{"id":695,"date":"2010-08-11T13:49:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T20:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=695"},"modified":"2010-08-11T13:49:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T20:49:52","slug":"the-julien-kasper-band-trance-groove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2010\/08\/the-julien-kasper-band-trance-groove\/","title":{"rendered":"THE JULIEN KASPER BAND + Trance Groove"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Trance-Groove-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"Trance-Groove-M2-Review-MarApr2010\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Trance-Groove-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg\" alt=\"Trance Groove\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Trance-Groove-M2-Review-MarApr2010.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Trance-Groove-M2-Review-MarApr2010-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>THE JULIEN KASPER BAND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Trance Groove<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/julienkasper.com\" target=\"_blank\">julienkasper.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A graduate of the University of Miami jazz program, spawning such notable players as Pat Metheny and Bruce Hornsby, Julien Kasper is a guitar virtuoso whose instrumental excursions find equal footing in both jazz and blues without being bound to either. Kasper\u2019s sound is a searing blend of Metheny and Steve Morse, although on tracks like \u201cTrash Day\u201d a hint of Jimi Hendrix enters the mix as well. Kasper wields a master\u2019s touch even as he alternates between blazing workouts (\u201cMilk Truck\u201d), sinewy grooves (\u201cTrance Groove\u201d) and introspective musings (\u201cAbyssinia\u201d). A solid supporting ensemble helps elevate the energy level, while guest T Lavitz of the Dixie Dregs adds explosive organ flourishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE JULIEN KASPER BAND Trance Groove julienkasper.com A graduate of the University of Miami jazz program, spawning such notable players as Pat Metheny and Bruce Hornsby, Julien Kasper is a guitar virtuoso whose instrumental excursions find equal footing in both jazz and blues without being bound to either. Kasper\u2019s sound is a searing blend of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[196,10159,349,271,347,348],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":697,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}