Saturday, July 31st, 2010
Bruce Dunlap
8 PM
GiG - 1808 Second Street
Santa Fe
Price: Suggested Donation $10 - 15
“Evocative and spellbinding.” -The New York Times
“Acoustic jazz guitar played stunningly well... fascinating new compositions. -Jim Hall
Bruce Dunlap... used tonal color so vividly that the musical notes felt like wet paint. allaboutjazz.com
“Best Contemporary Instrumental Record of the Year.” -Pulse
“His beautifully constructed originals are harmonic in conception, brimming with colorful altered chords that catapult the music into new expressive heights. In the process Dunlap comes up with some unforgettable melodies... The guitarist himself has impressive chops, but you always get the distinct feeling that his virtuosity is in service to the music... Dunlap has created a stirring, intellectually satisfying collection of pieces that have the grace and emotional import of fine poetry.” -JAZZIZ
“Dunlap sculpts a dazzling set of originals. Bringing to bear a supple technique and a gently arcing melodicism, Dunlap evokes shimmering portraits... His sound whether on 6,7,9 or 10 string acoustic guitars is likewise mellow and singing, yet always intense. In sum a tour de force” -Jazz Times
http://www.brucedunlap.com/
Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Wendy Waldman
8PM
GiG - 1808 Second Street
Santa Fe
Price: $15
Wendy Waldman is an veteran recording artist, as well as a writer of multi-platinum songs in musical genres ranging from country to pop, film, jazz, children's music and R&B. She is one of the first female record producers to have a major impact in the music industry. Born in Los Angeles, her father is Fred Steiner, composer of the Perry Mason theme, many episodes of Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Gunsmoke, and others, as well as being a noted film music scholar. Fred and Shirley Steiner are long time Santa Fe residents and along with LA, Waldman considers Santa Fe to be home.
Waldman's career in the music business started with her band, Bryndle, in the early 1970s. Bryndle was made up of Waldman, Karla Bonoff, Kenny Edwards, and Andrew Gold.
The first solo Wendy Waldman album, "Love Has Got Me," was released by Warner Bros. Records in 1973 and proclaimed by Rolling Stone Magazine to be the "singer-songwriter debut of the year." Since then she has made nine critically acclaimed solo albums and numerous group projects and has toured widely as well. More than 70 artists have recorded her songs in fields as diverse as pop, R&B, jazz, country,gospel, film and Latin music. Among her biggest records are "Save The Best For Last" and "The Sweetest Days" by Vanessa Williams; "Fishin' In The Dark" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (most recently covered by Garth Brooks); "Baby What About You" by Crystal Gayle; "I Owe You One" by Aaron Neville; "Heartbeat" by Don Johnson, "I'm Gone" by Alison Krauss, and “Corn, Water and Wood,” which won the Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangler award with Michael Martin Murphy.
Waldman became the first woman to produce country and acoustic music extensively and was responsible for several projects now considered classics in the acoustic music world, among them New Grass Revival (Bela Fleck, Sam Bush, John Cowan and Pat Flynn) Bryndle, Suzy Bogguss, the late Artie Traum, Ronny Cox, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils ,the Refugees of which she is a member, and now the exciting collaboration with Polish superstar Mietek Szczesniak.
She continues to explore and thoroughly enjoy all aspects of music, these days, more than ever.