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CD - In Transition
In Transition,
features some great muscians including John L. Worley
Jr., Wayne Wallace, Charlie McCarthy, Vincent Jourde, Adam Shulman,
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Jeff Marrs,
Charlie McCarthy, Wil Blades, John Santos, Fil Lorenz , Rob
Batchko and Danny Grewen. Purchase now
SF Bay Area – Amoeba Music in San Francisco
and Berkeley;
France – FNAC in Montparnasse,
Paris and Montpellier, and la Boite A Musique in Montpellier.
Purchase On-line – CDBaby
CD Honors
Top 10 of 2004 – on Jayne Sanchez's, Jazz Oasis,
KCSM 91.1 FM.
Honorable Mention – KCSM's SF Top 15
Resident Recordings Of 2004.
Live Performances
I recently moved back to my native Paris, France and am working hard to get some regular gigs lined up. I will be playing in Romania and UAE, in addition to gigs in the San
Francisco Bay Area during my regular visits.
Instrument Update
The talented and highly in demand guitar maker, Jeff
Traugott has been working on a prototype thin
body archtop
with
one
or two Humbucking pick ups and no F holes to help cut down feedback
problems. I am helping in this process and would like to make this
my guitar of choice. Collaborating
with Jeff -such skillful artist -is an exciting and educational
experience.
I improved my L5 by having the great repair staff at
Gryphon Stringed Instruments install The Buzz Feiten Tuning System®.
This has greatly improved the overall tuning of the guitar. To
learn more about it visit www.buzzfeiten.com.
I now also play on a Heritage guitar, model H 535. It is
a great instrument, lighter than my Gibson 335, with very good
electronics and a warm tone.
News & Reviews
-Dick LaPalm
– April, 2005
"Guitarist, Sebastien Lanson is a most
significant
harmonic improviser. He has total control of his
instrument, and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of
interesting licks. Notes are picked cleanly and
exactly, combining lyricism with great underlying
strength. There's also a surprising degree of
variation in his tone. He's an imaginative player,
and a composer of substance."
-Jayne Sanchez – Jazz Oasis,
KCSM FM 91.1, San Mateo, California www.kcsm.org
"The remarkable Sebastien Lanson, a guitarist
who instantly touches the heart and feeds the soul. His silky
lines and impeccable timing is a delightful reminder of how good
the guitar can sound and he does it with amazing clarity! Sit
back and enjoy"
-Dr. Herb Wong – past president of the International
Assn. of Jazz Educators
"Dig Sebastien Lanson's captivating guitar lines - liquid and lyrical- on "Where Did You Go?"
-All About Jazz by Jack Bowers
"... Stanford has several other enterprising soloists, the
most prominent among whom are alto saxophonist Chad Hollingsworth...and
guitarist Sebastien Lanson (superb on "Where
Did You Go?", recorded some years ago on Bellson's album,
Dynamite!..)."
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-Jamming w/ The Collective West Jazz Orchestra by
Jerry Karp
"...The orchestra is led by 28-year-old baritone saxophonist
Fil Lorenz, who fell in love with big bands while a member of
the prestigious Menlo-Atherton High School Orchestra. While the
lineup may change from week to week, the band includes trumpeters
John Worley, Joel Ryan and Mike Olmos, guitarist Sebastien
Lanson, slide trombonist Grewen, valve trombonist Phil
Allen, alto saxophonist Ron Graham, Batchko and Doug Rowan on
tenor sax, drummer Brian Fishler, and bassist Fred Randolph. Lorenz
handles most of the arranging, with regular contributions from
Allen.
These musicians aren't here for the money. They're splitting that
three-dollar door 12 ways. It's clear they enjoying playing jazz—with
each other, in that basement, for this crowd...."
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