Joe Giglio Jazz Guitarist/Vocalist

Joe Giglio Jazz Guitarist/Vocalist

Sounds

Joe/Diorio/Joe/Giglio - N/Y/C

	Wine & Roses
	You or No. 1

Assorted Tracks-Volume I

Jack Wilkins & Joe Giglio

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Donna Lee

"Sound Scape"

Liner Notes

I believe that the first time I played with Jimmy Halperin was in the early 1980’s. I had a weekly gig at a Mexican restaurant in Pelham, NY & Jimmy would make the gig from time to time. It was then as it is now - 20+ years later - a total gas to make music with him. I have said in the past that I was able to inhabit musical places otherwise unavailable to me, when playing for, & with my teacher & mentor Sal Mosca. I experience the same phenomenon when playing with Jimmy, & have since our first musical encounter. Jimmy Halperin evinces that perfect combination of immense talent, combined with unwavering dedication, focus, & hard work. After a 10+ year gap in playing together – for no other reason than our being in different orbits - Jimmy & I began playing together again in January 2007, this time as a duo in an Upper Westside Manhattan venue. Strange though it may sound, I think that we began playing telepathically before the actual gig night - this I believe to be the result of an unconscious awareness of each other’s playing, in anticipation of again making music together. Playing our first tune of the evening was akin to resuming a conversation started years ago, as if there had been no pause. Happily, our saxophone – guitar duo is a positive example of the ‘less is more’ concept. I toyed with the idea of titling this CD “Small Big Band”, because while we benefit from the musical intimacy of a duo, we create a lot of sound, & make use of textures & spatial relationships to create from a broad palette. About the music... We improvise - we de-construct & re-build harmonic structures from the ‘Great American Songbook’...we generally do not state the melodies, but instead allow our deep awareness & knowledge of those very melodies to inform our improvising from within. Please note that on ‘Round Midnight we play not only the brilliant Thelonious Monk melody, but the classic intro & outro associated with this tune. We are both improvising at all times - when I accompany Jimmy’s solos, I am improvising the background, & reacting to, & commenting on what he is saying. When I am soloing I can feel his acute listening, & know that what I am playing will impact his next statement. We play simultaneous improvised lines... This is perhaps my favorite aspect of playing together & is the fullest realization of spontaneous musical discussion. A note of love & remembrance.... Love For Sal & Carla-la are offered respectively & respectfully, in memory of Sal Mosca & Carla White. Their music, wisdom & love live on... Joe Giglio NYC-October ‘07

Credits

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1.	Hope Fiends					Hope Fiends Credits Joe Giglio-guitar Jimmy Halperin Saxophone Composition by Giglio/Halperin Copyright 2007
2.	Love For Sal					Love For Sal Credits Joe Giglio-guitar Jimmy Halperin Saxophone Composition by Giglio/Halperin Copyright 2007

Joe Giglio & Ron McClure - NYC

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1.	Just Friends					Just Friends Credits Joe Giglio-guitar & Ron McClure-bass
5.	Have You Met Miss Jones					Have You Met Miss Jones Credits Joe Giglio-guitar & Ron McClure-bass

Playing with Ron McClure is a total gas!

Every note he plays is imbued with the history of modern jazz.

I've said in the past that I played music at my lessons with Sal Mosca that I seemed to be unable to play elsewhere, well now I play music with Ron McClure that I can't otherwise access. Scary, but thrilling!

LIVE - NYC - Joe Giglio & Howard Alden-guitars.

Credits

2.	Yardbird Suite					Yardbird Suite Credits Joe Giglio & Howard Alden-guitars. Set I @ 107WEST-NYC-March 18th, 2005
6.	317 E. 32nd St.					317 E. 32nd St. Credits Joe Giglio & Howard Alden-guitars. Set I @ 107WEST-NYC-March 18th, 2005

Live - NYC - Joe Giglio & Jack Wilkins-guitars

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If I Had You

Live - NYC - Joe Giglio & John Stowell-guitars

Credits

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Out Of Nowhere

Live @ "The Theatre"-Joe Giglio & Vic Juris-guitars

1.	It's You or No One	It's You or No One Credits This performance is from a 1998 Duo concert with the great Vic Juris. Joe Giglio & Vic Juris - (p) 1999/2005
4.	Foolish Things	Foolish Things Credits Joe Giglio & Vic Juris-guitars
6.	A Day in the Life of a Fool	A Day in the Life of a Fool Credits Joe Giglio & Vic Juris-guitars
7.	Move	Move Credits Joe Giglio & Vic Juris-guitars

Joe Giglio & Vic Juris - (p) 2019

Out Of Nowhere

Deep Purple

Time After Time