Gene Ess "Sandbox & Sanctum" Quartet @ Freddy's Backroom, Nov 4, 2005 10:00PM

Guitarist, Gene Ess, draws the traits that identify his style with firm brush strokes. On the one hand, we have his jazz streak, and on the other hand, his exquisite sensitivity with the guitar, and as a final complement, his taste for sophisticated rhythms. The music from Gene's latest album “Sandbox and Sanctum - Song Cycle for Quartet" will be featured.

Here are some of what the press is saying about Gene Ess:

H. Allen Williams, Jazzreview
Throughout Sandbox and Sanctum, Ess displays a unique approach to the guitar. Ess's use of thoughtful voicings and eloquently chromatic lines definitely grow out of the rich soil of the likes of John Coltrane and the post be-bop era. Ess is a highly recommended guitarist to keep an eye and ear on for the future of jazz guitar.

Wayne Zade, All About Jazz
While a listener might think of Pat Metheny or John Abercrombie or even Grant Green now and then, Ess here really sounds like no one else on guitar: he is his own man. In his solos, his front line playing with the very fine tenor and soprano saxophonist Donny McCaslin, and his comping, Ess is a full-fledged master of taste and touch. His solos are model essays of eloquence and compression. His very special moments occur on acoustic guitar on “Ballad for a Swordsman" and a very electric rock-ish “Sun Matsuri."

Nick Carver, “No Idle Frets Podcast", dedicated to podsafe jazz guitar music - Show #16
http://noidlefrets.blogspot.com
“Gene Ess is definitely one of the Rising Stars in the jazz guitar field."

When: Friday, Nov 4, 2005 10:00PM
Where: Freddy's Backroom, 485 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Venue Phone: 718-622-7035
Musicians: Gene Ess - guitar, Harvie S - bass, Daniel Kelley - keyboards, Gene Jackson - drums.

Press Contact: Kari Gaffney, Kari-On Productions - 706.294.9996 [email protected]

Photo's: http://www.jazzgenemusic.com

Gene Ess albums/CDs now available at www.jazzgenemusic.com, www.cdbaby.com, www.amazon.com, www.itunes.com.