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Monday, September 2, 2024

Bob Devos • Shifting Sands



Bob deVos is an American jazz guitarist whose playing style is similar to that of Kenny Burrell and Wes Montgomery. He is most noted for his work with organist Richard Holmes.
Although no one in the family played a musical instrument, deVos spent much of his youth listening to the big band and blues records that his parents owned. He picked up the guitar at age twelve and within weeks he was memorizing guitar solos from these albums and performing professionally at age thirteen. As a teenager, he toured nationwide with a famous rock group, but chose jazz over rock in his twenties saying, "I needed more chord changes..."
DeVos started in jazz as a student of Harry Leahy and Dennis Sandole. In 1970, when Sandole sent his leading students out to audition for the organist Trudy Pitts, deVos was chosen to step in for Pat Martino. DeVos went on to be the guitarist for groups led by Richard "Groove" Holmes, featuring saxophone legend Sonny Stitt, and Jimmy McGriff and Hank Crawford. He later toured and recorded extensively with organist Charles Earland's group that included Eric Alexander and Jim Rotondi. He further developed his compositional and harmonic skills playing with many jazz greats outside the organ trio genre.
Currently deVos plays with an organ trio with whom he has released the CD, Shifting Sands. This album spent 28 weeks in the top twenty on Jazz Week's Top 50 Nationwide Jazz Airplay Chart.
DeVos says that he plays a Gibson Super 400 more than his other guitars; however, he claims his mainstay guitar is a custom archtop, designed by longtime friend Rob Engel. He also spends time tweaking his amps and has even built a few of his own, mostly out of parts from vintage Fender Amps such as the Twin Reverb and Showman. [wiki]
 
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Bob deVos es un guitarrista de jazz estadounidense cuyo estilo de tocar es similar al de Kenny Burrell y Wes Montgomery. Es conocido por su trabajo con el organista Richard Holmes.
Aunque nadie en la familia tocaba un instrumento musical, deVos pasó gran parte de su juventud escuchando los discos de big band y blues que tenían sus padres. Cogió la guitarra a los doce años y en pocas semanas ya memorizaba los solos de guitarra de estos discos y actuaba profesionalmente a los trece años. De adolescente, realizó giras por todo el país con un famoso grupo de rock, pero a los veinte años eligió el jazz en lugar del rock diciendo: "Necesitaba más cambios de acordes..."
DeVos se inició en el jazz como alumno de Harry Leahy y Dennis Sandole. En 1970, cuando Sandole envió a sus principales alumnos a una audición para la organista Trudy Pitts, DeVos fue elegido para sustituir a Pat Martino. DeVos pasó a ser el guitarrista de los grupos liderados por Richard "Groove" Holmes, con la leyenda del saxofón Sonny Stitt, y Jimmy McGriff y Hank Crawford. Posteriormente, realizó numerosas giras y grabaciones con el grupo del organista Charles Earland, que incluía a Eric Alexander y Jim Rotondi. Desarrolló aún más sus habilidades compositivas y armónicas tocando con muchos grandes del jazz fuera del género de los tríos de órgano.
Actualmente, deVos toca con un trío de órganos con el que ha publicado el CD Shifting Sands. Este álbum estuvo 28 semanas entre los veinte primeros puestos de la lista de los 50 mejores discos de jazz del país de Jazz Week.
DeVos dice que toca una Gibson Super 400 más que sus otras guitarras; sin embargo, afirma que su guitarra principal es una archtop personalizada, diseñada por su viejo amigo Rob Engel. También pasa tiempo ajustando sus amplificadores e incluso ha construido algunos propios, sobre todo a partir de piezas de amplificadores Fender antiguos, como el Twin Reverb y el Showman. [wiki]


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Tracks
1. Lost And Found
2. Three/Four Miss C
3. Mojave
4. Shifting Sands
5. Track And Field
6. Step Into Spring
7. But Beautiful
8. A Different Dozen
9. Willow Weep For Me 
 
 
 
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