Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Thelonious Monk, Andrew Hill, Teo Macero, Herbie Hancock, Yes, Muddy Waters, Syd Barrett, Grant Green, Derek Bailey, Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Wonder, Paul Motian, Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Richard Davis, Larry Meyer, Lenny Tristano, Captain Beefheart, Wilhelm Kempff, Joe Lovano, Rosalyn Tureck, Son House, Ludwig van Beethoven, Duke Ellington, Robert Schumann, Erik Satie, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Claude Debussy
Sounds Like
"...Nick Drake-meets-Derek Bailey..." - Paris Transatlantic, November 2006
"...one of the most astounding between-the-genres albums of 2006." - Tokafi.com
"...although each song is unique, the gentle, lace-like melodies weave into a cohesive whole. Beaudreau plays with a refined delicacy that creates its own unique world." - All About Jazz New York, October 2006
"...evokes[s] the spectre of Derek Bailey... [and] recalls some of Captain Beefheart's guitar pieces... enigmatic to say the least." - WIRE, August 2006
"...enough pithy quirks to keep guitar and improv freaks coming back for more." - allaboutjazz.com
"...there are flashes of British folk and classical song, hints here and there of flamenco and tango and tinges of older jazz traditions (Django). Perhaps more than anything, I was reminded of the thoughtful Beefheart instrumentals like "Peon" and "One Red Rose that I Mean", especially insofar as having a structure that seems to want to cohere but insists on fragmenting, or cohering in unsettling ways." - bagatellen.com
"Picking like this is always welcome," says Eugene Chadbourne, writing about James Beaudreau's guitar playing for All Music Guide. It's playing that reveals, he says, "a mind that can be provoked by intervals and melodies seemingly off-kilter with reality." Paris Transatlantic praised Beaudreau's "Nick Drake-meets-Derek Bailey improvistaions." All About Jazz lauded his "impressive inventiveness" and the "delicious ephemeral quality" of the music on his debut CD, Java Street Bagatelles. And Berlin-based website Tokafi.com called that CD "one of the most astounding between-the-genre[s] albums of 2006."
CIAN NUGENT 'Childhood, Christian Lies & Slaughter' CD Cian Nugent is a 19 year old guitar player from Dublin who combines squicky pre-war blues, Appalachian string band music, and the Takoma school into a deeply personal style. This cd documents a great live set, produced by Jozef Van Wissem.
oh monsieur, i truly love your guitar playing... truly personal, as personal as marc ribot or derek bailey... i'm waiting for the futur album!!! listen to my page and tell me what you truly think about, it would be great of you... longue vie bruno
James, thanks so much for listening and for the generous comment. The wife and I are listening to you right now, I'm so glad I found your music. Can't wait for your new one. Please come and play in Philadelphia! - Steve
It's been a long time. I hope you are doing well. Let me know when you are playing again in the city and I'll make sure to come out and say hello. Happy Holidays!!!!
