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John Pisano - Conversation Pieces (1997)

Posted By: DjangoTiger
John Pisano - Conversation Pieces (1997)

John Pisano - Conversation Pieces (1997)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 12 Tracks | 1:00:10 | 133 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: Pablo

Pablo serves up another scoop of material from the delicious John Pisano guitar duet sessions of summer/fall 1994 with no dropoff at all in tasty musical value. Lee Ritenour, Phil Upchurch, Ted Greene and Dori Caymmi return from the Among Friends CD, and additional cooking sessions with Joe Diorio and acoustic-only duets with Gene Bertoncini turn up. Along with a quota of standards and overlooked gems like Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Captain Bacardi," there are more delectable Pisano compositions to be heard, five in all. One of the best is the jazz waltz with Diorio, "Blues for Joe," presumably written in memory of longtime partner Joe Pass, who died two months before the session; the opening sounds more like a celebration of Wes Montgomery. But no, the actual tributes to Wes come on "Jo-Wes" and "Whisper Not," with Ritenour doing his relaxed octave impressions. Again Pisano's inventive work in bop, bossa and ballad forms is easily a match for those of his better-known colleagues, and the rhythm sections are comprised of hard-swinging L.A.-based veterans. (allmusic)

Conversation Pieces is a follow-up to Pisano's 1995 Among Friends,, and like its successful predecessor it consists of a series of "conversations" Pisano holds with other guitarists: the returning Lee Ritenour, Phil Upchurch, Ted Greene, and Dori Caymmi, plus Joe Diorio and Gene Bertoncini. Actually, all the tracks here were recorded in 1994 and 1995.
Pisano is a laid-back neo-bop guitarist with a good facility for improvising in tandem; accordingly, this album is as solidly listenable as its predecessor. On "You Were Meant for Me," "Blues for Joe" and "AM/PM," Pisano and Diorio have at it (with Chuck Domanico on bass and Colin Bailey on drums). Their interplay is genial but heated enough on "You Were Meant for Me." "Blues for Joe," which sounds more like a Gilberto-ish samba than a straight blues, strikes a pleasant pose. But things really get going on "Just Friends," one of two unaccompanied duets Pisano enjoys – and enjoys is the word – with Bertoncini. Both men play nylon-string guitars here (Pisano also plays them on two accompanied duets with Caymmi, "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" and "Captain Bacardi"), and weave intricate, long-breathing lines that are the highlight of the disc. Don't miss "Blues in F," their other duet, either.

There are also two unaccompanied electric guitar duets with Ted Greene: a languid and harmonically adventurous "Body and Soul" and a hauntingly evocative "When I Fall in Love." These are drenched in blues feeling and are generally successful, albeit without the excitement of the tracks with Bertoncini. Still, although the bassists and drummers (including Domanico and Bailey, bassists Jim Hughart, Chuck Berghofer, and Jose Marino; and drummers Claudio Slon and Joe LaBarbera) are tastefully unobtrusive, the heat on this one is generated by the acoustic strings of Pisano and Bertoncini. For fans of limpid and civilized jazz guitar, this is a fine entry. (allaboutjazz)

Tracklist:

1. You Were Meant For Me (4:55)
2. Blues For Joe (4:55)
3. Just Friends (3:43)
4. AM/PM (6:30)
5. Ribbit (5:12)
6. Jo-Wes (4:55)
7. Whisper Not (6:20)
8. Body And Soul (4:45)
9. When I Fall In Love (2:58)
10. I'll Follow My Secret Heart (4:59)
11. Blues In F (4:34)
12. Captain Bacardi (6:24)

Personnel & Info:

Recorded At Group IV Studios,Hollywood,CA
(# 3,8,9,11 At Flying Pisanos Studio,Studio City)

John Pisano-acoustic or electric guitars

With:# 1,2,4:Joe Diorio-electric guitar
Chuck Domanico-bass
Colin Bailey-drums
(Recorded July 22,1994)

# 3,11:Gene Bertoncini-acoustic guitar
(Recorded June 9,1995)

# 5: Phil Upchurch-electric guitar
Jim Hughart-bass
Claudio Slon-drums
(Recorded July 1,1994)

# 6,7:Lee Ritenour-electric guitar
Chuck Berghofer-bass
Joe Labarbera-drums
(Recorded August 12,1994)

# 8,9:Ted Greene-electric guitar
(Recorded October 7,1994)

# 10,12: Dori Caymmi-acoustic guitar
Jose Marino-bass
Claudio Slon-drums
(Recorded June 21,1994)

John Pisano - Conversation Pieces (1997)