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Torchia, Gene / John Stowell

Duo [2 CDs]

Torchia, Gene / John Stowell: Duo [2 CDs] (Not On Label)

A fascinating double album uniting guitarist Gene Torchia on amplified classical guitar and John Stowell on electric guitar, recorded in the studio between 2023 and 2025, blending composed works written for modern classical guitar and flute with Stowell's improvisations to create a rich and stylistically diverse dialogue spanning blues, Latin, Irish, baroque, and avant-garde forms.
 

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Gene Torchia-amplified classical guitar

John Stowell-electric guitar

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UPC: 195269378912

Label: Not On Label
Catalog ID: None
Squidco Product Code: 36943

Format: 2 CDs
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 3 Panels
Recorded at Studio 1861, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, by Gene Torchia.
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"My artwork is driven by music. I am a jazz and classical guitarist who expresses my love of music through art. As I listen to music, I draw and handprint my work using the music to set the mood of each art piece. Like practicing my muscial instrument daily, I immerse myself in drawing each day to improve my artistic expression; it is an essential ritual in my life.

The play of light and shadow is my primary focus. I refer to photographic images as I draw in charcoal. I love the tactile process of working layers of charcoal on paper and building a two-dimentional image into an image that appears three-dimentional. I attempt to make my drawing photorealistic and employ my style of drawing to enhance the work. When I am successful, the image looks like it lifts off the page. The process of handprinting on an etching press takes hours and each print takes on the texture of the paper and has a unique character born of the way the plate is inked. There is a special patina that is the residue of the lithograph process. It is a "labor of love" where there is a surprise every time.

When I work on portraits, I try to capture the essence of the musician. The intent of my Jazz Masters Print Series is to honor the jazz musicians who have given us so much wonderful music. As I work on my Vintage Watch Series, I attempt to illuminate the essence of the era in which the watches were made and worn."

-Gene Torchia Website (https://www.genetorchia.com/about)
5/14/2026

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"John F. Stowell (born July 30, 1950) is an American jazz guitarist, composer, author, and lecturer.

Stowell, who plays electric and acoustic guitar, was born in New York and raised in Connecticut. He had private studies with Linc Chamberland and John Mehegan. Several years later he met bassist David Friesen in New York City. Stowell took a trip to Portland, Oregon, where Friesen lives, and decided to stay. The two formed a duo in 1976 that recorded and toured prolifically for seven years, with performances in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. The duo continues to perform thirty years after their first meeting. In 1983, Stowell and David Friesen joined flutist Paul Horn and Paul's son Robin Horn (on drums) for a tour of the Soviet Union. In 1977 Stowell recorded his debut album Golden Delicious; his sidemen were Jim McNeely, Mike Richmond, and Billy Hart

Stowell teaches internationally. He has been an artist-in-residence at schools in Germany, Indonesia, Argentina, the United States and Canada. He served as assistant director and performer at Oregon Public Broadcasting's PDX Jazz Summit in 1991, and since 1995 has been a contributing columnist for a number of magazines, including Down Beat, Guitar Player, Canadian Musician, Soundcheck (Germany), and Guitar Club (Italy). In Germany, he teaches at Jazz & Rock Schulen Freiburg with Frank Haunschild, with whom he plays regularly. He has also worked with Uwe Kropinski, Dave Liebman, Hiram Mutschler, Gérard Pansanel, Gustavo Assis-Brasil, David Becker, and Nicolao Valiensi. In 2005 he published Jazz Guitar Mastery (book and DVD).

Stowell holds his guitar in a diagonal position, which facilitates playing close, piano-like voicings more comfortably."

-Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stowell)
5/14/2026

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