Watch and Listen to Sonny Greenwich

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"Raga" by Sonny Greenwich 

The Ottawa Canada Jazz fest, July 26 1996 with:
  • Ron Seguin, bass
  • James Gelfand, keyboards
  • Jim Hillman, drums 
  • Guy Thouin, tablas
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"Taking Fours" by Sonny Greenwich

The Ottawa Canada Jazz fest, July 26 1996 with:
  • Ron Seguin, bass
  • James Gelfand, keyboards
  • Jim Hillman, drums 
  • Guy Thouin, tablas
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"Tell Yourself The Truth" by Sonny Greenwich

With:
  • Ron Seguin, bass
  • Andre White, drums
  • Fred Henke, piano
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"Black Beauty" by Sonny Greenwich

With:
  • Ron Seguin, bass
  • Jim Hillman, drums
  • James Gelfand, piano/keyboards
  • Lazaro Rene, percussion/voice
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Sonny Greenwich Live I

Top O' the Senator, November 22, 1990 (Toronto) with:
  • David Piltch, bass
  • Michel Lambert, drums
  • Don Thompson, piano
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Sonny Greenwich Live II

Top O' the Senator, November 22, 1990 (Toronto) with:
  • David Piltch, bass
  • Michel Lambert, drums
  • Don Thompson, piano

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 CD Cover, Standard Idioms by Sonny Greenwich  

STANDARD IDIOMS

1. Sunshower
2. Ultimatum (Red Water Green Earth)
3. Memories of Miles
4. Let Your Heart Sing
5. Cathedrale
6. Mandela

1993 Juno Nominee for Best Mainstream Jazz Album


"Free of the usual guitarisms, his playing is... designed for musical purposes rather than to just impress. Regardless of the groove or harmonic structure... Greenwich's solos gracefully develop with
undeniable elegance and sincerity... Beautiful work by a guitarist whose music is cuts above."
 Jim Ferguson - JazzTimes Dec, 1994

As with the best players, Greenwich lives the music (rather than merely regurgitating the past)
and he feels free to extend, bend and occasionally break through the
artificial roles currently plaguing the tradition. The result is an exciting
and surprisingly unpredictable set of inventive jazz.
Scott Yanow - CODA Summer 1995

 

 CD Cover, Hymn to the Earth by Sonny Greenwich  

HYMN TO THE EARTH

1. Hymn to the Earth
2. Nature Prays
3. Ethiopia
4. The Nightingale
5. Serengeti
6. Invocation
7. Quetzalcoatl
8. Cleo's Dance

1994 Juno Nominee for Best Contemporary Jazz Album


"...magician Sonny Greenwich picks out forthright, elegant themes with serene power..."
 The Toronto Star, Dec. '94

"... last year I received 600 CD's. I would say that Hymn to the Earth may have been my favorite..."
Brian Turner - host of radio program 'The Feeling of Jazz' Feb. '95

 

 CD Cover, Spirit in the Air by Sonny Greenwich  

SPIRIT IN THE AIR

1. El Niño
2. Free Form
3. Black Beauty
4. Far Country
5. Raga
6. Spirit in the Air

1996 Juno Nominee for Best Contemporary Jazz Album


Three and a half stars
"Greenwich presents buoyant... tunes with tasteful guitar lines creating introspective, spiritual moods... Spirit in the Air remains accessible and melodic with an undercurrent of mystery."
Jon Andrews - DOWN BEAT March 1997

"As smooth and warm as a shift in the jet stream Spirit in the Air bristles with a quiet turbulence... sympathetic patterns simmer below the surface as Greenwich's melodic guitar lines build to a steamy climax."
The Jazz Report Fall 1996

 

 CD Cover, Essence by Sonny Greenwich  

ESSENCE

1. Ambleside Days
2. Pretty Women
3. Journey
4. The Gentlest One I Know
5. Someday My Prince Will Come
6. Wintersweet
7. Lose The Blues
8. Stella
9. I’m Leaving

 

 
   

PORTRAITS

1. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
2. I Fall in Love Too Easily
3. Long Ago and Far Away
4. Stella by Starlight
5. Portrait of the Rain

 

 

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