Member Since: 8/15/2006
Band Website: jamesbeaudreau.com/
Band Members:
Influences: 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, Angus Young
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
Record Label: Workbench
Type of Label: Indie