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Frank Vignola • Vignola Plays Gershwin

 


Biography
An extremely versatile jazz guitarist, Frank Vignola has demonstrated that he is capable of playing everything from fusion and commercial pop-jazz to hard bop, post-bop, and swing. The native New Yorker has a wide variety of influences; everyone from Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, and Pat Metheny to Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian has affected his playing in some way. For Vignola, different influences have asserted themselves at different times -- the Reinhardt or Christian influence might be especially prominent in a swing environment, whereas he has sometimes sounded more Metheny-ish in fusion or pop-jazz/NAC settings. And he might be mindful of Montgomery or Pass on a hard bop or post-bop project. Born on suburban Long Island on December 30, 1965, Vignola was raised in the New York area. The Italian-American started playing the guitar at the age of five and grew up admiring a variety of guitarists. Far from a jazz snob, Vignola never listened to jazz exclusively and was also a major fan of rock, R&B, and pop. The guitarists that he admired ranged from jazz musicians to rock icons like Eric Clapton and Eddie Van Halen. As a young adult, Vignola studied at the Cultural Arts Center of Long Island and went on to enjoy a lot of sideman gigs in the 1980s. The New Yorker was 27 when, in 1993, he signed with Concord Jazz and recorded his first Concord session as a leader, Appel Direct. Several more Concord releases followed in the 1990s, and the early 2000s found Vignola recording for Nagel-Heyer as well as Acoustic Disc. ~ Alex Henderson
 
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Biografía
Un guitarrista de jazz extremadamente versátil, Frank Vignola ha demostrado que es capaz de tocar todo, desde la fusión y el pop-jazz comercial hasta el hard bop, el post-bop y el swing. El neoyorquino tiene una gran variedad de influencias; todos, desde Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass y Pat Metheny hasta Django Reinhardt y Charlie Christian, han afectado a su forma de tocar de alguna manera. En el caso de Vignola, las diferentes influencias se han impuesto en diferentes momentos: la influencia de Reinhardt o Christian podría ser especialmente prominente en un entorno de swing, mientras que a veces ha sonado más a Metheny en entornos de fusión o pop-jazz/NAC. Y puede tener presente a Montgomery o Pass en un proyecto de hard bop o post-bop. Nacido en los suburbios de Long Island el 30 de diciembre de 1965, Vignola se crió en la zona de Nueva York. Este italoamericano empezó a tocar la guitarra a los cinco años y creció admirando a diversos guitarristas. Lejos de ser un snob del jazz, Vignola nunca escuchó exclusivamente jazz y también era un gran fan del rock, el R&B y el pop. Los guitarristas que admiraba iban desde músicos de jazz hasta iconos del rock como Eric Clapton y Eddie Van Halen. De joven, Vignola estudió en el Centro de Artes Culturales de Long Island y llegó a disfrutar de muchas actuaciones como músico secundario en la década de 1980. El neoyorquino tenía 27 años cuando, en 1993, firmó con Concord Jazz y grabó su primera sesión de Concord como líder, Appel Direct. En la década de los noventa se publicaron varios discos más de Concord, y a principios de la década de 2000 Vignola grabó para Nagel-Heyer y Acoustic Disc. ~ Alex Henderson



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Tracks:
01 - I Got Rhythm
02 - Summertime
03 - S' Wonderful
04 - Our Love Is Here To Stay
05 - They Can't Take That Away From Me
06 - The Man I Love
07 - Somebody Loves Me
08 - Strike Up The Band
09 - Nice Work If You Can Get It
10 - Fascinating Rhythm
11 - Embraceable You
12 - Lady Be Good
13 - How Long Has This Been Going On
14 - But Not For E


Credits:
Bass Guitar – Tom Kennedy
Drums – Joe Ascione
Guitar – Corey Christiansen, Frank Vignola

2006






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