| 1. Shock Therapy |
| 2. In Stride |
| 3. Well You Needn't |
| 4. Bluzak |
| 5. Acid Rabbits |
| 6. The Dark Frontier |
| 7. An Evening Nap in the Afternoon Sun |
| 8. Oasis |
Editorial Reviews
Jazz has given us some impressive violinists over the years (everyone from Joe Venuti, Stephane Grappelli, Stuff Smith to Jean-Luc Ponty and John Blake), but compared to saxaphonists, trumpeters and pianists, violinists have been a very small minority in the jazz world. One of the few fusion violinists who came along in the 1990's, Joe Deninzon showed considerable promise on "Electric Blue". This unpredictable jazz-rock effort demonstrated that while the Russian-born improviser had studied the history of jazz violin extensively, he refused to be shackled by that history. Though Ponty is a strong influence on Deninzon, it's obvious that he has also spent a lot of time listening to rock guitarists like Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Steve Vai. Deninzon can be lyrical and charming, or he can be a forceful, in-your-face player who brings elements of hard rock guitar (distortion, feedback) to the electric violin. A musical rollercoaster, "Electric Blue" ranges from the poetic!
"Oasis", "An Evening Nap in the Afternoon Sun" to the metallic "Shock Therapy", "Bluzak". The violinist's own compositions dominate the CD, although he also provides an unusually rock-influenced version of Thelonious Monk's "Well You Needn't". Deninzon takes his share of chances on "Electric Blue", and they pay off handsomely.
Product Description
Eclectic, high-energy acid rock jazzfunk from six-string electric violinist Joe Deninzon. Electric/Blue is a journey exploring the outer realms of the violin. From the in-your-face attack of "Shock Therapy" and "Bluzak", to the funky acid jazz grooves of "Acid Rabbits", to the carribean flavor of "In Stride" and "An Evening Nap in the Afternoon Sun", to the abstract expressionism of "The Dark Frontier" and Thelonious Monk's " Well You Needn't" , "Electric/Blue" covers a lot of musical ground and proves that the violin can rock and swing with the best of them. Joe Deninzon mixes the influences of Jimi Hendrix, Jean Luc Ponty, John Coltrane, and Frank Zappa, among others and comes up with a very unique and tasty buffett for the ears.
Electric/Blue
Electric/Blue,Joe Deninzon,Harvest Media Group,Jazz,Pop
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- Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
- For Our Friend
- Hank Jones with the Meridian String Quartet
- High Heels
- Historia [Import]
- I Loves You Porgy [Import]
- If I Had My Way [Import]
- Impressions of Another You
- Iron Man [Import]
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Music: Rondas Infantiles, Vol. 2
Mes Premiers Grands Succes V.1 [Import]
Real Life's Not a Fake [Explicit Lyrics]
Piano Solo [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]