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REVIEW: Jazz Podium (Germany) Reviews Christian Li/Mike Bono’s “Visitors”
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FEATURE: Jazziz Includes Christian Li/Mike Bono’s “Visitors” in Auditions Round-Up!
Joe Woodard, Jazziz Strings play a much smaller role on Visitors (Tone Rogue), the debut album from co-leaders Christian Li (piano, keyboards) and Mike Bono (guitar). But when violinist Alex Hargreaves and string player Chris Marion insert their bowed sonic input, ears perk up. Hargreaves enlivens Li’s restless, antic “Little Rascals” and Bono’s tartly moody “Tango,” while Marion’s layered string sound … Read More
Review: Christian Li and Mike Bono’s “Visitors” Reviewed by SelectedByGuerino
by Guerino Giancola, SelectedByGuerino The world of jazz is destined to cope with it the unsolvable dilemma that exists between the importance that is assigned to improvisation and the fact that many fans of this genre of music, for obvious reasons, will only listen to albums that were realized within a recording studio, which certainly … Read More
REVIEW: Christian Li and Mike Bono’s “Visitors” reviewed by JazzWeekly
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Pianist/keyboardist Christian Li and guitarist Mike Bono co-lead rich and lyrical post bop team of Jared Henderson/b, Lee Fish-Jimmy Macbride/dr, Dayna Stephens/ts, Alex Hargreaves/vi and Chris Marion/str through nice warm originals. Gentle thoughts prevail on this album, with Stephens’ warm tenor siging on the serene “Puddles,” cantering with Li’s keys … Read More
NEW MUSIC MONDAY: Jazziz Features Christian Li & Mike Bono’s “Puddles”
Matt Micucci, Jazziz Christian Li and Mike Bono, “Puddles” After almost a decade of working together, pianist Christian Li and guitarist Mike Bono released their debut co-led album, Visitors, on January 16 via Tone Rogue Records. This nine-track collection of originals opens with “Puddles,” written by Bono, who tells JAZZIZ that he wrote it “when I … Read More
OUT TODAY: Tone Rogue Records Presents Christian Li & Mike Bono’s “Visitors”
Tone Rogue Records is proud to release Visitors, the debut co-led album from piano/guitar duo Christian Li and Mike Bono TODAY! After almost a decade of working together – a period which included a collaboration on Bono’s 2013 From Where You Are – the pair are now excited to release this joint album as a souvenir of the … Read More
REVIEW: Textura Reviews Christian Li & Mike Bono’s “Visitors”
Ron Schepper, Textura Pianist Christian Li and guitarist Mike Bono have worked together in various capacities for almost a decade, making the release of an album co-led by the NYC-based duo a natural next step. A set of originals split between them, Visitors is thus both a celebration of the past and a harbinger of a presumably … Read More
NEW RELEASE: Pianist Christian Li & Guitarist Mike Bono Announce Debut Collaborative Recording “Visitors”
Tone Rogue Records is proud to announce the January 16th release of Visitors, the debut co-led album from piano/guitar duo Christian Li and Mike Bono. After almost a decade of working together – a period which included a collaboration on Bono’s 2013 From Where You Are – the pair are now excited to release this … Read More