Progressive Rock News | Prog Fetish » Gentle Giant http://www.progfetish.com Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:05:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Releases for Gentle Giant http://www.progfetish.com/new-releases-for-gentle-giant/ http://www.progfetish.com/new-releases-for-gentle-giant/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:28:01 +0000 progfetish http://www.progfetish.com/?p=80568 Gentle Giant has announced new releases for Three Friends and Octopus. The release date is slated for September 27, 2011.

]]> http://www.progfetish.com/new-releases-for-gentle-giant/feed/ 0 Gentle Giant’s “Three Friends” Remastered http://www.progfetish.com/gentle-giants-three-friends-remastered/ http://www.progfetish.com/gentle-giants-three-friends-remastered/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:59:32 +0000 progfetish http://www.progfetish.com/gentle-giants-three-friends-remastered/ The fine folks at Repertoire Records have released a re-master of Gentle Giant’s 1972 masterpiece Three Friends. Also slated for release this month is another GG classic, Octopus.

]]> http://www.progfetish.com/gentle-giants-three-friends-remastered/feed/ 0 Gentle Giant Reviewed in AAJ http://www.progfetish.com/gentle-giant-reviewed-in-allaboutjazzcom/ http://www.progfetish.com/gentle-giant-reviewed-in-allaboutjazzcom/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:14:51 +0000 progfetish http://www.progfetish.com/gentle-giant-reviewed-in-allaboutjazzcom/ read more »]]> Gentle Giant’s Live in Santa Monica 1975 has been reviewed by John Kelman over at AllAboutJazz.com:

Sound quality aside, it’s an energetic performance. “Cogs in Cogs,” from The Power and the Glory (1974)—despite entering a few seconds in, and with tape wow and flutter causing some annoyance—exemplifies much of what defined Gentle Giant: complex material filled with rich counterpoint that, nevertheless (and more than many of its peers), rocks hard.

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]]> http://www.progfetish.com/gentle-giant-reviewed-in-allaboutjazzcom/feed/ 0 Jazz Ensemble Covers Gentle Giant http://www.progfetish.com/jazz-ensemble-covers-gentle-giant/ http://www.progfetish.com/jazz-ensemble-covers-gentle-giant/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:50:55 +0000 progfetish http://www.progfetish.com/jazz-ensemble-covers-gentle-giant/ How cool is this! Ibrido Hot Five, an Italian jazz ensemble, has recorded 3 songs by Gentle Giant: Acquiring the Taste, The Advent of Panurge, and Three Friends. Check out MP3 samples from their website.

]]> http://www.progfetish.com/jazz-ensemble-covers-gentle-giant/feed/ 0 Jordan Rudess Covers Gentle Giant http://www.progfetish.com/jordan-rudess-covers-gentle-giant/ http://www.progfetish.com/jordan-rudess-covers-gentle-giant/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:54:09 +0000 progfetish http://www.progfetish.com/jordan-rudess-covers-gentle-giant/ Although I had read the track listing long ago, it completely escaped me that Jordan Rudess was covering Gentle Giant’s Just The Same on his new solo album The Road Home. Very cool indeed! You can listen to a sample here.

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