Guitar Moderne Festival XXVII
Guitar Moderne began as a place to curate videos of live performances by modern guitarists. During Covid, with touring shut down, I posted many imaginary festivals comprised of shows on You Tube. Festivals are back, though not until the spring, and some of us are still wary of crowded clubs, so here is another virtual festival featuring legend Eivind Aarset, as well as legends in the making Julien Desprez, Liberty Ellman, Susan Alcorn, Ava Mendoza, and Mike Baggetta.
Quatuor IXI, Jan Bang, Eivind Aarset, Michele Rabbia—live at Chamber Remix Cologne
Julien Desprez—at Angelica Festival Internazionale di Musica 2021
Vijay Iyer, Liberty Ellman, Reggie Workman, Tyshawn Sorey—The Stone, NYC – Jan 22 2015
Morphic Resonance 8 Livestream (the first 50 minutes is guitarist Nick Robinson.)
Susan Alcorn and Ava Mendoza at the Cunneen—Hackett Arts Center
Ava Mendoza and Mike Baggetta duo—at First Street Green
Jazz à Junas: Nils Petter Molvær performs Khmer.
For my big birthday (75), I decided to brave a festival.
I hadn’t seen a true concert in over three years. A show at the Jazz a Junas festival seemed ideal: small, outdoors, 40 minutes away from our apartment in Nîmes over mostly non-life-threatening roads.
Spotlight: Elio Martusciello
I discovered Italian guitarist/electronic musician/composer Elio Martusciello through a tip from Eivind Aarset. He, in turn, was clued in by drummer Michele Rabbia, who has played with both men. Rabbia claimed that Martusciello performed with just Ableton Live and its plugins. Of course I had to find out about this. The truth proved a bit more complex.
Martusciello’s recorded work is a masterclass in combining noise, melody, vocalists, found sounds, synthesizers, and guitar in a way that makes them seem like natural partners. His complex audio collages never seem crowded, making excellent use of dynamics, space, and tension. Each sound has its place, and works perfectly with every other element. The compositions can feel simultaneously abstract and romantic.
Elio doesn’t speak fluent English, so I decided to do the first print interview in a while. Hopefully, between Google translate and some editing, the essence of his answers remains.