“With its constantly shifting moods, transparent textures, and unexpected references, ‘Gladwell’ rewards repeated listening; it’s a destination that sounds like nothing else on the map.” – Boston Globe
JULIAN LAGE GROUP - GLADWELL
“The folk and roots make it clear this is a guitar album – the kind of experiment that recalls the immersion of Gary Burton and Steve Swallow in “guitaristic” rock-influenced composition, or their collaborator Pat Metheny. But Lage, with his taste in vintage acoustic and electric-guitar sounds, his own mix of influences, and this unusual ensemble,
is doing something just as radical.” – Boston Phoenix
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Following his Grammy-nominated 2009 debut Sounding Point, virtuoso guitarist Julian Lage returns with the evocative and finely wrought Gladwell – the second effort by his offbeat, eclectic group with cellist Aristides Rivas, percussionist Tupac Mantilla, bassist Jorge Roeder and saxophonist Dan Blake. Continue reading
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