Great music man!!!!! I love the new CD …… Great tunes and such warm renditions ….. it's so fresh and creative."-- Chick Corea
Every member of the Dave Kline Band is a consummate performer. The musicianship is first-class, the music invigorating, creative and crowd-pleasing, and best of all, it's very clear that the band enjoys performing together--which speaks volumes to the listening audience. Great stuff."-- Colleen Holt [Field National Event Specialist, Borders, Baileys Crossroads, VA]
From The Washington Post:
Inarguably violinist Dave Kline's debut album, "Life's Little Mysteries," contains what he says he set out to record -- "eclectic originals for creative souls." The 10 instrumental tracks strike a delicate balance between technique and feel, as well as a unison between modern and ancient sounds -- in all producing a diverse and satisfying blend.
A British expatriate who has called the Washington area home for
the past six years, Kline traveled extensively before leaving Britain in the early '70s (to follow his college girlfriend to the States). Around the same time, he loosened his classical necktie and began improvising on the violin, incorporating all the sounds he had heard on his travels and as a youth coming of age during the formative years of the British rock scene...Read More »
I've been meaning to tell you how much I've enjoyed your CD. If it were an LP it would be crackly sounding by now from the number of times I've played it. Both your guitar work and your violin work are lovely but the compositions are remarkable. You work through many different styles and yet your musical personality remains intact throughout.
BRAVO!!!!!!!!-- John C. Jordan [luthier of fine guitars and electric violins]
CD Review 12/13/02
I don't often review jazz albums, not because I don't like jazz, but because I find so few jazz albums that can successfully navigate the slender space 'between been done before cocktail jazz' and 'too-far-out-for-comfort wall of noise'. Yet Life's Little Mysteries accomplished this musical tightrope trick with style and verve. Dave Kline, the session leader, plays steel and nylon stringed acoustic guitars as well as acoustic and electric violins. He accomplishes this quadruple threat with great style and impeccable tone.
Joining Kline on Life's Little Mysteries are Jon Carroll on acoustic piano, Hammond C3 organ, fender Rhodes, and accordion, JT Brown on electric bass and electric fretless bass, Robert Jospe on drums and percussion, and David George on electric guitar and dobro. All musical compositions on the disc were written by Dave Kline. They run the gamut form Latin inflected sambas such as "Tropical Bob" to modal melodies like "Life's Little Mysteries" with a side trip down to the delta on "Fiddlin the Blues." What I like most about Kline's music is that it has drive without being hard-edged, and is musically inventive without losing track of the song's core melody and structure.
Engineered by Bob Dawson, Kline's co-producer, and mastered at Airshow Mastering in Boulder, CO, the sound on this CD is first-class. Even with the mixture of acoustic and electric instruments the overall sound remains natural, open, and very real. I doubt you will find this disc in your local music mega-store, but a trip to Dave's website, http://www.violindave.com will enable you to get a copy.-- By Steven Stone, Vintage Guitar Magazine:
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