Minasi by Dom Minasi

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Weird Jazz | Free Jazz

10 tracks | 112 minutes

Released Mar 2006
on CDM Records

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A rare figure in today’s world of jazz – a virtuoso guitarist who rejected commercial success in order to pursue his own creative impulses. Even rarer is Minasi’s penchant as a leader for subsuming his own individual voice.


Editorial review

If you're thinking Anne Rice, then yes, you're right! The Vampire's Revenge is Dom Minasi's inspired rendition of Anne Rice's popular novels, <i>The Vampire Chronicles</i>. But the comparisons stop there. This double-disc CD on which Minasi's regular trio of Ken Filiano and Jackson Krall is joined by a versatile roster of multi-talented improvisers speaks in an innovative jazz language that only thirsty ears will enjoy and understand. Through the art of free jazz and avant-garde sonics, Minasi depicts "The Seduction," through Perry Robinson's clarinet voice and his 12-string guitar using quarter tones, bends, and effect fills from Filiano's electric bass. It is creative and mind-bending. "Just One More" features Steve Swell's circular-breathed trombone, while "The Transformation" reveals a Charles Mingus-like bevy of arcos and pizzicato from several string artists while the reed artists add innovative Eric Dolphy-esque honks, squeals, and squawks. Pianist Matthew Shipp, known for his mastery of atonal nuance, guests on "The Dark Side" and rips the changes apart, "inside and out." Minasi, who is playing against chord changes, is very effective throughout and should be commended for his exemplary creativity. It is a rare sequencing technique to place the title track at the end of a recording; however, Minasi uses this strategy to imprint the project as an indelible reminder of his extended techniques, free tendencies, and mindset of straddling the free and structured music worlds. Expect the unexpected. ~ Paula Edelstein, All Music Guide

Bio / Background

Thanks To

Howie Mandel * Jazz Journalists Association/Downbeat

Fred Jung * All About Jazz -San Francisco

Dan McClenaghan * All About Jazz

Eric Quick* All About Jazz

Peter Sanchez *The 213

For NamingThe Vampire’s Revenge As One of the Best of 2006

What Critics Are Saying About Dom Minasi's

The Vampire’s Revenge

"...a landmark recording.. compelling.. intelligent and exciting..."
Russ Musto

.“.. eventful epic of diverse proportions… immensely challenging music".

The Downtown Music Gallery -Bruce Gallanter

“ Something you can really sink your teeth in” Glen Astarita – Downbeat Magazine

“ (Writing about VR)” No one, however, is playing more marvelously than Minasi, whose percussive, masterly attack is both technically frightening and utterly focused on serving the music.

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