Tim Cummiskey Trio
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Imaginitive, Sophisticated Jazz
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Delivering his jazz lines with a gorgeously rounded tone and his most appealing guitar playing to date is Ohio State University's jazz professor Tim Cummiskey on his 2003 CD release Redeeming The Time. Offering sixty minutes of dynamic jazz, the CD also features Hank Marr (co-writer with Cummiskey on "Hank's Riff") on organ and Jim Rupp on drums. Rupp also worked with Cummiskey on his first CD, "Alone Together", and his playing perfectly supports the improvisational gambits undertaken by Marr and Cummiskey on songs by Wayne Shorter ("Black Nile"), Sam Jones ("Unit 7"), Bill Evans ("Time Remembered") and the Cummiskey original, "Fever Dream". For a CD chock full of tasty phrasing, horn-like fills, and graceful, singing guitar solos, give Redeeming The Time a spin.
After studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in the early '90s, Tim received his Bachelor of Music Degree in Jazz Studies from Capital University 1994. In 1996, he received his Masters Degree in Guitar Performance from Bowling Green State University. Numerous academic and performance awards as well as appearances as featured performer at numerous jazz festivals highlighted Tim's collegiate career. Tim currently serves as a member of the Jazz Studies faculty of the Ohio State University School of Music and the music faculty of Kenyon College. He is also a contributing writer to Downbeat Magazine and Just Jazz Guitar Magazine.
Cummiskey currently leads several groups ranging from solo jazz and classical guitar to group configurations including duos, The Tim Cummiskey Trio, and The Tim Cummiskey Quartet.
Contact Information
Tim Cummiskey
84 West Stanton Ave.
Worthington, OH 43085
United States
E-mail:
Tim Cummiskey Trio
Web site:
www.tc7string.com
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Bobby Lindstrom
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Inspired Guitar Over Beatlesque Songcraft
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Guitarist/vocalist Bobby Lindstrom delivers righteous blues-rock on A Lick And A Promise, a nine-song CD-R release described as "rich in Beatlesque songcraft and inspired electric guitar playing that falls somewhere between Billy Gibbons boogie and Rolling Stones grit." His lead vocals containing the prescribed amount of bluesy gruffness and dark hues, Lindstrom's Les Paul commands the rest of the attention, as he lays out searing, tube-driven solos over the all-original material. Lindstrom's bassist Sam Densmore produced, engineered and co-mixed A Lick And A Promise, even co-writing "Dirt For God" and "What Did I Do?". Also contributing significantly to the music were drummer Roy Eikamp, keyboardist Doug Randall and sax man Paul Biondi. For an album that epitomizes guitar-driven blues/rock music, track down a copy of A Lick And A Promise.
A native Oregonian, Bobby is a blues influenced rocker who has been playing guitar and singing for over thirty years. He's performed all over the West coast with artists such as Big Brother and the Holding Company, Clarence Clemmens, Henry Vestine of Canned Heat, and most recently as a solo artist sharing the stage with sax man Paul Blondi.
Lindstrom is currently seeking performance opportunities and booking for the fall of 2003.
Contact Information
Bobby Lindstrom
1309 N. 8th St.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
United States
E-mail:
Bobby Lindstrom
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