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CD: Live in Venice, 2002 Recorded live September 26, 2002 Tony Green, solo guitar Lallo Orlandi, rhythm guitar Sandro Caparelli, bass Christine Schmid, vocals, accordion Tracks: Some Of These Days "Minute" Waltz Tchavolo Swing I Asked a Flower Tiger Rag Bicycle Csardas Limehouse Blues Sunset in Bohemia Caravan Rhythms Gitans La Foule Petite Fleur Tico Tico O Sole Mio I Can't Give You Anything But Love Reviews Francis Couvreux, Etudes Tsiganes Tony Green est un guitariste et peintre am�ricain tr�s sympathique qu’on voit depuis 3 ou 4 ans au festival Django de Samois, croiser les cordes sur les stands de luthier et peindre sur le vif les musicos en action. Son nouveau disque a �t� enregistr� live � Venise le 26 sep 2002 (Tony, d’origine italienne y vit la moiti� de l’ann�e) avec la m�me �quipe � peu de choses pr�s que son pr�c�dent CD : Lallo Orlandi, guitare d’accompagnement, Sandro Caparelli, bass et, � partir du 10�me morceau, Christine Schmid, chant et accord�on ; le concert prend alors une autre physionomie, plus populaire. Tony est un guitariste honn�te dans tous les sens du terme, un peu dans la lign�e d’un FA Moerman (cf Sunset in Boh�mia), qui joue avant tout avec son cœur (cf la valse I axed a flower ou le tr�s sentimental Bicycle Csardas). 15 titres qui vont des standards am�ricains (Some of theses days, Limehouse blues, I can’t give you anything but love, Caravan, Tiger rag…)� des tubes tous terrains comme La foule, Petite fleur, Tico tico..) en passant par Tchavolo swing et Rythmes gitans de Jo privat. La prise de son est touffue et un peu lointaine, ce qui fait qu’on ne distingue pas bien les accompagnateurs (�a doit �tre pris dans la salle avec un mini disc). Il faudrait que Tony ait la possibilit� d’enregistrer en studio avec un son pro ; � suivre ! Ed "Archtop Eddy" Parsons Clay potters create a form of work called raku. They use uneven heat and smoke when firing their pottery, allowing nature to take hold during the process, creating unpredictable and often beautiful wares etched with black lines and scars. Tony Green's third CD, Live in Venice 2002, is much like raku -- an uncompromising commitment to beauty, artistry and creative abandon. From the very first notes, his playing and solos are like little slices of life, marked by all of life's dramas, from beauty to danger, humor to the heroic, and successes to losses. Just as raku is a statement about life -- and the acceptance of its inherent risks and surprises -- Tony's live recordings offer the same lessons and insights. Tony has an uncanny sense of "self," in his musical direction. As always, his selection of material is tasteful, surprising and satisfying to the adventurous listener. His band is top-notch and on several recordings he is joined by accordionist and vocalist Christine Schmid. The music ranges from European folk, classics, musette and valses to American swing and rag tunes. Tony's guitar playing is marked by his many years of listening to the greats of Gypsy jazz. His creative thoughts come from the same place tapped by the older masters such as Fapy Lafertin or Matelo and Baro Ferret. His style is not marked by the “check-me-out!” pyro-hysterics of many current players. Instead, he is tirelessly seeking the beauty in the music. Sometimes this journey takes us close to the edge of the precipice, and sometimes even provides a peek over the edge. At all times, Tony by staying true to his artistic quest, keeps us spellbound by his journey. The unvarnished nature of this recording, complete with audience coughs, sneezes and shuffles, only helps to reinforce for the listener the wondrous gnosis of hearing something in its creative birth. The human made noises in the audience and human made noises on stage seem to be paralleling commentaries in a secret tongue. The beautiful Sunset Bohemia is disrupted by a surprise sneeze and sniffling; the hauntingly introspective Bicycle Csardas gives way to a baby’s babble near the end. It’s an incredibly human moment, complete with wisdom, knowledge, and rebirth. There are certain live recordings that make one feel as if he or she has stumbled into a secret place or time. I’ve heard such recordings by Gypsy performers such as Joseph Reinhardt and Tchan Tchou Vidal, and by jazz greats like Charlie Christian or Sun Ra. The clinking of glasses, the shuffling of feet--they all sound so incredibly immediate and distant at the same time. One feels like an interloper peeking through a hole in time to a moment of great outbursts of human creativity. Tony’s recording reminds me of one of those moments. The sound is timeless, and were it not clearly labeled as being recording in 2002, it could easily have been recorded any time in the past 80 years. Listening to the recordings can almost seem eerie at times, as if you’re eve’s dropping into someone’s private affairs. However, you excuse yourself and keep returning. It keeps calling you back to experience it just one more time. Such is the nature of life and good art.						Home News Art Paintings Murals Posters Exhibitions Callan Gallery Photos Video Music Sampler CD's Photos Articles Guestbook Tony Green 518 Gov. Nicholls St. New Orleans, Louisiana 70116 (504) 522 8379 antonioverdeyahoocom webhosting by QuintaGroup

CD: Live in Venice, 2002