Featured Artist: C Lanzbom
CD Title: Meditations
Year: 2000
Record Label: Desert Rock Records
Style: World Music
Musicians: C Lanzbom, leader, acoustic guitar, hollow body &
hammertone guitars. Darren Solomon, acoustic & electric bass. Park
Stickney, stringed harp. Miri Ben-Ari, violin. Darius Kaufman, flute. Mark
Ambrosino, snare.
Review: C Lanzbom has a great talent, and that talent is well-expressed in
his new acoustic guitar CD release titled MEDITATIONS. It is world music
with a blending of contemporary jazz, folk, and new age jazz.
C Lanzbom is a flawless performer, and this CD showcases his guitar
talents. One could compare his playing in a highly favorable way to Ottmar
Liebert. C Lanzbom's fret skill is flawless, perfect, and gentle.
This is a long, satisfying, enjoyable CD with 12 selections, some songs
having running times of over six minutes. Songs include C Lanzbom's
"We Can Begin," "Lecha Dodi," "Yaer,"
"Song For Cindy," C Lanzbom's "A Day Off," among
others. Miri Ben-Ari is a standout in solo performances with violin, and
so are Darren Solomon on bass, Darius Kaufman on flute, Park Stickney on
stringed harp, and Mark Ambrosino on snare. An excellent gathering of
first-class musicians!
MEDITATIONS is the special kind of jazz CD that grows on the listener with
its unusual jazz motifs and stylings, something to enjoy again and again.
C Lanzbom is a guitar master. Excellent!
Reviewed by: Lee
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