Paradise Exit Records #1014
Jazz - General
Modern Jazz
'Paradise'
Exit Records #1014
Barry Wedgle-composer & guitar
George Garzone-tenor saxophone
Santi Debriano-bass
Billy Hart-drums
Daniel Moreno-Percussion
David Baker-engineer
Mike Ellis-producer
Darkness Publishing BMI
1 Love Life 7:23
2 The Dog Catcher 9:41
3 Paradise 18:30
4 Dumpling 7:32
5 Elegentidous 11:35
6 America the Brittle 7:35
Recorded at Sound on Sound Studios
NYC 8-22-01
If the title of guitarist Barry Wedgle’s recent release is any hint, heaven is a place where there’s no word for boredom, where the laws of physics are only a suggestion and the unexpected is the norm. Spontaneity and freedom reign supreme.
Aside from the warmth of the nylon strings — often associated with the rich Brazilian bossanova harmonies or Spanish- and Moorish- influenced classical guitar — the finger-style technique lends an even deeper level of intimacy and immediacy to the playing. With even less between the human touch and the string, direct expression of raw human emotion and divine inspiration is unfettered. And that, it seems, is what Paradise is all about.
Malcolm Lucard
