...what the critics are saying about Gary Versace...
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"...(Versace) has recently been making big noise around town (NYC) with his Hammond organ..."
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- The New Yorker.
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"I love unusual harmony, and (Versace) has got some very thoughtful and different ideas about chord structure. He is endlessly inventive. He does a lot of fresh things - he really has an extraordinary talent."
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- jazz pianist and NPR radio host Marian McPartland.
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"...a star on the rise - clearly someone to watch..."
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- All About Jazz.
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"Versace is a member of that new breed of organists extending the tradition in their own personal way."
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- Cadence Magazine.
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"...adventurous, joyous...Versace's very light, deft touch was featured sufficiently to showcase his wide ranging influences and phenomenal technique."
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- Times Colonist (Victoria, B.C.)
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"...his (Versace's) abstract sense of musical suggestion is continued evidence of a significant musical voice gaining ground at almost warp speed."
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- John Kelman, All About Jazz.com
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"Versace has the crystal clear technique of a classically trained musician combined with a mind for improvisational exploration..."
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- Willamette Week, Portland, OR.
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"...over the course of the disc (Loren Stillman's 'It Could Be Anything', Fresh Sound Records), Versace's tasteful, in-control soloing vies with Stillman's for lyrical dominance."
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- Jeff Stockton, All About Jazz: New York
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"...'I Don't Need No Doctor,' highlighted by a wonderful exchange between Scofield and keyboardist Gary Versace..."
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-concert review, Casino de Lac Leamy - Gatineau, QC
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"...organist Versace plays a key role in providing the provocative harmonies and throbbing, sub-harmonic textures that, together with (Dan) Weiss' driving beat, propel Rez (Abbasi) to new and adventurous heights on 'Snake Charmer.'"
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-Bill Milkowski, noted jazz critic and author.
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