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Doug MacDonald’s Reorganized Quartet at Feinstein's At Vitello's
Courtesy of Keith Johnson | Posted on November 25, 2012
Where
Feinstein's At Vitello's
4349 Tujunga Ave
Studio City, CA
Map
818-769-0905
When
Thu, December 27, 2012
8:00pm
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Musicians
About
Musicians:
Doug MacDonald guitar
Clarence Webb tenor
Bobby Pierce organ
Harold Acey drums
A journeyman in the best sense of the word, Los Angeles-based jazz guitarist Doug MacDonald exhibits an easy, old school, blues-tinged sense of swing that recalls such straight ahead influences as Kenny Burrell and Barney Kessel. His recent outings as a leader have showcased his remarkable versatility, ranging from 2006’s classy quartet session Gentle Rain (featuring the late pianist Ross Tompkins) to 2009’s ambitious orchestral project Fourth Stream (for 13-piece brass and woodwind ensemble augmented with strings on all but two tracks) and 2011’s stripped-down trio recording It’s a Blue World. This time out, MacDonald returns to the organ group setting that he explored on 1997’s Organ-izing (which featured big-toned tenor great Plas Johnson and organist Art Hillery). And the results are scintillating....