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| Showing technical dexterity, sentient depth, pleasing tone and keen phrasing in courteous respect to Stephane Grappelli. DOWNBEAT Expressive lyrical style... His music is readily accessible. JAZZTIMES A swinging and technically impeccable heir to the tradition of Venuti, Grappelli and Stuff Smith... Uproarious good fun. BILLBOARD'S Top Album Picks Jazz violinists usually draw from one of two traditions. The best of both can be found in the superb Randy Sabien...he combines classical technique and folk energy in a program thatâs still strictly jazz. USA TODAY One of the swingingest evenings ever. Couples couldn't help jumping out of their seats and jitterbugging in front of the band. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Mainstream jazz with interesting tributaries. Sabien delivers. FRETS Today we have a whole new generation of players who have studied and mastered the jazz violin style of their predecessors and gone on to forge new possibilities on the instrument. Randy Sabien typifies this marriage between history and the future. NPR'S JAZZ PROFILES-Jazz Violin from Past to Present Rather than simply embellish a tune, he reconceives it, building and developing intriguing new musical motifs along the way... his playing couldn't help but bring a smile to virtually every face in the room. CHICAGO TRIBUNE A personal style that quickly won the audience. ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS Powerfully swung jazz blues. Gershwin, calypso, originals are all treated with Sabien's trenchant bluesy approach. STRINGS It's been a long time since I put on a CD that caused me to bob my head AND tap my toes during the first minute of the first song. MILWAUKEE SENTINEL Sabien blew 'em away. SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN SYMPHONY Randy Sabien is guaranteed a concert at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua for as long as he wants... Top Shelf musicians always follow Randy up the hill... Honesty and unselfishness that is most refreshing in this me, me, me music business. WARREN NELSON -Tent Show Radio Enrapturing...the high energy of the players swept up the crowd, pulled them to the edge of their seats and into the aisles! CHEQUAMEGON REVIEW TECHNICOLOR!... Sabien is in peak form, tearing off the trippiest solos of his career, melting jazz, blues, and exotic rhythms into a refined fury of pure fun. NIGHT SIGHTS & SOUNDS MAGAZINE Click here to visit Randy's Education Reviews. |
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