★★★★★
The guitar duet format is celebrated as well-traveled stage and studio guitarists Vignola and Raniolo serve up course after course of old school swing seasoned with a nice touch of dazzle. Pinpoint technique abounds, in service of masterfully melodic improvisations on swing classics including "Cheek To Cheek", "September Song" and "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"...
- rootsmusicreport.com
2015-06-15
★★★★★
Melody Magic may not boast as high a profile as Frank Vignola's pairings with Les Paul or Tommy Emmanuel or David Grisman, but this collaboration with fellow guitarist Vinny Raniolo offers similar rewards. By Vignola's reckoning, the two have shared the stage a thousand times, and the chemistry they've developed over the years is evident on every track here, from the opening nod to Beethoven's Fifth to the rhythmically insinuating closer, Sting's "Walking on the Moon...
- jazztimes.com
2013-05-15
★★★★★
Track Listing: Rhythme Futur; Troublant Bolero; Swing Gitane; Tears; Song D'Automne; Diminishing Blackness; Mystery Pacific; Douce Ambiance; Nuages; Swing. Personnel: Frank Vignola, Vinny Raniolo: guitars; Gary Mazzaroppi: bass; Julien Labro: accordion. Style: Hot Jazz Read more reviews of 100 Years Of Django In this centenary year of Django Reinhardt's birth, it's inevitable that homages will be uppermost in the minds of the guitarist's disciples...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
As Yogi Berra once said, "It's like deja vu all over again." Or in this case, Deja Vu times four, as guitarist Frank Vignola includes four brief but dissimilar versions of David Crosby's composition on his newest Concord Vista release. Like the other songs presented here, they are aimed squarely at the "smooth Jazz" market — in other words, nothing to inflame the senses, nor to ruffle the feathers...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Here's a talented young guitarist who probably hasn't sold as much product as his label would like. So the label conceives of a concept album aimed at boomers and fuzak lovers. And what do graying boomers and fuzak lovers want? Jazz-lite versions of classic rock and pop songs. Frank Vignola has gone smooth on us. This is a disappointing development given that Vignola's last release, Look Right, Jog Left, was a very satisfying fusion effort...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Songs by Cream, Carole King, Bob Marley, Isaac Hayes, Elvis Costello, David Crosby, Sting, and John Lennon make up much of Frank Vignola's latest album. The guitarist treats them with respect, offering familiar melodies and standard rhythms while stepping up occasionally to improvise. Vignola's smooth guitar sound embellishes each favorite tune; he's supported by drums, electric bass, keyboards, and group background vocals...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20
★★★★★
Dig Django Reinhardt? Well, consider checking out the Django Jam featuring guitarist Frank Vignola. It is scheduled for August 20-23, 2010 at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch in Pomeroy, Ohio. If that journey is not doable, you would do just as fine listening to 100 Years of Django (Azica), where Vignola's trio/quartet pays tribute to the Belgium-born guitarist...
- www.jazzreview.com
2010-06-17
★★★★★
Track Listing: Rhythm Futur; Troubland Bolero; Swing Gitane; Tears; Song D'Automme;Diminishing Blackness; Mystery Pacific; Douce Ambiance; Nuages; Swing49. Personnel: Frank Vignola: guitar; Vinny Rainolo: guitar; Gary Mazzaroppi: doublebass; Julien Labro: accordion...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-03-25
★★★★★
This disc feature the talents of relatively young guitarist Vignola and veteran reedman Frank Wess in what amounts to a meeting of two generations. Also on this date is Vignola's longtime partner Joe Ascione, a fine drummer and prolific composer. Bolstered by the presence of pianist Roland Hanna, bassist John Goldsby and trumpeter Randy Sandke, the group on Off Broadway alternately swings hard and plays sweet and subtle...
- www.jazztimes.com
2010-02-19
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