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Bill Coon / Oliver Gannon : TWO MUCH GUITAR
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Oliver Gannon an Bill Coon are two of Canada's treasures. Both exceptional guitarists who have a mutual repsect for one another that results in some incredibly fine music.
Genre: Jazz: Bebop
Release Date: 2006
TWO MUCH GUITAR
Bill Coon / Oliver Gannon
Record Label: Cellar Live
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1. Chi Chi 6:38 Album Only
2. All The Things You Are 9:28 Album Only
3. Polka Dots and Moonbeams 8:35 Album Only
4. Zattitude 6:13 Album Only
5. Darn That Dream 8:43 Album Only
6. Have Your Met Miss Jones 8:32 Album Only
7. If You Could See Me Now 6:48 Album Only
8. So Nice 7:52 Album Only
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Album Notes

Bill Coon has been performing professionally for twenty years and began his musical career in Montreal where he was a long time member of the Andre White Band.

His association with White has had a large effect on his development as a player and composer.

His formative studies were at Vanier CEGEP where Coon studied guitar with Sam Balderman, as well as improvisation with Art Roberts and arranging-composing with Al Baculus.

He later obtained a degree in Jazz Studies at Concordia University where after graduating he taught private guitar studies and arranging.

In Montreal he was an original member of Jennifer Bell and Bill Mahar's Altsys Jazz Orchestra and collaborated with guitarist-vocalist Dawn Thomson (most notably in the jazz chamber group Indigo).

He also performed with his own jazz trio that included at various times Andre White, Alec Walkington and Pete Magadini.

Coon moved to Vancouver in 1995 with his wife, Jill Townsend, trombonist/composer and leader of the Jill Townsend Big Band, originally to work with Denzal Sinclaire (then Densil Pinnock) on the story of Nat King Cole "Unforgettable". After the show was finished they found a very welcoming and vibrant music community in the Lower Mainland where they have remained ever since.

Two of Coon's most important mentors are guitarist Jim Hall and arranger/composer Neil Chotem and he has had the opportunity to study with them as a result of awards from the Canada Council.

His long-time musical partnership with Sinclaire has produced three CD recordings, a number of television specials, several radio shows and many performances throughout Canada.

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REVIEWS

Two Much Guitar
author: Lesley Weston
                            
It's just as good as I expected from these two. Very impressive.

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Very Nice work guys
author: RJ-6Packer
                            
You put 2 Guitar Gents together on 1 cd and hope to get a cohesive art form. This is tricky business. Coon and Gannon complement and support each other. They avoid the competitive shinanigans altogether. As a cunning consumer of jazz i can totally appreciate that. I hope these two swingers,these 2 axe-men can appear together on another 'Cellar Live' project. Attention K-Mart Shoppers...

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Too Much Cool Baby!
author: Burt Bummer
                            
Two guitarists,two solos. Too many hands you say. This form of jazz may even  resemble something that Van Gelder would have smiled over at his Studio? Shall we say Double the fun,double decker banana splits on a bunk-bed at Uncle Raoul's house? God only knows the hand that was dealt with these two cool cats. "Double your pleasure..." like that old chewing gum motto used to say. Coon and Gannon keep it flexible,fun and folksy. Great songs recorded live by the West-Coast Master Engineer man himself(Mr. Corey Weeds)! These two old vets are better together than apart. Like a pair of ole Gum boots on a stormy night. Like a dose o' hydroponic snuff after Miller time...Just experience it Herb!

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Griddle Cakes & Fire works.
author: Udo Keisling- from Leipzig Deutchland
                            
Two Much Guitar is evocative and endlessly graceful. I could not help but respond to these guys. Their music is masterful and magnificient. Bravo Coon & Oliver. They really layer on the notes. Just like the Canadian legends they are. Best guitar album i own. Deserves 5 BIG Stars after previous reviewer sullied the whole deal.

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