As a virtuosic improviser whoÕs collaborated with many of jazzÕs greatest figures, Mimi Fox has earned her spot in the jazz guitar pantheon. But the jazz tradition is only one of the powerful currents feeding her music. With her 11th album as a leader or co-leader, This Bird Still Flies, Fox delivers a seamless but far-ranging album thatÕs breathtaking it its beauty, emotional immediacy and stylistic reach. Released on Origin Records, the all acoustic recording captures a commanding artist in full -transforming folk tunes, jazz standards, original compositions and popular songs into exquisitely crafted improvisational vehicles...
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As a virtuosic improviser whoÕs collaborated with many of jazzÕs greatest figures, Mimi Fox has earned her spot in the jazz guitar pantheon. But the jazz tradition is only one of the powerful currents feeding her music. With her 11th album as a leader or co-leader, This Bird Still Flies, Fox delivers a seamless but far-ranging album thatÕs breathtaking it its beauty, emotional immediacy and stylistic reach. Released on Origin Records, the all acoustic recording captures a commanding artist in full -transforming folk tunes, jazz standards, original compositions and popular songs into exquisitely crafted improvisational vehicles. Mimi will be performing new material from this widely acclaimed acoustic project. The new reviews rolling in could not be more glowing: "A prodigious talent who has not only mastered the traditional forms but has managed to reinvigorate them." -Guitar Player Magazine; "A Tour de Force from one of the preeminent practitioners of our time." - Midwest Record; "A dazzler from start to finish...remarkable."- Jazz Times; "Wonderful...glows like a candle." - Jazz Weekly. Artist Bio: Over the years sheÕs performed and recorded with an intergenerational whoÕs who of jazz guitar stars, including Charlie Byrd, Kenny Burrell, Mundell Lowe, Charlie Hunter and Stanley Jordan. A six-time winner of Down Beat MagazineÕs International Critics Poll, the Bay Area guitarist is recognized by colleagues and writers as one of the most eloquent six-string improvisers on the scene. While sheÕs best known for wielding her namesake Heritage Guitar Mimi Fox Signature model arch-top, spinning solos that unfurl with surprise twists like expertly tailored short stories, Fox is equally spellbinding on six and 12-string acoustic guitars. Recently signed by Taylor Guitars as an endorsing Òpartner,Ó sheÕs increasingly returned to her acoustic roots. In recent years sheÕs performed and recorded with some of jazzÕs most commanding players, including Grammy-nominated saxophonists Branford Marsalis and David Sanchez, vocalists Abbey Lincoln, Diana Krall and Janis Siegel, Hammond B3 organ masters Barbara Dennerlein and Joey DeFrancesco, and powerhouse drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. Stepping outside of pure jazz contexts, sheÕs shared stages with legends such as John Sebastian, Peter Yarrow, and Stevie Wonder, and performed widely at festivals including the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Newport Folk Festival, the Kennedy Center, the NAMM Show, all-star guitar events and the Vanguard Records produced La Guitara project, which was conceived by singer-songwriter Patty Larkin.
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