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PHOTO BY BYRON FONG Trio Ghidorah is (left to right) Bernardo Marcondes Rodrigues, Ken Luk, and Erik Gibelyou. The experience of hearing music composed or arranged for three guitars performed in concert doesn’t come around that often. But that’s exactly what those who attend the Front Row at Bop Shop Records livestream on Saturday, Mar. 13 will get, when Trio Ghidorah releases its debut album “Dances & Fantasies.” The album, as realized by three doctoral graduates from Eastman School of Music, contains plenty of lush and unexpected arrangements of compositions, ranging from Renaissance music by John Dowland to a Mozart string quartet, to the 20th-century Minimalism of Philip Glass. ....
A “Look Back” – Dan Gross This might surprise you… But Dan had a lot to say for this. But we’re going to do our best to streamline, especially since “Dan” is one of his favorite topics. Dan grew up with a mom and dad who loved listening to all kinds of music. Some of the first albums he ever owned were Nat King Cole’s “Jumpin’ at Capitol,” the Brian Setzer Orchestra albums, Keb’ Mo’, and Blossom Dearie’s Verve compilation, to name a few. This inspired a true love of music, and an appreciation for it. Dan started playing trombone in elementary school. The love of the low end took him to bass trombone (including a couple appearances with his high school for the RIJF), and then eventually double bass. Despite wanting to go to school for sports broadcasting, he picked up a second major in upright bass performance. ....
PHOTO PROVIDED Personal Effects. One of Rochester’s gutsier and more exploratory outfits on the scene today is Margaret Explosion, a delicate free-form jazz group that takes its listeners on an almost narcotic journey. The music is dreamy and tactile; you can take a hit and hold it. Because the sound is created in the moment, no one song is ever given the same treatment twice. It’s beautiful and mesmerizing. But to fully appreciate the trippy transcendence of Margaret Explosion, you have to pause and give a listen to Personal Effects, the band’s predecessor. The similarities are there, but they’re fleeting. Whereas Margaret Explosion is rather unconventional, Personal Effects was a more straight-ahead outfit operating in an emergent, danceable era of music that embraced pop and new wave. You can hear these aesthetics in Perso ....