Night And Day: Visite Au Jazz (2003)

Speciaal aanbevolen door gitarist Bobby Rootveld, op 8 mei 2010 de spreker tijdens een aan gitaarmuziek gewijde Luisterrijk. "Classical guitarist Roland Dyens proves on "Night and Day" that he is fabulously bilingual. It showcases Dyens facility with novel and virtuosic renderings of classic American jazz standards on solo nylon-string guitar. Dyens plays on one guitar: particularly on "Bluesette", "All the Things You Are" and "Take the A Train", one must pause to verify that these are not duos. And as any serious musician strives to do, the technical difficulty of these arrangements is camouflaged, made subliminal by the carefree and contagious exuberance Dyens infuses into these tunes. Even the simpler, slower melodies "I Love Paris", "Misty", and "Over the Rainbow" find a very complex expression with Dyens genius for arranging... but in the process of finding their way to your ear become simple and natural. (Alan Fark, Minor 7th on line)