(Free Improvisation, Contemporary Jazz) Dom Minasi - Коллекция - 1974-2005 (3 альбома), MP3, 320 kbps

Guitarist Dom Minasi was born March 6, 1943, in New York City, the same birth date as Wes Montgomery. A primarily self-taught, natural musician, in his youth he backed singers and played his share of rock & roll, church dances, and small jazz combo gigs starting at age 15. As an educator, Minasi took many private students at a young age, while launching a professional career with two albums for the Blue Note label in the mid-'70s.
Unfortunately, this was a time when Blue Note was being sold, and the company was not supportive promotionally. Minasi dropped out of the recording scene and freelanced locally for the next 15 years, playing occasionally with jazz pianist Dennis Moorman and going back to school at Lehman College, where he graduated with a degree in composition in 1990. By 1993 he was doing off-Broadway shows, in the midst of writing nearly 300 compositions, working with children in the New York public school system, and preparing for a comeback that would see him reinventing his style improvisationally. Honing extended techniques and advanced harmonic theories, Minasi also found time to write several books on music disciplines, including improvisation, theory, and chord substitutions, and he continued conducting workshops for kids.
In 2000 he was back in full force, producing CDs for CIMP and his independent CDM label in tandem with his wife, vocalist Carol Mennie. Extended works, extrapolations of Duke Ellington's music, and brave, pure improvisational excursions found Minasi a new audience. Some of his collaborators have included Michael Jefry Stevens, Blaise Siwula, Ken Filiano, Joe McPhee, Tomas Ulrich, Steve Swell, Borah Bergman, Perry Robinson, Bryan Olson, Matthew Shipp, Jackson Krall, Jon Hemmersam, and John Bollinger. His book A Singer's Guide to Reading Rhythm was released in 2007, and he has performed at the International Society for Improvised Music conferences in 2006 (Ann Arbor, MI) and 2007 (Evanston, IL).

Dom Minasi - When Joanna Loved Me
Год издания диска: 2013
Продолжительность: 35:13
Треклист:
01. Spinning Wheel (Thomas) - 6:08
02. When Joanna Loved Me (Wells-Segal) - 4:54
03. On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper-Washington) - 8:36
04. With a Little Help from My Friends (Lennon-McCartney) - 7:35
05. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life (Legrand-Bergman-Bergman) - 3:41
06. I'll Only Miss Her (When I Think of Her) (Cahn-Van Heusen) - 4:19
Состав:
Dom Minasi - guitar, arranger
Joseph Daddiego - conga, percussion
Bud Nealy - drums, percussion
Garry Newman - bass
Paul Winter, Peter Dimitriades - violin
Harry Zarotzian, Seymour Berman - viola
Kermit Moore, Seymour Barab - cello
Gene Bianco - harp
Strings arranged and conducted by Wase Marcus.
Recorded at A&R Recording Studio, New York on March 19-21, 1974.

Dom Minasi - I Have the Feeling I've Been Here Before
#777Год издания диска: 2013
Продолжительность: 37:26
Треклист:
01. R.K. Bossa (Kellaway) - 4:38
02. You've Been Away Too Long (Ighner) - 3:21
03. I Have the Feeling I've Been Here Before (Kellaway-Bergman-Bergman) - 2:39
04. Bitzy (Olson) - 2:39
05. Sometime Boogie (Kellaway) - 4:40
06. Moroccan Copper (Ighner) - 5:49
07. Free (MacKay-Hamilton) - 3:40
08. Theme from Prisoner of Second Avenue (Hamlisch) - 3:49
09. Soltura (Kellaway) - 6:11
Состав:
Don Minasi - guitar
#1,3,5,7,9:
Bud Shank - flute, soprano saxophone
Dave Sherr - oboe, alto saxophone
Jack Nimitz - clarinet, baritone saxophone
Ray Pizzi - bassoon, tenor saxophone
Tony Terran, Ed Sheftel - trumpet, flugelhorn
Marni Robinson - French horn
Charles Loper - trombone
Roger Bobo - tuba
Harvey Mason, Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman - percussion
Jackie Lustgarten, Ann Goodman, Kathleen Lustgarten, Lucille Greco - celli
Gale Levant - harp
Roger Kellaway - keyboards
Charles Domanico - bass
Ron Krasinski - drums
#4,8:
Louis DiTullio - flute
Earl Dumler - oboe
Hugo Raimondi - clarinet
Jack Marsch - bassoon
Jim Decker - French horn
Mark Stevens - percussion
Gale Levant - harp
Fred Seykora, Dennis Karmazyn, Jackie Lustgarten, Christine Ermacoff - celli
John Morrell - acoustic guitar
Roger Kellaway - piano
Charles Domanico - bass
Harvey Mason - drums
#2,6:
Benard Ighner - trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, Arp synthesizer
Warn Luening, Jay Diversa - trumpet, flugelhorn
George Bohanon - trombone
Keith Ighner - trombone, Fender bass
Ray Pizzi - tenor saxophone, flute
Bobbye Hall - congas
John Morrell - guitar
Roger Kellaway - Fender Rhodes piano
Brian Magnus - Fender bass
Harvey Mason - drums
Recorded at The Record Plant, Hollywood, CA in January 1975.

Dom Minasi - The Vampire's Revenge
#777Год издания диска: 2006
Продолжительность: 1:52:35
Треклист:
CD1 {59:46}:
01. The Seduction (Minasi) - 10:00
02. Who's Your Dentist? (Minasi) - 8:35
03. Just One More Bite (Minasi) - 11:32
04. The Transformation (Minasi) - 6:33
05. The Dark Side (Minasi) - 13:19
06. The First Day (Minasi) - 9:47
CD2 {52:55}:
01. Blood Lust (Minasi) - 17:30
02. The Hunt (Minasi) - 13:21
03. Where You Gonna' Go? Where You Gonna' Hide? (Minasi) - 12:29
04. The Vampire's Revenge (Minasi) - 9:35
Состав:
Dom Minasi - guitar
Ken Filiano, Francois Grillot - bass
Jackson Krall - drums
Perry Robinson - clarinet
Joe Giardullo - soprano saxophone
Jason Kao Hwang - violin
Tomas Urlich - cello
Carol Mennie - voice
John Gunther, Ras Moche - reeds
Herb Robertson - trumpet
Steve Swell - trombone
Matthew Shipp, Borah Bergman - piano
Mark Whitecage, Blaise Siwula - alto saxophone
Joe McPhee, Sabir Mateen - tenor saxophone
Paul Smoker - flugelhorn
Peter Ratray - recitative
Byron Olsen - conductor
Recorded at The Studio, New York on May 12, September 20, October 7 and 16, 2005 and at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY on June 28, 2005.